Ana’s post about McCain’s conundrum raises another issue: The current public financing system for presidential campaigns has become a joke. Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold has a plan he says will help fix it. (The companion measure in the House is sponsored by Martin Meehan, Christopher Shays and David Price.) However, anything that can be demagogued [...]
Is Fred Thompson the GOP’s “change candidate”? I can’t keep them straight. If so, he might consider re-branding, because in terms of the crony-ridden and extra-legal ways of the current administration, he fits right in: Thompson tipped off the White House that the committee knew about the taping system and would be making the information [...]
The Libby commutation took the spotlight off of McCain’s Q2 numbers, which was good for McCain, but it also seems to have drowned out a lot potential talk about the other R’s Q2 numbers, which is bad for McCain, because those other numbers aren’t so good. I mean, really: Romney’s $14m is not that much [...]
I admit that I will be sad when Joe Biden leaves the race: “This guy is brain dead,” Mr. Biden said [of Bush] to surprised applause and laughter from the crowd. “I know I’ll be quoted, I’ll be killed for that.” “This is a guy who is on the balls of his heels, here’s a [...]
Okay, I’ll take the bait: Surely, John Solomon has better things to do with his time besides listening to a hairdresser scorned. (Oh, and if you like Torrenueva’s work, I have a feeling he’ll have a lot of openings in his schedule very, very soon.) And, for what it’s worth, the story is not the [...]
The Clinton campaign has scheduled a 1 p.m. conference call to announce that she has picked up the endorsement of former House Democratic Leader (and presidential candidate) Dick Gephardt. (Raw Story had the news first.) What’s the significance? Gephardt has made it clear almost from the moment that his own presidential campaign foundered in 2004 [...]
