Sen. Jim DeMint of S.C., on David Vitter’s “serious sin”: “I think all of us have to look at it and say, ‘We can be next. … This can be a very lonely and isolating place.’ I’m fairly surprised at how little it does happen.” Or, uhm, how little what does happen gets reported, maybe? [...]

Just about, I’d say. I’m all for underdog would-be presidents getting exposure, but there are simply too many candidates right now – in both parties – for the debates and forums that include all of them to yield much of anything of value to voters. So I’m sympathetic to the whispered co-conspiring between Senators Edwards [...]

Anonymous commenter to the latest McCain post, please consider my hat doffed: Karen Don’t mean to hijack this thread, but I’ve heard there have been some rumblings in the McCain camp and wonder if one of the writer/bloggers on this site could give us an update. thxkaibye Can I assume the reaction of Swamplanders to [...]

“It’s quite over there.”

Stengel interviews Clinton at the Aspen Ideas Festival. And, yes, Bill does put to rest one burning issue: “My Scottish friends suggest I should be called ‘First Laddie.’”

I’m in New Hampshire for his Iraq speech and his effort to get back on the campaign bicycle. In an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio this morning, McCain took personal responsibility for the disaster that his campaign has become. But much of the problem stems from the fact that the campaign never fit the [...]

Jackie Calmes, who I think had been working on a profile of John Weaver prior to the McCain meltdown, pulls together a lot of information and anecdotes into this WSJ story. Cue violins. She also reports this: “Tomorrow, the press-communications team is planning to resign, people familiar with the matter say.” I’ve heard the same [...]