Mitt Romney: He would not be a contender without being much richer than everyone else. Rudy Giuliani: He would not be a contender without having led New York in the weeks after September 11, 2001, a fact that still defines him six years later. John McCain: He would not be a contender without having forgiven [...]
Brief thoughts on what might happen in South Carolina, brought to you by the baggage claim area of Terminal A.
Has put up his first TV ads in his Minnesota Senate campaign, this one featuring an absolutely adorable endorsement from someone who knew him when. I’m not at all sure that Mr. Horton, my fourth grade teacher, would endorse me for anything:
Tom Ricks has the sad news that Lt. Colonel John Nagl, one of our smartest, finest officers, is leaving the Army. This continues a trend–the best and brightest, especially those associated with formulating the Army’s Counterinsurgency Field Manual–are either being passed over for promotion (as Colonel H.R. McMaster was) or simply leaving for a variety [...]
1. Push polls are flooding South Carolina. I spoke to one woman this morning, a Democrat, who got a call praising Mike Huckabee’s pro-life record, before turning on John McCain’s record. She hung up the phone before it got very far. I spoke to another man, a Republican, who got a call from an Arizona [...]
As Greg Sargent over at TPM Election Central notes, the Las Vegas Review Journal has bestowed its endorsement on Barack Obama ahead of Nevada’s caucuses. But the endorsement is so tepid that you have to wonder whether it will help or hinder Obama’s chances. Here’s an excerpt: Is Barack Obama, then, the ideal Democratic candidate [...]
On the R’s, Ana Marie Cox explains Romney’s Michigan primary win here. And looking at the D’s, Michael Scherer praises the heckler at the Las Vegas debate and Mark Halperin grades the contestants. Update: Links have been fixed.
