This is really interesting. Grassley was quoted in today’s Des Moines Register talking about the 08 race. The good bits: “Only one stands out right now, John McCain because of his efforts to pursue it,†Grassley, R-Ia., said Friday during the taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press.†“Another person Read more
Earlier today, David French of Evangelicals for Mitt said that Romney has “the ability to consistently and persuasively articulate and advance the values and ideas that drive his policies.” And David is right that Romney is a great — great — speaker. However, this point was made in contrast with Read more
RightwingNews has (yet) another summary of the case againset Giuliani for the conservative GOP primary electorate. While we agree that there are many things that are damning in the eyes of the electorate, we think that, to some extent, people are asking the wrong questions. I think that Chuck Larson Read more
Hotlineblog has the details. Note that this release was hinted at earlier this week by an attack on Romney by Gary Glenn. They have obviously been working on this for a while, but you wonder if the timing is in response to all the press about McCain and his team Read more
A couple of months ago, I had an argument with someone about the impact of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism on his campaign for President. In short, I wish it wouldn’t have any, but I think it will. Then I picked up a copy of the WSJ and started reading it and Read more
Dan Drezner is saying that the next McCain is Brownback. One Redstate writer agrees, but another suggests Hagel. Of course, no one really thinks that these are viable 08 candidates. But the search for an anti-McCain candidate continues furiously. One option seems to be Mitt Romney. But Gary Glenn, the Read more
The Washington Times has a glowing article about Mitt Romney’s trip to the California GOP meeting. Truth Caucus has a source on the ground with great stories of Romney’s time there. The Miami Herald has an article on John McCain’s campaigning with Charlie Crist in Florida. Note that this is Read more
H/T Granite Grok. The Bow Picnic and Straw Poll in NH took place on the 19th. The results: US Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)26% US Secretary of State Condoleezza “Condi” Rice (R-Cal.) 26% Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R-NY) 14% Governor George Pataki (R-New York) 12% US Senator George Read more
The Boston Globe ran a story about Massachussets Governor Mitt Romney campaigning in the South. It included a picture with Mississippi Senator Trent Lott. The funny thing is that Lott has already signed up with Straight Talk America, John McCain’s PAC and embyonic campaign.
Tom Rath was a huge Bush operative in 2000 in New Hampshire. He didn’t do too well in his own state, but he carried a lot of water for our President. Now it appears that he is carrying water for Romney. Now, that’s cool, but he cannot do it as Read more