Archives: Posts From May 2007
Quinnipiac PA Poll: Giuliani Holds, McCain Drops, Romney and Thompson Jump
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 31 May 2007 at 5:17 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Quinnipiac has a new poll out of Pennsylvania today. The results, in brief, for the GOP primary field with comparisons to how each candidate was doing in April:
Giuliani 28% (down 1 point from 29%) McCain: 11% (down 6 points from 17%) Thompson: 10% ...
Thompson: Crossover Appeal?
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 31 May 2007 at 1:03 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Well, it is a fellow Tennessean, but still interesting: Gov. Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, was asked about a prospective Thompson candidacy Wednesday.
"I certainly think Fred Thompson is the kind of person who ought to be stepping forward and making himself ...
That Rudy Endorsement Today
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 31 May 2007 at 10:04 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: That Rudy endorsement today?
It's Louis Freeh, Bill Clinton's FBI director. The endorsement is set to happen in Midtown at 2:00.
This is a nice one to have potentially going into a general election against Hillary Clinton. ...
Fredapalooza: Who Wins? Who Loses?
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 31 May 2007 at 9:15 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Robert Novak weighs in this morning with a pretty enthusiastic column about Fred Thompson's entry into the race. (Perhaps making up for his savaging of Mr. Thompson back at the beginning of the month, after the former senator's lackluster speech in ...
The Thompson Record
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 11:28 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: In the interest of being your clearinghouse for all things Fred, here are two more items, for now:
1) Fred Thompson is leaving "Law & Order" (now we know he's serious.) Rumors are that Sam Waterston will be bumped up to DA for the show's 18th season. ...
Political Video of the Day II
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 6:42 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: OK, this is just wrong: ...
Prediction Market: Fred Up, Rudy Down
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 5:59 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: In the InTrade prediction market, Fred Thompson has jumped to $25.00, from $22.00. This is just shy of Rudy Giuliani's $25.60. It puts Mr. Thompson ahead of Mitt Romney, with a price of $23.00.
John McCain is down at $17.60.
Of course this is all just ...
Libertarians for Giuliani?
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 5:45 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Not if my old boss at the Cato Institute, David Boaz, has anything to say about it: Throughout his career, Giuliani has displayed an authoritarian streak that would be all the more problematic in a man who would assume executive powers vastly expanded by ...
Cynthia McKinney for President?
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 5:39 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Crazier things have happened.
Or ... not.
Reason's David Weigel has the scoop. ...
Giuliani 'Key Endorsement' Tomorrow at NYC
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 5:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Giuliani campaign sends word that the former mayor will be in New York City tomorrow to receive a "key" endorsement at 2 p.m.
Where does "key" fit in relation to "major" or "substantial"? Who knows.
I'm guessing it's not this guy. If anyone has any ...
Thompson Announcement Could Come in Early July
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 1:58 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Despite what the Politico has up at its Web site and the link Drudge has had up all day, my source in Thompson-land tells me that "There's no plan to announce on July 4" or even the week of July 4.
There's certainly a rough plan, Mr. Thompson's advisor ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 9:40 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Witness Mitt Romney's crystal clarity on immigration, from an interview last Friday with the Lakeland Ledger in Florida:
Also, not the flip-flop both within the video above, and from this statement in the GOP debate, regarding whether illegal ...
Adding Thompson to the GOP Index
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 8:47 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: In light of recent events, now seems like the time to officially add Fred Thompson to our National GOP Index.
As you can see (below, after the jump), Mr. Thompson enters the race slightly ahead of Mitt Romney at the national level.
The candidates' ...
Dept. of Things We Already Knew
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 30 May 2007 at 8:33 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Fred Thompson is running. Politico's Mike Allen now adds that there is a soft plan for a July 4 announcement of an official campaign.
It's unclear what this means precisely for the timetable he has set out. June 4 is the most likely day he will launch ...
LP Exclusive: Thompson to Announce 'Testing the Waters' Committee Early Next Week
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 7:06 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: LatestPolitics.com can now report, with confirmation from a Fred Thompson advisor, that the former Tennessee senator will announce early next week the formation of a presidential "testing-the-waters" committee.
