Of all the candidates to talk about civility in the political discourse, John McCain is probably the most ridiculous. But he apparently sees which way the winds are blowing, so the Arizona senator is giving it a shot, hoping desperately that reporters play along and ignore his record. ABC News’ Bret Hovell Reports: Sen. John […]
It won’t be official until later today, and there’s some question about whether his campaign will officially end or simply be “suspended” indefinitely, but it appears that Bill Richardson is poised to withdraw from the Democratic presidential race. Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico is pulling out of the presidential race, after coming in fourth […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Bloodshed in Baghdad: “Six American soldiers were killed and four wounded in a house rigged with explosives during an operation in Baqouba, the U.S. military told NBC News on Wednesday. The soldiers were clearing the house when a huge blast killed the six — the largest single loss of […]
As the presidential campaign has unfolded, I imagine most Dems have been looking at the Republican field, sizing them up for a general election campaign. Regardless of merit or qualifications, some of these guys would be more formidable than others. Dems, of course, aren’t exactly in a position to influence the outcome — we have […]
Yesterday afternoon, Fox News, which rarely breaks stories of its own, seemed to have a juicy campaign scoop — James Carville and Paul Begala, architects of Bill Clinton’s campaign victories, were leaving their jobs at CNN to help turn around Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. We’d heard quite a bit lately about a significant staff shake-up, […]
After a year of campaigning, more than a dozen nationally-televised debates, many more forums, millions of dollars in advertising, one very big caucus, and one very big primary, it’s tempting to look forward to the end of the Democrats’ nominating process. It’s grueling for the candidates and their staffs, but it’s not a walk in […]
For the better part of 2007, Rudy Giuliani worried me, in large part because he’s the least capable candidate I can think of. In recent months, however, my concern changed to glee, as Giuliani’s campaign went from frontrunner to laughing stock. Now, I realize that die-hard Giuliani backers continue to perceive the landscape as favorable […]
I mentioned earlier that yesterday’s results in the New Hampshire primary were probably the worst of all possible outcomes for John Edwards, and not just because his 17% support was lackluster (both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama more than doubled Edwards’ vote total). I should probably flesh this out a bit. After Iowa, there was […]
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: * It’s unclear whether Hillary Clinton will go all out to win Nevada in 10 days, but in the interim, Barack Obama is picking up key support in the state: “[Nevada’s] 17,500-member SEIU […]
I’m willing to cut professional pollsters quite a bit of slack. Professional pundits? Not so much. BROKAW: You know what I think we’re going to have to do? MATTHEWS: Yes sir? BROKAW: Wait for the voters to make their judgment. MATTHEWS: Well what do we do then in the days before the ballot? We must […]