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As reported in the NYT this morning, Romney is spending a boatload of money running television ads in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and on national cable. No other candidate is on the air. Romney’s aides say the ad buys are the reason Romney has leapfrogged over McCain and Giuliani in (some) Iowa and New Hampshire polling. They may …

This news today from the Clinton campaign. It follows this story last week from the LA Times, where Tina Daunt was ahead of the announcement:

So here’s the buzz these days: Clinton’s presidential bid has begun to regain momentum over Obama’s in the entertainment industry.

In fact, it’s become so strong that Steven Spielberg, once

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Since so many people have posted wanting to know my personal beliefs, I thought it would only be fair to accommodate those of you who took time to post the questions. These are my views and may or may not reflect John’s views.
I am a Democrat because I believe in the two principles Andy Jackson introduced to the party. Those …

Okay, the percoset has worn off enough so that I won’t get picked up by the information superhighway patrol for BUI, and Jay says it’s okay to post when I’m on disability leave. So here goes:

I’d like to know what my fellow Swampers (especially you, Mudcat) think of this particularly interesting tidbit in the Post story today about …

In case you were wondering whether anyone over at Hillary HQ was worried about the new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll – which shows Barack Obama performing far better than Senator Clinton in head-to-head match-ups with potential GOP nominees — Hillary pollster-strategist-guru Mark Penn has issued a memo to “interested parties” …

Rural Votes Are The Key To The Kingdom

I think Dee Davis, President of the non-partisan Center for Rural Strategies, perfectly summed up the importance of rural vote yesterday in his findings in their new poll (which is linked in a couple places on this site).

“The rural vote determines presidential elections,” said Dee Davis, …

In case you were wondering where that “Rural Juror” headline came from:

As for this headline (for some reason, it also seems related to the topic at hand): See this.

Joe and I discuss his last column here.

Names are named (Glenn Greenwald) and Joe’s reporting techniques analyzed.

UPDATE: Sorry I don’t have a transcript. I think those of you who enjoy scrapping with Joe will enjoy this episode just as much as his posts and columns, however. He does admit he hasn’t read the comments in the thread …

Swamp cyber-neighbor Justin Fox looks at rural America wonders who, exactly, is there left to “liaise” to?

I could only find four states where rural residents are in the majority: Vermont, Maine, West Virginia and Mississippi. The latter two look to be on the verge of flipping to majority urban, which would leave a couple of New England

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Jonathan Martin over at Politico catches the candidate whose last job was running the state of Massachusetts exposing an inexcusable lack of familiarity with a Boston Red Sox tradition.Of course, Romney would just as soon not remind GOP voters of his last job, so maybe he was faking it!

Our new colleague Jay Newton-Small on yesterday’s failed attempt to hold a “no confidence vote” on Alberto Gonzales:

Does failing to pass a no-confidence vote mean that the Senate really has confidence in embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales?

Actually, no.

“A lot of senators felt strongly that this was a meaningless resolution

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