Now I understand what Michael Grunwald meant in his cover story by “partisanship-on-crack“: Thomas Ravenel.
UPDATE: I’m flattered to be asked what I think this means for Giuliani. As witnessed by my puzzlement over the popularity of the Clinton/Sopranos video, I’m not sure how reliable my insights are into the behavior of the voting …
Not even the campaign denies that Hillary was booed (again) this morning at the Take Back America conference. What’s got the bloggers riled up: why she was booed. They contend that she wasn’t booed because she said she supported the troops, or that she declared their mission a success but because she said the disaster in Iraq is the …
Josh Marshall looks a little deeper into Rudy Giuliani’s dubious commitment to figuring out the Iraq war:
Rudy has very consistently been ducking the issue for months. He’s toed the party line opposing Democratic plans for a pull out. But he ignores the entire issue of Iraq whenever possible. And when he’s forced to address he deals
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Karen just asked me to ask Swamphusband, if the Punjab memo’s substance is so relevant, why did the Obama people send it out “not for attribution.”
I can’t speak for Swamphusband, but it’s been a topic of conversation around the Swamptable, so I’ll offer some half-baked thoughts. First: The move was clearly not well thought out. If the …
I still don’t get it, personally, but apparently the people — which is to say, the MSM — love that Hillary Sopranos video.
I think Chris Matthews put it best this morning, on — I think — “Today”: “You’re stooping to conquer and people love it.”
Swamphusband looks at the actual substance (!) of the Obama “Punjab” letter:
But what was it, in the end, that this horridly gauche campaign document was actually saying? That both Hillary Clinton and her husband have extensive blind-trust investments in Indian companies that outsource jobs from the U.S. to India, and that both have
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This just in from Jay Carney, reporting from the LAX tarmac:
The Mayor of New York is officially bolting the Republican Party, and is laying the groundwork for an independent run for the White House. Current TIME Magazine coverguy Michael Bloomberg has been in Los Angeles yesterday and today, participating in a conference on …
I mean, seriously, I’m as speechless as a Mike Gravel ad.
As for the song itself: It’s f–king Celine Dion. THAT is what a popular poll yielded?
Clearly, Americans have no imagination or sense of adventure. And, just as clearly, that means she’s going to win.
UPDATE: They are totally giving Gravel a run for his money …
My teevee informs me that Barack Obama was the most crowd-pleasing but that they’ll wind up supporting Hillary Clinton because she can win.
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Jonathan Martin takes that SC poll more seriously than I do, but his analysis is interesting even if the numbers may be suspect:
So McCain actually sinks to fifth, below Huckabee, among those immigration-obsessed South Carolinians. Worse, immigration is effectively the second-most important issue to likely GOP primary voters in the
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Uh-oh… Someone let Chris Matthews moderate a debate again. And you know what that means: Questions about how candidates smell.
Sorry, that’s the Republicans. He’s doing the Dems. So you know what that means: Questions about whether or not Bill Clinton is tomcatting around.
Actually, he’s keeping really close to the union theme though …
The GAO takes a look (linked here via Think Progress) at the impact of President Bush’s expansive use of “signing statements” to declare that he will not follow laws he signs, and finds at least six instances in which federal agencies are ignoring the will of Congress. Here’s what the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Charlie Savage …
SEVEN percent, huh? Must… resist… writing… McCain.. obit… must… resist…
Why am I resisting? Let’s let our friends at Real Clear Politics do the honors of providing context:
That, my friends, is called an outlier. I’m willing to believe that the McCain camp is in trouble. Perhaps very serious trouble. But I also don’t …
