Mitt “4% behind a guy who isn’t even running” Romney today said of Rudy Giuliani, “He is pro-choice, he is pro-gay marriage, and anti-gun,” which is about one-third correct. This is a desperate ploy for support amongst social conservatives, but… Continue Reading
Former Senator Rick Santorum, the darling of social conservatives these days, has said that he’s willing to endorse Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney or anyone else running for President over McCain because… “I don’t agree with him on hardly any… Continue Reading
This time, the victim is Mitt Romney, and the leaked internal memo took the form of a 77-page powerpoint presentation concerning the former Massachusetts Governor’s vulnerabilities. Most prominent among them is his record of flip-flopping on social issues, which have… Continue Reading
And it was promising to get so interesting. But when RedState starts turning on you, that’s a sign that maybe the steak has been cooked all the way through. Not keeping the crowds at home happy is a big problem… Continue Reading
The Giuliani campaign website made two significant announcements yesterday while I was at judge school downtown. First, a “Massachusetts Leadership Team” was announced with a bunch of prominent-seeming Republicans including a majority of the Republicans in the Massachusetts State Senate.… Continue Reading
According to this collection of polling data, Rudy Guiliani is very narrowly in the lead of John McCain for the Republican nomination — within the margin of error on the more recent polls. Mitt Romney is running a respectable but… Continue Reading
Further to a comment made earlier by my good buddy Salsola, it looks more likely that California will change the date of its Presidential primary from June to February. This would dramatically shift the dynamics of the Presidential nomination process.… Continue Reading
John Edwards announced a few weeks ago, and became the first candidate anticipated to have a big impact on the race to formally declare. About 45 minutes ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton, another one of the big players, formally declared her… Continue Reading
Quoth Dick Morris about the four most prominent Republican Presidential hopefuls: “the only one of these guys who hasn’t had multiple wives is the Mormon.” If Morris is right, the hard-right social conservatives may not have anywhere else to go… Continue Reading
Romney, Guiliani, McCain, and… Gingrich? I didn’t think Gingrich was running. The Monitor also thinks that Tom Vilsack has a chance to beat out Hillary Clinton. I don’t think so. I’m not sure that this is a good read of… Continue Reading