Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * In New Mexico’s closely-watched 1st congressional district, Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) appears to have eked out a narrow victory over state Attorney General Patricia Madrid (D) in one of the remaining undecided […]
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) stuck to the script yesterday during an appearance on ABC’s This Week, repeating his desire to see more troops sent to Iraq. What’s interesting, however, is that McCain seemed to need his notes quite a bit to get through the discussion. Take a look and count how many times McCain looks […]
Sometimes, the Bush gang really does resemble a jukebox that only plays one song. Karl Rove, for all of his alleged genius, has decided what the [tag]White House[/tag] really needs to do is — surprise, surprise — move to the right and placate the GOP base. Republicans close to the White House say Mr. Rove […]
It didn’t get much attention at the time, but the day after the election, Rep. [tag]Barney Frank[/tag] (D-Mass.), soon to be the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, gave an interesting speech in Boston to a number of business leaders. “I’m a capitalist, and that means I’m for inequality,” Frank said. “But you reach […]
Speaking of the Republicans’ top-tier presidential candidates (see below), former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is — get this — pitching himself as “in sync” with the views of the GOP’s base. In interviews, several of [Giuliani’s financial backers] said the former mayor had discussed his potential liabilities in a Republican primary — perhaps […]
Update: This post has been updated, expanded, and broken down by category. Just to follow-up briefly on Michael’s guest-post from yesterday, Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) new-found opposition to Roe v. Wade is rather remarkable, even for him. In 1999, McCain was in New Hampshire, campaigning for the GOP nomination as a moderate. He proclaimed himself […]
Just so readers know, I’m back from my vacation and ready to dig back in. A very special thanks to the tremendous work from Michael J.W. Stickings, Anonymous Liberal, and John Cole, who generously contributed some terrific guest posts in my absense. It’s great to know that I can occasionally step away from the desk […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings According to Henry Kissinger, in an interview today with the BBC as reported by the AP, victory in Iraq is impossible: If you mean by “military victory” an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control […]
Guest Post by Anonymous Liberal Despite the fact that it’s still 2006, there seems to be a new 2008 presidential poll released every few days. The latest, a Pew poll, reports the following results: Republicans Rudy Giuliani……….27% John McCain……….26% Condoleeza Rice…..21% Mitt Romney………..7% Newt Gingrinch…….6% Democrats Hillary Clinton……..39% Barack Obama…….23% John Edwards……..10% Al Gore…………….10% John […]
Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings He’s been wishy-washy on abortion in the past, back in his media-friendly “maverick” days, but now that he’s running for president he’s turning into the social conservative he needs to be to have any hope of making it through the GOP primaries. Yes, Sen. John McCain told ABC’s George […]