Jim Tracey, a state senator supporting Mr. ...
Thompson (Unofficial) Campaign Book Released: 'The Fred Factor'
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 3:02 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: John McCain's got "Faith of My Fathers," a campaign autobiography that came out back in 1999, when he made his first run for the White House. Mitt Romney's got "A Mormon in the White House?," a campaign hagiography by conservative talk-radio host and ...
New ARG Early State Polls
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 2:21 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: New early state polls out from ARG:
IA: McCain 25%, Giuliani 23%, Romney 16%, Thompson 6%
NH: McCain 30%, Romney 23%, Giuliani 21%, Thompson 3%
SC: McCain 32%, Giuliani 23%, Thompson 13%, Romney 10%
ARG's polls are unfailingly kind to John McCain ...
Rudy Ambushed in New York City
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 2:01 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Via Drudge...
It seems some 9/11 conspiracy types ambushed Rudy Giuliani today as he tours around New York City in search of campaign cash.
According to a dispatch from the Web site of WNBC:
A radical group at a Bronx fundraiser confronted Rudolph ...
Further on Mitt
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 1:45 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Further on Mitt, this David Bernstein profile is well worth checking out.
The most remarkable thing, I think, is how successful Mr. Romney has been in convincing the press that his fundraising matters despite his lack of movement in national polls (so ...
Romney's Identity Problem
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 1:11 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: No, not his political identity his difficulty keeping other people straight.
Recently, you may recall, Mitt Romney confused Ralph Reed and Gary Bauer (not an easy thing to do by sight, even if their political views bear some resemblance to one and ...
Rasmussen: Giuliani, 25%; Romney, 16%; McCain, 15%; Thompson, 12%
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 8:43 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: According to the most recent Rasmussen national telephone survey, the immigration bill may be significantly shaking up the GOP primary field, hurting John McCain and helping Mitt Romney.
The results:
Giuliani: 25% Romney: 16% McCain: 15% Thompson: 12% ...
Rudy Freeper Ban
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 8:20 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: I haven't been following this Free Republic situation, but, apparently, Free Republic members sympathetic to the Rudy Giuliani candidacy have been banned from the site. The New York Observer reports:
Over the past few weeks, chaos has reigned in the ...
Your Love for Fred
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 8:14 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Over the holiday weekend, I left up our video of Fred Thompson in Connecticut. I just wanted to report back that a whopping 5,600 of you watched the 25 minute speech on Motionbox. (For those of you who did, how'd you like that balloon that kept floating ...
Googling Fred
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 8:08 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Which candidate is most worried about Fred Thompson entering the GOP primary?
Well, just head over to Google and enter Fred Thompson's name.
Hey, what's Mitt Romney doing there at the top of the "sponsored links"?
Looks like someone's been buying up ...
The Caroline Primary
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 29 May 2007 at 7:50 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. Things were relatively quiet in the world of politics, as average Americans attended picnics with their candidates of choice.
So, here's one I missed from before the weekend: On Friday, Rudy Giuliani ...
Fred Thompson in CT: The Full Video
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 25 May 2007 at 6:16 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: For the real Fred Heads out there, here's the full video of his speech in CT:
You can watch a bigger version here.
Here are some of the highlights of the video:
Opener: "All right, let's get the announcement out of the way.
Law & Order' will return ...
Rudy v. McCain v. Romney
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 25 May 2007 at 4:28 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Yes, those are the big three. But not very much public polling at this point narrows down the choices as such mostly voters are being asked to chose from a list of 10 or more candidates.
I've been arguing that a narrowing of the field helps Rudy ...
Flak and Pot
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 25 May 2007 at 4:16 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Things are sure getting hot between McCain and Obama. ...
Ahead of Memorial Day
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 25 May 2007 at 10:10 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Ahead of Memorial Day, we have one of those great political polls: Who would you like to have a beer with? Who would you like to go fishing with? Who would you like to have hold your hair back while you pay the wages of a wild night on the town?
