The headline on a Romney campaign press release today was more than a little deceptive: ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT TOTALS OVER $18 MILLION IN TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER So Mitt Romney raised over $18 million — not bad, right? Right — $18 million raised would put him in range of Hillary and Obama for [...]
Craig and coming out: DO NOT WANT Craig Reaction to Court Ruling WASHINGTON, D.C. – Idaho Senator Larry Craig issued the following statement in reaction to today’s ruling by the State of Minnesota District Court Fourth Judicial District allowing the guilty plea to stand: “I am extremely disappointed with the ruling issued today. I am [...]
Frankly, the thing I’ll miss the most about Fred Thompson’s campaign when it’s over will be almost endless pun opportunities. It’s the one area of his political resume where he can claim the same status as “Bush.” But will his campaign end in the White House? Or even at the Republican National Convention? His campaign [...]
Now they tell us…
It’s not news that the 2008 presidential campaign represents a classic reversal of fortune for the two political parties: The Democrats are running an orderly Republican-style campaign with an establishment front-runner opposed by responsible challengers who tend to live by Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment–rarely and reluctantly and never directly speaking ill of the front-runner. The [...]
In which the serious business of the world is set aside for a week…and a sporting heartbreak is recounted.
The New Mexico Senator’s surprise announcement that he will retire from the seat he has held since 1972 puts the state in play next year, and sets off a frenzy of speculation that Governor Bill Richardson, New Mexico’s most popular pol, will decide to abandon his presidential campaign in favor of running for the Senate [...]
