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 Massachusetts’ three-way gubernatorial race, a new Rasmussen poll shows all three Dems — [tag]Deval Patrick[/tag], [tag]Tom Reilly[/tag], and [tag]Chris Gabrieli[/tag] — with double-digit leads over Lt. Gov. [tag]Kerry Healey[/tag] (R) and […]
For some reason, the president’s reading habits — every president’s reading habits — seem to generate considerable media interest. Apparently, it’s a peek into the president’s personality, coupled with insight into what might help influence his perspective. But in order for these reading lists to be valuable, we have to believe the books are actually […]
So, Joe Lieberman has bucked his party and is running as an independent. Will he be punished in any way by his Dem Senate colleagues? Other than watching most of them endorse the winner of the Dem primary, not so much. Even as Sen. Joe Lieberman presses ahead with an Independent candidacy and many of […]
It’s important for Dems to forcefully denounce the more spurious [tag]Republican[/tag] attacks, but I always find it uniquely helpful for Republicans to break party ranks and support the [tag]Democrat[/tag]ic line. This weekend, there were ample examples. For example, last week, Dick [tag]Cheney[/tag] lashed out at Dems, saying Ned Lamont’s primary victory would encourage “[tag]Al Qaeda[/tag] […]
The initial charge from many Bush critics last week was that the arrests of suspected terrorists by British officials may have been timed for political purposes. The GOP, on the heels of the Connecticut Senate primary, wanted to aggressively push the argument that the Dems were somehow “weak” on national security, and they wanted to […]