FRC Washington Briefing: Unacceptable

Politico reports this: The two groups agreed on one thing: Hillary Clinton was voted “least acceptable” candidate both overall (4,141 votes, or 72 percent) and in on-site voting (733 votes, or 77 percent). In total voting, Giuliani was the runner-up as least-acceptable, ahead of all the Democrats on the ballot. On-site, that honor went to [...]

WH Pool Report: Cheney Hunting Jokes Officially Not Offensive Anymore

From today’s White House Pool Report #2: Before discussing the executive order he would soon sign, the president pointed out to the crowd of fishing enthusiasts, journalists, bystanders and girl scouts that First Lady Laura Bush had skipped the event and had headed to the St. Micheal’s weekend home of Vice President Dick Cheney ahead [...]

FRC Washington Briefing: Romney Wins Straw Poll…

… But that’s not the news. It’s this: Second — Mike Huckabee Then there’s: Third — Ron Paul Fourth — Fred Thompson A total 5, 576 voters were cast. The margin by which Romney won: 30 votes (1595 over 1565), and that close second will likely be the headline for most news orgs. My sense [...]

FRC Washington Briefing: Rudy Lets His Slip Show

Towards the end of Rudy’s somewhat tepidly received speech for the FRC’s Values Voters summit, he began his familiar line, “I will increase adoptions and” — he usually says, “decrease abortions.” But he instead started to say, “increase abortions.” The audience tittered, a little uncomfortably.