It’s a familiar story. In most speeches Obama has a riff about how one tired morning, wet, cold and bummed out he went to an event far from civilization where a wizened old lady fired him up with her chants of “Fired Up! Ready to Go!” I was surprised to find today when I went [...]
Did you hear that Fred Thompson dropped out of the Republican race? (as Karen reported below an hour ago) Two questions: 1. What’s the punch line? 2. If Thompson was drawing as much as a dozen point in recent polls, where does his support go? (Ok, that could easily be a straight line, too.)
…with as much energy as he displayed throughout his presidential race. Here’s his withdrawal statement, all three sentences of it: McLean, VA – Senator Fred Thompson today issued the following statement about his campaign for President: “Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my [...]
Following last night’s debate, I asked President Clinton this morning: “Is Obama running against you, or Hillary Clinton or both of you?” Forty-two again hit Obama for admiring Republican ideas — a sore spot for Obama who said in last night’s debate that he praised Reagan as a president able to cross the partisan divide [...]
Yeah, this is the guy you want running the free world: “There were constant loyalty tests: ‘Will you shoot your brother?’ ” said Marilyn Gelber, who served as environmental commissioner under Mr. Giuliani. “People were marked for destruction for disloyal jokes.” Mr. Giuliani paid careful attention to the art of political payback. When former Mayors [...]
