Oh, never mind.

A few days back in this space, I offered up a theory that Joe Lieberman’s endorsement of John McCain came at a good moment, because New Hampshire independents were suddenly showing an interest in voting in the Republican primary, rather than the Democratic one. But in a later conversation, Andy Smith, who conducted that …

If you watched him on the Today Show this morning, you might have a new appreciation for why Mike Huckabee is surging both in both Iowa and in national polls in the race for the Republican nomination. In an interview with Meredith Viera, Huckabee turned the hubub over the “floating cross” in his Christmas ad into a lament about the …

I asked the Romney campaign for comment on the Governor’s being overwhelmed with emotion at the thought of one of his five sons coming home from Iraq in a casket.

The email exchange here:

From: Ana Marie Cox
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:55 AM
To: Romney Press Person
Subject: Re: Tears

Yesterday, when [the Governor] imagined

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At least, David Brooks’ column in today’s New York Times sure reads like an Obama endorsement. As does Fareed Zakaria’s essay in the current issue of that other weekly newsmagazine. Neither, of course, actually declares his support for Obama’s candidacy. To do so would be surprising from Brooks in particular, since he is, after all, the …

I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth:

Mitt Romney’s eyes filled with tears today as the Republican presidential contender recalled watching the casket of a soldier killed in Iraq return to the United States and imagined if it were one of his five sons.

Some candidates — Biden, McCain, and Hunter — don’t have Romney’s …

It hasn’t gotten much national attention amid all the other political news, but the flush times are over. Governors and state legislators across the country say their fiscal situations are rapidly sliding toward the dire conditions of a few years back, thanks in large part to the burst of the housing bubble and its ripple effects. The AP …

Rudy Giuliani’s election strategy hasn’t really wavered since he entered the race for the Republican nomination ten months ago. The idea was that Rudy would let his competitors fight it out in the first four contests — Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina — and then he would render those early results meaningless by winning …

With the Iowa caucuses just two and a half weeks away, the candidates have pretty much taken up residence in the state, with one conspicuous exception. This morning will find Senator Chris Dodd on the Senate floor, where he plans to be staging a filibuster against the telcom immunity provision in the FISA bill. As we’ve written here …

In some ways, the most interesting endorsement news is that 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Lieberman will be endorsing John McCain today. This doesn’t do much for McCain in Iowa, where the caucuses are dominated by partisans, but it could give him a boost after that. In New Hampshire, independents–who can vote in either …