Edwards for Hillary?

So Edwards isn’t ruling out endorsing anybody. But that statement from the campaign can be translated into: Edwards isn’t ruling out endorsing Hillary and the Inside the Beltway rumor mill abounds with speculation. It is a prospect that I find incredibly surprising, though, since he’s spent the last several months talking about how he and [...]

Hello, November

With John McCain now the true front-runner for the GOP nomination, it will soon be time to start testing the theory that, if nominated, he would stand a good chance of winning in November, despite all the negative trends for his party in this election cycle. Rasmussen’s latest head-to-head numbers show McCain jumping to beyond-the-MOE [...]

Wikipedia and Me

I hope our readers here will excuse and indulge me for a personal posting, but I wanted to set something straight.: This morning, I woke up to an e-mail from my brother Michael in Dallas alerting me that the following line had been added to the biographical entry about me in Wikipedia: On January 27, [...]

McCain Wins Florida: AP

I think McCain is too classy to play back to reporters all those soundbites about him dropping out of the race. At the convention.

Giuliani to Endorse McCain

Even with the ballots still being counted in Florida, The Page is reporting that Rudy Giuliani is ready to throw in the towel and endorse John McCain, possibly as early as tomorrow in California. A Rudy endorsement could seal the deal for McCain in the winner-take-all contests in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on [...]

SwampCast: Primary Spoiler

The top 3 things to keep in mind about today’s primary.

TV Monitors Can Be Tricky…

In her story about the State of the Union address in today’s New York Times, Sheryl Stolberg compares President Bush to how he looked when he gave his first State of the Union address in 2001: “Mr. Bush is grayer now than he was then, reflecting the strain of his time in office.” To Alessandra [...]

Underplayed Story of the Day

In a development that is not a good omen for health care reform efforts on the state level or the similar federal plans being talked about by the Democratic candidates, the California Legislature has killed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ambitious proposal to expand coverage, which was introduced* a little over a year ago.: The Senate Health Committee [...]

Please Read this Florida Piece Before It Becomes Irrelevant

Is it the stupid, economy?

Re: That Florida SwampCast

I meant Chile! I meant Chile! I meant Chile! All I can say is that I taped it in 5 minutes I had between campaign events. I didn’t even realize I had screwed up.