So Who Won Texas?

Good question. And we’re not going to know the answer for a while, as Michael Duffy and Hilary Hylton explain here. P.S. Note to the High Sheriffs: Thanks for changing that Swampland banner, though I kind of miss seeing Mike Gravel up there.

This Reporter Does Not Endorse These Messages

But since it is Friday afternoon, he must admit that the ones he has seen are pretty funny. (Click the links, and then click the text.) John McCain Wears Sneakers With Velcro. Barack Obama Left A Comment On Your Blog. Hillary Clinton Is Sticking Her Finger In The Peanut Butter. (Apologies if you have seen [...]

Another Week, Another McCain Web Video

This one is about McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. There are, perhaps regrettably, no nebulae or Teddy Roosevelt quotes like in the last one.

Hillary’s Santorum-like Numbers

Some of you were asking about where the poll numbers that put Hillary’s PA popularity on par with ousted Sen. Rick Santorum. Here they are: A Franklin & Marshall/Times-Shamrock Newspapers poll in mid-February showed 43 percent of voters had an unfavorable opinion of Mrs. Clinton, the same as a month ago and three percentage points [...]

Clinton Conference Call 3/13/08; Notes and Audio

Sorry so late with this. Had a bunch of things to do away from the computer yesterday. Call was with Howard Wolfson, Mark Penn, PA Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Nutter. Direct audio link here. Highlights: Olbermann says campaign is awash in filth? HW: We obviously vigorously disagree tho many of remain fans of [...]

McCain Campaign Returns To Solid Ground

In the post below, I raised the question of whether or not the McCain campaign made a mistake by sending out an attack article on Obama to reporters this morning. I published the post before a McCain aide was able to get back to me to answer that question. (Such are the perils of the [...]

McCain Campaign Walks A Fine Line On Obama Attacks

Three weeks ago, John McCain took a strong public stand against those of his allies who would attack Barack Obama for his middle name. “I want to disassociate myself with any disparaging remarks,” McCain told the press, after a radio talk show host distastefully used Obama’s middle name Hussein. Then this week, McCain’s campaign manager, [...]

In the Arena

Obama’s Mom

In the midst of the tension and bluster and inhumanity of the campaign, it’s downright refreshing to pause and read about a very human being.

Scoop of the Day

The Boston Globe’s amazing, Pulitzer Prize-winning Charlie Savage does it again: WASHINGTON – Almost 32 years to the day after President Ford created an independent Intelligence Oversight Board made up of private citizens with top-level clearances to ferret out illegal spying activities, President Bush issued an executive order that stripped the board of much of [...]

The Bush Administration and the Mortgage Market

Curious Capitalist Justin Fox has a smart take on the Bush Administration’s plan to avert the next mortgage crisis (but not to do much about THIS one), which he describes as “closing the barn door.” From what I’m reading in the papers this morning, it seems like it has another flaw that lends itself to [...]