I had to hunt to find the quote that the Drudge Report cites, the one where Elizabeth Edwards says that Hillary Clinton is “behaving like a man.” I had to hunt because it doesn’t exist. Here’s the relevant passage, the misquoted part in bold: Look, I’m sympathetic, because when I worked as a lawyer, I [...]

This from the AP: And the leading Republican presidential candidate is … none of the above. The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back top-tier hopefuls Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, John McCain or Mitt Romney, and no one candidate has emerged as the clear front-runner among Christian [...]

Reporters scouring the second-quarter reports have come up with all kinds of tidbits, some telling and others merely entertaining.: The Washington Post says Barack Obama has a bigger payroll than Hillary Clinton ($3.3 million for the quarter, compared with $2.6 million). But his communications guy is making only half what hers is, and his campaign [...]

This is an interesting piece about Iraq exit strategies from Tom Ricks and Karen DeYoung. At least, it conforms to my own realpolitik prejudices, stated here yesterday: lots of carnage if we leave, but no “Al Qaeda” or Iranian takeover (quotation marks mine and purposeful). In fact, the war game results look an awful lot [...]

Chris Cillizza over at The Fix has an intriguing post about Bill Richardson’s slow and steady progress towards the top tier of the Democratic field of presidential candidates. He’s raised a respectable amount of money, hasn’t spent it all, has a solid organization in Iowa and is polling a reasonably strong fourth both there and [...]

Joe Wilson endorses HRC. UPDATE:Officialish thing here. Via the INCREDIBLE HILLARY HUB!

This is the second notice I’ve received from CNN reminding/urging me to apply for credentials for the VERY IMPORTANT ULTRA COOL YOUTUBE DEBATE! It’ll be all internetty! For Re-Release: July 16, 2007 Press Credential Deadline for South Carolina Debate is THIS WEDNESDAY, July 18

That’s how much Barack Obama’s record-breaking campaign raised during the second quarter, according to this analysis by the Campaign Finance Institute. One of the most remarkable things about that number (as we have noted before) is how much of it–roughly one-third–came from small donors, who are not only a measure of early enthusiasm, but also [...]

I know, I know… But: The press shop of McCain ’08 just quit. I’m told the departures were amicable — more in sorrow than in anger, etc. McCain himself took the boys out a drink in New Hampshire Friday, where, my sources say, the mood was good if wistful.