Mike Huckabee was interviewed this morning on Joe Scarborough’s morning show on MSNBC. Scarborough, and his co-anchor, whoever she is, fail to impress and Scarborough simply can’t help but be a nasty partisan. Huckabee, however, has some really interesting things… Continue Reading
I was pretty cynical about the Big Speech On Race today. Seemed to me that Obama had been maneuvered into the issue and that having repudiated the statements of his own pastor should have ended the whole Jeremiah Wright issue,… Continue Reading
I really haven’t paid a ton of attention to the Jeremiah Wright story that I still think is going to go away pretty quickly. And I took the weekend off blogging to be lazy. But if you’re hungry for commentary… Continue Reading
…Arkansas Republicans have been unable to find a candidate who will oppose the re-election bid of Democratic freshman Senator Mark Prior. This is actually less surprising than one might think. Yes, Arkansas is a conservative state. It voted for native… Continue Reading
I wrote a few days ago that Mitt Romney was the best of the available choices for John McCain as his running mate. Fred Barnes agrees, and for largely the same reasons I suggested. So how come I don’t have… Continue Reading
John McCain has a lengthy history of being a budget hawk, and one of his bugaboos has been earmarks. One of the reasons the GOP establishment dislikes McCain is that he has been very forthright about calling his fellow Republicans… Continue Reading
Why the double standard, Hillary? Why?
I don’t think it’s been a big secret that New York Governor Elliot Spitzer entertains White House ambitions, so I anticipated some flack for not including him on the list of possible running mates for Barack Obama. My rationale was… Continue Reading
Today’s WaPo offers an analysis that suggests Obama’s strategy of seeking delegate votes from traditionally Republican-voting areas will weaken him in the general election. The analysis is interesting in that it points out that Obama has managed to make gains… Continue Reading
I asked NAPP readers who, from a list of nine possible choices, would be the best choice for John McCain to make as his running mate. Eight of the nine were Republicans (obviously any such list will consist of all… Continue Reading