Lots more money is involved (millions, as opposed to tens of thousands), but no sexytime lobbyists in this McCain story: Is he improperly pulling out of the primary season public financing? I’ll defer to Karen’s greater expertise on campaign financing as to tease out whether anyone is behaving badly here — or how bad the [...]
So the January reports are out. But even though only three weeks have passed since the end of the reporting period, so much has happened in the presidential race that all this reads like something from an archaeological dig. Don’t you think, given all the technology we have available today, that someone should move for [...]
What Klein said about what Scherer said. It seems worth adding, however, that the Washington Post has a far more straightforward story on this whole business today. Another point: The Post story, which has former strategist John Weaver quoted on the record as saying he warned the lobbyist in question to stay away from McCain, [...]
What Scherer said. And some additional thoughts: 1. Huh? What do we make of a story with this headline: For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk Once again, huh? 2. The sex angle. Sex is, or should be, an issue in politics only when it raises larger character questions about the politician involved–a [...]
Every now and then, the New York Times writes a story that requires Cliffs Notes. It is a story that doesn’t exactly say what it is saying, or only says part of what the reporters seem to believe, or seems to be saying something it is not, or something like that. No doubt the story [...]
Mark Salter, John McCain’s obstreperous senior aide, just responded to Time’s query about the New York Times’s long-simmering McCain-mixed-up-with-lobbyists story. Speaking from a parking garage in Toledo, where the campaign is overnighting, Salter vehemently denied any improper relationship between the lobbyist singled out in the piece and the senator. He also attempted to cast doubt [...]
Re: That Olbermann-Matthews exchange: Texas Senator Kirk Watson blogs about his national humiliation at the hands of Chris Matthews (now playing on Youtube): And my mind went blank. I expected to be asked about the primary that night, or the big one coming up in Texas on March 4, or just about anything else in [...]
• “If speeches could create jobs, we wouldn’t be facing a recession. But it takes more.” [Politico] • “Olbermann: In defense of Sen. Obama and also in context, can you name one accomplishment of the US Senate in the last seven years? Matthews: That’s a broader question requiring a larger preparation. Olbermann: Yeah, you don’t [...]
CQ runs the numbers (my emphasis: would like to see the crosstabs on that…): The number of Americans who disapprove of President Bush’s performance on seven major issues has grown, according to two new polls released Wednesday. A Feb.11-14 Gallup poll says that overall, 65 percent of Americans disapprove of the president’s performance compared to [...]
