One of the things I’ve learned about the post-New Hampshire Clinton campaign is that they don’t like to let anyone know what she is doing or where she is going much in advance. A few hours ago, they announced she would be spending the night of the South Carolina primary … in Nashville. In fact, [...]
Just in case anyone was starting to believe the rumors, it seems John Edwards has no intention of dropping out this Saturday. From a press release this afternoon: ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** EDWARDS TO VISIT FEBRUARY FIFTH STATES AND DISCUSS HIS PLANS TO MAKE SURE OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND THE MIDDLE CLASS Edwards [...]
Of the many stark differences between John McCain and Mitt Romney, the one that gets the most attention from both voters and the press is Romney’s claim that his private sector background uniquely qualifies him to “fix” Washington, versus McCain’s national security/experience argument, “ready to lead on day one.” Press him on economic policy and [...]
One thing that has struck me in the day and a half I have spent with the Hillary Clinton campaign here in South Carolina is how white her audiences have been. This, as we have noted, is a state where half the Democratic electorate is African-American, and the Clintons’ bond with that community is legendary. [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about the controversy caused by an online video voter guide that had been posted by the political arm of Focus on the Family. The commentary, which featured the opinions of Tony Perkins, who heads the Family Research Council, were notable for their harsh assessment of Mike Huckabee’s credentials as a fiscal and [...]
Still more from the vault. E.J. Dionne recalls a time when an up-and-coming Democratic pol with national aspirations had some nice things to say about Ronald Reagan and his ideas: It was a remarkable moment: A young, free-thinking presidential hopeful named Bill Clinton sat down with reporters and editors at The Post in October 1991 [...]
Romney’s tour of a cancer research facility shows us something about the man’s social DNA. When I talked to the lab tech Romney conversed with, I asked him if the lab worked with stem cells. “No,” he said, “But I wish I could.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee version of the revised Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act was defeated by a 60-34 vote this afternoon. The key difference between that bill and the Intelligence Committee version, which is likely to pass, comes on the question of granting legal immunity to those telecoms that cooperated with U.S. government requests to participate [...]
As grumbling about Bill Clinton grows among Democratic leaders (and particularly among Hillary Clinton’s fellow Senators), the word I’m hearing is her operation is growing quite worried that the former President’s comments are becoming too big a story this week. They are looking for some graceful way to tamp it down. Not so easy, where [...]
