Well, contrary to my predictions (I’m wrong a lot folks), Obama’s Iowa win did lead to an Obama surge in New Hampshire. He’s now 10-13 points above Hillary, according to some of the most recent polls: USA Today/Gallup: Obama 41%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 19% Zogby: Obama 39%, Clinton 29%, Edwards 19% ARG: Obama 39%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 22% CNN/WMUR/UNH: Obama … Read More
Rudy Still Finding Ways To Work “9/11” Into Everything He Says
You almost have to feel sorry for the guy: He flatlined in Iowa and he’s struggling in New Hampshire, but Rudy Giuliani shook off the early-state blues Thursday as only he can. “None of this worries me – Sept. 11, there were times I was worried,” Giuliani said. I get the sense that if you asked Rudy where he wanted … Read More
Obama’s Victory Speech
I put it up here not because it’s topical and of historical significance, but because it really is a good speech. It reminds me of why I was drawn to the guy in the first place. FYI — Here’s what I posted on June 14, 2004: President Obama Sounds like the leader of some distant "third-world" country, no? Nope. We … Read More
The Clinton Game Plan
Here it is: 1. Swarm the state with surrogates; she has a deeper network in New Hampshire than any other state. 2. Two rallies a day; lots of retail events; lots of television interviews. 3. Find some way to go negative against Obama. Some Clinton advisers and aides say that the campaign have a storehouse of opposition research — old … Read More
Election 2008 Analysis: Iowa
Well, since I blog about politics a lot, I guess I would be remiss in not throwing in my two cents on the Iowa results. Here then are my random disjointed thoughts: (1) Obama’s win and what it means. I wasn’t at all surprised by this, nor was I surprised by his margin of victory. (He didn’t trounce Edwards and … Read More
Obama and Huckabee
But I suppose you already knew that, and if you didn’t, you don’t care. Frankly, I think we should cut to the chase, and forget all this election analysis. Much easier, in my opinion, to simply ask Pat Robertson who won. Because — I am not make this up — God came to Pat and spilled the beans about who … Read More
Romney And The Gay Agenda
Jim Talent, adviser to the Mitt Romney campaign, on Hardball yesterday: "[Romney]’s always had the same position as to regards to the gay agenda. Look, he wants to know people to know he values gay people as people, okay? But he doesn’t want the militant gays to be able to change the cultural institutions of the country." So here’s my … Read More
Fred Thompson To Possibly Bow Out Maybe
Politico reports: Several Republican officials close to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign said they expect the candidate will drop out of the race within days if he finishes poorly in Thursday’s Iowa caucus. *** “Without a solid third-place finish, there’s no point in going on,” a Thompson adviser said Wednesday. “It was an honorable race, and he turned out to be … Read More
How The Iowa Caucuses Work
The explanation: The purpose of the caucus vote is to select delegates to attend a county convention — each caucus sends a certain number of delegates, based on the population it represents. The delegates at the county convention in turn select delegates to go to the congressional district state convention, and those delegates choose the delegates that go to the … Read More
Iowa Caucus
The latest news has Clinton and Obama tied at 28 percent, with Edwards at 26 percent. Let me make what will undoubtedly mark the beginning of a long string of inaccurate predictions: Edwards will win Iowa. I say that because they like him there. He’s been campaigning hard, and most importantly, he’s been there before. They remember him from 2004, … Read More
A North Carolinian Canvasser Experiences New Hampshire
Yes, I know: If you’ve never seen New England blanketed with two feet of snow, you have missed out on one of life’s glories. The already picturesque towns and even the cities take on a Christmas card/gingerbread village look that, combined with the crisp coolness and fresh air, way surpasses the two-dimensional Currier and Ives. And when the snow is … Read More
Here We Go Again….
This story, debunked many times, is starting up again, thanks to the National Enquirer. UPDATE: If you’re looking for a link to the story, don’t bother. It was pulled by the National Enquirer.
How Loony Is Huckabee?
In 1998, then-Arkansas-governor Huckabee wrote a book entitled Kids Who Kill: Confronting Our Culture Of Violence, spawned from a March 24, 1998, school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In Kids Who Kill, Huckabee argued that school shootings were the product of a society in decline, a decline marked (and caused) by abortion, pornography, media violence, out-of-wedlock sex, divorce, drug use, and, … Read More
Lieberman Endorses McCain
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., just endorsed Republican John McCain’s bid for the presidency, Saying: "I know it’s unusual for a Democrat to be endorsing a Republican…" Except for one thing Sen. Lieberman — you’re not Democrat. UPDATE: Ned Lamont, the Democrat that Lieberman defeated in 2006, says: During our debate last year, Senator Lieberman intoned that he wanted to "elect … Read More
The Huckabee Backlash
MONDAY MORNING UPDATE: Typepad seems to be on the fritz. I’m still posting, but nothing is showing. I guess they’re working on it…. It’s kind of amusing to watch the GOP punditry lash out against Huckabee. For years, they have courted the Christian conservative vote if only to get people like Bush in office. People like Bush make a lot … Read More