Core Favorability/Opposition Among All Voters Candidate Def. FOR Def. AGAINST Net Obama 29% 36% -7 McCain 22% 33% -11 Huckabee 21% 34% -13 Thompson 21% 34% -13 Edwards 23% 38% -15 Clinton 30% 47% -17 Giuliani 23% 42% -19 Romney 19% 47% -28 Paul 10% 48% -38 Bloomberg 5% 49% Read more…
The day of the CNN/YouTube debate, Matt Drudge, handmaiden of Mitt Romney’s campaign, raised the issue that became known as "Shag Fund." The claim was that Rudy Giuliani had improperly hid expenses for visiting his then girlfriend. Well, it turns out that it just wasn’t true. Powerline and Captain’s Quarters Read more…
The whole Mitt Romney/Martin Luther King thing just gets weirder and weirder. He told the Detroit Free Press: "You know, I’m an English literature major as well. When we say, ‘I saw the Patriots win the World Series, it doesn’t necessarily mean you were there — excuse me, the Super Read more…
As you probably know by now, Mitt Romney said "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." It seems that what Romney means by that isn’t what you and I mean. Let’s break the sentence down and see how Mitt Romney parses it: I saw … Romney explains what Read more…
UPDATE: Marc Ambinder hears interesting whispers on this endorsement: Will he endorse? Unclear. If he does, the betting is on Thompson or Romney, although advisers to both men expect the other to get it, if it’s gettable. Note that Bay Buchanan is a member of the LDS church and is Read more…
Stephen Hayes at the Weekly Standard notices that Mitt Romney is scoring with more emotion: Many other (far more influential) people praised Romney for showing some emotion, too. And since then he has become emotional twice more – once on Meet the Press this weekend and again during a speech Read more…
First, I want to say that I have no problem with what I am about to talk about, and I am not alleging anything conspiratorial. In politics, affinity groups are affinity groups and great things. Barack Obama will do better among African-Americans than other candidates. Joe Lieberman got huge electoral Read more…
New ads are up. The verdict is in. Huck wins the exchange. I do agree that the crime and ethics issues are what ought to hurt Mike Huckabee. One of the big questions was how people were going to handle ads around Christmas. Huckabee has managed to come up with Read more…
It has turned out that Mitt Romney’s Meet the Press appearance appeared decent at the time, but mistakes seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Race 4 2008 has one write-up. First, there was Romney’s lie about the NRA endorsement. He claimed that he had received it in 2002. Read more…
Mitt Romney didn’t tell the truth. Again. In answer to questions about whether he would sign an assault weapons ban, Romney said: "Just as the president said, he would have, he would have signed that bill if it came to his desk, and so would have I. And, and, and Read more…