South Carolina was John McCain’s biggest stumbling block eight years ago. Today, his win in the same state arguably puts him at the front of the pack. With just about every precinct reporting: 1. John McCain — 33.2% 2. Mike Huckabee — 29.8% 3. Fred Thompson — 15.8% 4. Mitt Romney — 15.1% 5. Ron […]
Clinton cruises in Nevada, Obama second
In retrospect, perhaps the Clinton campaign shouldn’t have worried quite so much about those at-large precincts in Las Vegas — Hillary appears to have won fairly easily, and with about 85% of the results tallied, most of the networks have called the race. 1. Clinton — 50.8% 2. Obama — 45.1% 3. Edwards — 3.7% […]
Romney wins Nevada caucuses, other contests to be far more competitive
Today, obviously, is a pretty big day for both parties’ presidential campaigns. On the Democratic side, Dems will caucus in Nevada this afternoon, and give one of the candidates a fairly significant boost going into South Carolina. At this point, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have each won one contest, and Nevada will break the […]
McCain blames economic slowdown on government spending
John McCain recently acknowledged, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” He added, however, “I’ve got Greenspan’s book.” I’m quite certain The Maestro isn’t helping. In South Carolina, McCain told an audience a couple of days ago, “Every time in history we have raised taxes it has cut […]
Dems, Republicans, and the ‘Party of Ideas’
Following up on the last post, Barack Obama made a comment the other day about the “party of ideas” that Hillary Clinton’s campaign has characterized in a variety of imaginative ways. In a silly season of misleading attacks, this one, too, is very disappointing. Here’s what Obama said that sparked the latest campaign flap: “The […]
Reagan, Dems, and the silly season
It’s just not reasonable to think Democratic presidential candidates, in the heat of a very competitive campaign, are going to stay positive 100% of the time. Ideally, it might sound nice to think everyone will just get along, and Dems will save all of their criticisms for the Republicans, but that, alas, is just not […]
This Week in God
The God machine turns its attention this week exclusively to Mike Huckabee — and some of his more notable and less well-known friends. Anyone watching the presidential campaign probably knows about Huckabee’s background as a Baptist preacher. Political observers have also no doubt picked up on Huckabee’s vaguely-theocratic campaign platform, which includes, among other things, […]
Georgia minister might get stoned — the bad kind of stoned
Guest Post by Morbo Today’s crazy, right-wing preacher who’s unable to keep his pants on comes from Decatur, Ga. Bishop Earl Paulk, 80, is the preacher in question. He’s apparently been a busy little bee. On Monday, a warrant was issued for Paulk’s arrest. Two days later, he turned himself in to the police and […]
Important message for Michael Bloomberg: No one wants you to run for president
Guest Post by Morbo I doubt Michael Bloomberg reads this blog. That’s a shame, because I have an important message for him: No one wants you to run for president. Let me say it again: No. One. Wants. You. To. Run. For. President. How about in capitals? NO ONE WANTS YOU TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. […]
Memo to Jonah Goldberg: Mussolini belongs to your side
Guest Post by Morbo I haven’t read Jonah Goldberg’s new book, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, since I make it a rule to try to avoid projectile vomiting as much as possible. But I could not help but be intrigued by the subtitle. Mussolini? […]