A very special audio-only “voicecast” of the SwampCast.
As we had discussed here before, John Edwards had been wooing the Service Employees International Union, and at one point had been considered a favorite to get its endorsement, which is considered one of the biggest prizes in Democratic politics. The first sign of trouble came last month, when the union said it needed more [...]
The race for the Senate seat being vacated by Pete Domenici continues to take shape. Albuquerque’s popular Mayor Martin Chavez plans to announce tomorrow morning that he will run for the Democratic nomination. Chavez tells me he made the decision after speaking to Governor (and presidential contender) Bill Richardson, who is the top choice of [...]
Hillary gave a very substantive policy speech this morning, and by “substantive,” I mean “it contained a lot of numbers.” No, seriously, it was the economic cornerstone upon which she is mounting her “Rebuilding the Road to the Middle Class” tour of Iowa (untangle those metaphors at your own risk). She laid out some goals [...]
So there’s now talk that Iowa is going to move its caucuses up to…next week. No, actually to January 3, 2008. Or maybe the Republicans will caucus that Thursday night and the Democrats will go on Saturday, January 5. Could I just say: This is nuts. There is a natural arc to news stories–and to [...]
I wonder who he could be talking about here: “There are some in this race who actually make the argument that the more time you spend immersed in the broken politics of Washington, the more likely you are to change it. I always find this a little amusing. I know that change makes for good [...]
Just now, here in Cedar Rapids, Hillary confirmed that fake news* is now a policy plank: “To paraphrase Stephen Colbert: this administrations doesn’t make decisions based on facts, it makes facts based on decisions.” (She apparently used the same line in her science speech last week; let’s hope she starts name-checking “truthiness” soon.) *Which I [...]
Our colleague Mark Halperin has some thoughts about the latest Des Moines Register poll. Polling geeks and those that aspire to such should follow Pollster.com on the nitty-gritty of these things; this post on the Obama campaign’s latest spin gives you an idea of why methodology matters.
You remember that the primary goal of the so-called surge was to provide “space” for “political reconciliation” among the contending parties. You also remember that General David Petraeus and others have said repeatedly that a military victory in this war is not possible; that it can only be settled by the Iraqi politicians. Well, according [...]
