Mitt Romney ran into a little trouble yesterday when the Christian Science Monitor ran a report today from Mansoor Ijaz, who recently asked Mitt Romney whether he would consider a Muslim-American for a cabinet post. Concluding that Muslims are too small a religious minority to qualify for a cabinet post, Romney reportedly said he would […]
It was only three words — “from the beginning” — but Bill Clinton managed to cause quite a stir yesterday while campaigning on behalf of his wife’s presidential campaign. During a campaign swing for his wife, former President Bill Clinton said flatly yesterday that he opposed the war in Iraq “from the beginning” — a […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The photo-op is off to a good start: “Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Tuesday to immediately resume long-stalled talks toward a deal by the end of next year that would create an independent Palestinian state, using a U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference to launch their first negotiations in seven years… […]
Way back in June, Time’s David Von Drehle asked an interesting question: “How many alleged criminals can a law-and-order candidate be associated with before it starts to hurt?” The question, of course, was in reference to Rudy Giuliani, after Thomas Ravenel, the chairman of Giuliani’s presidential campaign in South Carolina, was indicted on cocaine distribution […]
Following up on an earlier item, the Christian Science Monitor ran a report today from diplomat Mansoor Ijaz who recently asked Mitt Romney whether he would consider a Muslim-American for a cabinet post. Concluding that Muslims are too small a religious minority to qualify for a cabinet post, Romney said he would not. The report […]
Most political observers know to stop reading when they see the phrase, “According to a poll from Zogby Interactive…” and yet, yesterday, I couldn’t believe the commotion caused by a poll that obviously didn’t make any sense. About 24 hours ago, Zogby Interactive released a national poll showing John Edwards and Barack Obama leading each […]
Frank J. Gaffney Jr., president of the far-right Center for Security Policy and a columnist for the conservative Washington Times, devoted his latest piece to denouncing the Middle East peace meeting at the Naval Academy in Annapolis today. That’s not particularly surprising. What is surprising is just how far Gaffney was willing to go. Robert […]
A few weeks ago, Utah voters went to the polls to vote on a statewide school voucher plan. After failing in every single voucher referenda in the country over the last quarter-century, proponents thought they’d finally win one. As it turned out, not so much — the conservative state rejected the scheme by a wide […]
There are quite a few embarrassing clips on YouTube of Mitt Romney straying from the traditional Republican line, but among the more damaging has to do with Ronald Reagan. In an October 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy, Romney distanced himself from the 40th president, saying, “I was an independent at the time of Reagan-Bush. I’m […]
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: * Hillary Clinton sat down with CBS News’ Katie Couric for an interview that was almost entirely about process and the horserace — Couric must have missed Halperin’s memo — and the anchor […]