Romney spokesdude Kevin Madden called yesterday to attempt to clarify the Governer’s remarkable assertion about lather-rinse-repeat marriages in France. He said that what Romney had intended to refer to was the French version of civil unions, called “PaCs” from “pacte civil de solidarite.”
A rush transcript:
ME: And they last …
Romney this weekend:
“It seems that Europe leads Americans in this way of thinking,” Romney told the crowd of more than 5,000. “In France, for instance, I’m told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the …
Meet the new boss, same as…
“A surprising number … who watched the entire 90 minutes still could not recognize the candidates. I said it was a shame they didn’t put the names on the screen.”
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The Republican debate next week features the same 90 minute, 10-candidate lineup as last week in California. South Carolina GOP
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Barack Obama is black. No, seriously, he is.
Washington Post is ALL OVER this story.
Almost makes you long for the days when he wasn’t black enough.
Can’t. Get. Enough!!!
Our new colleague Mark Halperin judges the contenders, Simon-Cowell style. His new spark may surprise you.
A note: I’m sort of flabbergasted by the love Mitt’s getting from the media. I thought he did, you know, okay. He didn’t commit a gaffe on the level of bin Laden/varmints/Battlefield Earth. But is being …
7:59PM: LIEBERMAN is there. At the right debate at least.
8:04PM: “If I determine a rebuttal is necessary…” Best line of the night; Matthews only thinks HIS rebuttal is necessary.
8:04PM: Who thought Matthews would be the FIRST one to invoke Reagan? Drink drink drink!
8:05PM: Rudy somehow ties “Reagan’s optimism” with “the war on …
The military has “clarified” its new blogging and email regulations; they sound much less stringent than first announced:
In no way will every blog post/update a Soldier makes on his orher blog need to be monitored or first approved by an immediate supervisor and Operations Security (OPSEC) officer. After receiving guidance and
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I will be live-blogging.
Yes, I watched the Moyers special and I’m not sure how much I have to add. It’s a depressing spectacle, but nothing about it was was especially surprising. The two darkest moments had to be Walter Isaacson telling Moyers that CNN’s coverage was monitored — and apparently influenced by — advertisers and the administration and poor …
His question is actually a good one, but — as a Swampland operative pointed out — I wonder if we’re in for a trend of campaign releases touting achievements that are normal for any average 14-year-old girl:
From: Kate Bedingfield
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:06 PM
Subject: Edwards Submits Question for MSNBC/Politico
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The revved-up primary season has meant an early start for fundraising, for ad-buys, for talk of campaign romances and for large mini-bar bills, but one wonders, when will start to see demands from extraneous bi-partisan interest groups, hoping to attract publicity and attention by hopping on the vaguely topical idea of an election that’s …
Greg Sargent burrows into the Rudy-weasel story. Worth reading in full, but a favorite passage:
This conversation is over, David. Thank you. [Mr. Giuliani cuts him off.] There is something really, really, very sad about you. You need help. You need somebody to help you. I know you feel insulted by that, but I’m being honest with you.
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Just in time for this week’s “milblogger” conference in D.C., the Army has issued new regulations for active duty blogger-soldiers: basically, stop. All blog updates must be okayed, and personal emails will be subject to scrutiny. This seems like a mistake to me, as milbloggers are generally advocates for their operation and their word …
