Pre-game: This is Huckabee’s opportunity to do something with the “moral victory” of the Value Voters straw poll. If he can pull out another technical knock out in the debate, people who previously had discounted him as unable to win may reconsider. Also look for sparks to fly among McCain, Rudy, and Romney (something that [...]
The resignation of Ali Larijani as Iran’s chief negotiator in the nuclear talks is really bad news. It signals that the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is closer to the hardline views of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than he is to the moderate-conservatives like Larijani and former president Rafsanjani. It does not indicate that Khamenei wants to wipe [...]
