It took me a lot of time to process Mitt Romney’s speech tonight. I had seen John McCain’s and Sam Brownback’s on TV. Romney’s was in sharp contrast to the others. He offered lots of details and great quotes like: "Time to make out of wedlock births out of fashion." Read more…
Alan Fram AP’s story about Rudy Giuliani and conservatives fundamentally misses the point. He says, "Giuliani’s Conservative Vote Tenuous." That would be true, if it turned out that his lead in polls was based on the vote of conservatives who don’t know what he thinks on issues. It seems that Read more…
Many people have commented on Bob Novak’s piece in the Post today. I thought that the most interesting point was, perhaps, this one: But the situation is not a simple confrontation between the Christian right and Giuliani. The Gallup data suggest that Dobson and the Salt Lake City group may Read more…
Earlier in the week, Mitt Romney released his "Ocean" ad. Jonathan Martin, typically exuberant in his praise of Romney, had this to say: Second, it seems as though this ad is yet more evidence of Romney trying to "close the deal" with social conservatives. The campaign increasingly views Fred Thompson Read more…
The whole thing about whether Fred Thompson is pro-life or not is kind of bizarre, especially when it is pushed by Mitt Romney’s campaign. David Brody has a good rundown of the current critique. In the end, he has the right analysis: I think at the end of the day Read more…
The Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody has an interesting summary of a discussion that he had with an evangelical leader. There is lots of happy-talk about Fred Thompson. But, perhaps, the most interesting is the comment about Rudy Giuliani: As a matter of fact, he told me point blank, "Rudy Read more…
NYT’s Adam Nagourney had this to say: 1) Who will be the most effusive in paying tribute to the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the founder of the Moral Majority and a great power in the evangelical wing of the party? Will Mr. Falwell be to this debate what Ronald Reagan was Read more…
Mitt Romney is developing a real gaffe problem when it comes to science fiction. I have decided to call these his "silver space boot" (in mouth) problem. I will, perhaps, get in trouble for referencing Ann Richard’s "born with a silver foot in his mouth" line. This time, he confuses Read more…
Mitt Romney tried to dodge a question on embryonic stem-cell research, but Chris Matthews asked the tough questions. Again, Mitt flopped. Last night he said: MODERATOR: And you won’t take any from these fertility clinics to use either? ROMNEY: I’m happy to allow that to — or I shouldn’t say Read more…
I was going to write on this but Deal Hudson beat me to it, and more articulately. Romney’s record: As governor of Massachusetts, Romney ordered Catholic hospitals to administer emergency contraception to women who claim they had been raped. Romney’s words last night: I don’t say anything to Roman Catholic Read more…