There are now two pieces of legislation that are going through the legislative process in early primary states. In South Carolina, there is an abortion-related bill that requires that doctors review ultrasounds with a mother before an abortion. In New Hampshire, the House just passed a civil-unions bill. This matters Read more…
Tom Ravenel, the State Treasurer. I remember making phone calls for DeMint hoping desperately that we wouldn’t elect a protectionist to the US Senate. Good statewide pickup for Rudy. He needs more of those.
And turns him into a communications director? These guys really are running an unusual campaign. But Mike DuHaime is smarter than I am…
Regular readers will know that one of my favorite topics is the primary calendar. Fascinating things are afoot. First, on Straight Talk Express, an experienced party hack told me that smart New Hampshire money is now on a December primary. As I have discussed before, New Hampshire and Bill Gardner Read more…
Isn’t this funny? But did Sullivan and the Romneys get comped or did they pay for their tickets?
Looks like John McCain pulled it out in the late reporting precincts. Jonathan Martin has a specific explanation for why Duncan Hunter performed well. There’s a clear gap here. I think that this tells us that Rudy Giuliani and McCain and the clear frontrunners. Mitt Romney’s 2nd-tier performance is quite Read more…
The results here are wild: Candidate Votes Giuliani 158 Hunter 152 McCain 116 Brownback 83 Romney 80 Huckabee 21 Some thoughts on this. First, this is a coup for Rudy Giuliani. Hands down. Second, my sense is that the Duncan Hunter result isn’t so much for him as for "a Read more…
Well folks, it is January 23rd. If the current schedule holds, the South Carolina primary (for Dems) is exactly 53 weeks from today. And we have the first allegation of illegal automated advocacy calls. South Carolina’s Faith In the Sound News has the story. The allegation is that a Mitt Read more…
More endorsements: From The Fix. RGA Vice-Chair and MN Governor Tim Pawlenty for McCain. Lobbyist and former Congressman (also MN) Vin Webber to Romney. From Michigan Cooler. MI National Committeeman, Chuck Yob, and National Committeewoman, Holly Hughes, are for McCain. This is only sort of news. From The Shot. Brownback Read more…
Or so says NRO’s Byron York in a great article. There are a bunch of really important parts to this article. The first is about how Romney is using his religion to cover for his record: Oran Smith, pro-life, questions Romney’s explanation in a more subtle way. In talks with Read more…