Earlier tonight on the Drudge Report:
Obama rally like a tomb. You could hear change drop. They only cheer when the TV screens show tiny upticks in Obama’s numbers vis-a-vis Hillary. When Wolff Blitzer said that the Associated Press has called the race for Clinton, the crowd booed. They booed again when he called her the “Comeback Kid” but cheered when [...]
Huckabee called both McCain and Romney tonight from the bus to congratulate them. According to Bob Wickers, Huckabee’s media guy, Romney never called Huckabee after Iowa. Huckabee will debut a new Michigan targeted ad tomorrow. Would not discuss substance but it has got to be the economy. Also up in SC with “our values” and [...]
I am at the Huck a party, but Rudy just gave his concession, starting just after 8:10, which was broadcast over WMUR. The network split the screen and projected McCain the winner just as Giuliani said, “I don’t think it has been officially called.” “This is just the beginning,” Rudy told his crowd, even though [...]
Suite so packed he’s talking to him in the bathroom. UPDATE: He took the Romney call in the bedroom. Total chaos.
Cindy crying. McCain close. An air of almost surreal tension. Can’t quite believe. It.
From last night’s “Ask Mitt Anything.”
It is easy to make fun or Romney’s stiff, unnatural way with crowds and individuals. He talks funny (probably the first person to use the word “golly” unironically since The Beaver). He loves lawyers, rules, and notes. But when you’re up close to him, watching him work a room, sometimes cracks appear. He strains so [...]
