As on most topics, Mike Huckabee can speak eloquently and movingly about the bedrock principle of racial equality. It usually comes up in his stump when he is talking about abortion, about how every life is equal, even those in the womb. He will compare this idea to the lesson America, and the south, learned [...]
It’s hard to bounce around among candidate events like I did in N.H. First, I don’t have my road buddy Nancy Gibbs here to help me navigate. Second, the events all seem to be four hours driving time from each other. So here’s the limited report: I’m typing this while I await a Huckabee appearance [...]
Previewing a not-so-nasty GOP race in South Carolina:
There is no question Edwards has become Obama’s wingman, often defending Obama and attacking Hillary for him. A few cases to date: 1) When Clinton attacked Obama in the New Hampshire debate, Edwards was the one who shot back: “The one thing I do not argue with (Obama) about is he believes deeply in change [...]
Ace reporter Juliet Eilperin catches McCain out on a demonstrable falsehood: “Everybody claims they don’t like Abba, but they sold more records than anybody else in the world,” he asserted. (Some reporters questioned this assertion; Post research editor Alice Crites notes that Abba has sold 370 million albums, which is fewer than Elvis and the [...]
When Romney changed his schedule to mostly skip South Carolina’s GOP primary this Saturday — and instead compete for the gold in ice dancing in Nevada — it was widely interpreted as basically conceding the race to the two Southerners and war hero all running strong in that state. Last week, before the Michigan primary, [...]
William Burns is replacing Nicholas Burns as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the number 3 job at State. The new Burns is arriving from Moscow, where he served as Ambassador. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary of State for Near East…but he may be best known as the co-author, with Ryan Crocker, of a [...]
I thought Bill Clinton was a very good President and ex-President, but he sure is proving to be a very messy spouse on the campaign trail. I mean, two days before the not-so-crucial Nevada caucuses the Hillary Clinton campaign’s message is all about Bill. Specificially, big pieces in the Washington Post and New York Times [...]
Ms. Cox below might ask Senator McCain two questions: 1. What percentage of the secure neighborhoods in Baghdad are controlled by Muqtada al-Sadr? (Answer: an awful lot of them, including the neighborhood where McCain took his famous market walk last Spring.) 2. Is Muqtadr al-Sadr our friend or our enemy? Just asking.
McCain jumped on the bus this morning brandishing a USA Today: “See this? See this?” He said, pointing to the headline, “75% of Baghdad Secure.” I asked, “What does that mean, exactly? What is the 75 percent a percentage of? Population?Acreage? Decrease in violence” “Does that matter?” McCain replied, his light irony segueing into mock [...]