Or, in ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 24 May 2007 at 10:29 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: In today's video, from Fred Thompson's speech tonight at the CT GOP dinner, the former Tennessee senator lays into the proposed immigration compromise: ...
Fred Thompson Goes Nutmeg
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 24 May 2007 at 8:46 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Fred Thompson is speaking tonight at the Connecticut GOP's Prescott Bush awards dinner. I'm in the hall right now as he's speaking. He's getting a tremendously warm reception.
One notable thing so far: He says he's proud to have given money to Joe ...
Florida, Florida, Florida
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 24 May 2007 at 1:30 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: With its shiny new January 29 primary, Florida is in for a lot of attention this primary season. That said, here are three interrelated issues to think about as the Big Three in the GOP position themselves in the Sunshine State, especially in the wake of ...
Romney in Fifth
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 24 May 2007 at 11:29 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: This morning we have a new national poll, though it's a small one: the Diageo/Hotline Poll, conducted by Financial Dynamics, May 16-20, 2007, 196 Republican primary voters nationwide.
The results?
After the jump... Rudy Giuliani shows up about where he ...
Who Cares About Washington?
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 11:47 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Want some polling about who's going to win Washington in 2008? Now, what if I told you I was talking about Washington state?
Thought so.
Nonetheless, there's a new poll out of Washington (by Moore Information, May 21-22, 529 registered voters), and it ...
Giuliani Allies Strike Back at Jerry Hauer
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 5:05 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Jerry Hauer, the former director of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management in New York City, has been in a fight recently with Rudy Giuliani over who selected the site for the doomed emergency command center in World Trade Center 7. Mr. Hauer has ...
What's Softer Than a Cream Puff?
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 2:31 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Would you like to read the least hard-hitting political profile of the year ... if not of all time?
Well, NewsMax has it here! ...
California Dreaming (First, Probably Not Last, Use of This Headline)
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 1:57 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The McCain camp is thrilled to be within three points of Rudy Giuliani in this latest ARG California poll: Giuliani 27%, McCain 24%, Thompson 12%, Romney 11%.
The interesting thing about California, of course, is that its delegates will be allocated by ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 11:37 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mitt Romney, the candidate with the most money (on the GOP side) and doing the most advertising, has a new ad out, titled "Tested, Proven":
The script, from the campaign, is this:
Script For "Tested, Proven" (TV:30): ANNOUNCER (Voice Over): "In the ...
Romney's Iowa Lead: Some Confirmation
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 11:29 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: While quite far from the recent Des Moines Register poll showing Mitt Romney on top with 30%, over John McCain's 18% and Rudy Giuliani's 17%, a Strategic Vision poll out today confirms Mr. Romney's lead in Iowa.
In this poll, Mr. Romney leads with 20%, ...
Hillary's Withdrawal
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 23 May 2007 at 11:21 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: No, not Barack Obama's fondest dream. Withdrawal from Iraq.
While Hillary Clinton won't apologize to Democratic primary voters for her vote authorizing the war in Iraq, she is trying to send signals that withdrawal from Iraq will be at the top of her ...
More on Romney, Jeb, and Florida
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 6:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Further to my post earlier about Mitt Romney risking alienating Jeb Bush (whose aides had been lining up behind Mr. Romney)...
ABC News reports that Jeb Bush has told a Florida GOP activist he is "disappointed" with Mr. Romney for attacking the ...
Thompson Announcement in Early July?
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 5:49 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Does this follow the Great Law of Headline Question Marks? I don't know. But it's more rumor than news, so I'm going with the old, reliable "?". Tennessee Politics Blog reports:
Thompson to Announce in July, Collamore to Head Campaign -- TPB has learned ...
Ron Paul and Anti-Semitism
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 5:48 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Over at Reason's Hit & Run blog, David Weigel got Ron Paul to comment on the quote I took note of a little while ago that "By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government." I said that I considered this statement ...
Romney: Hurting Himself in Florida?
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 3:34 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Soren Dayton asks an interesting question: Is Mitt Romney hurting himself with Jeb Bush (not to mention George W.) by opposing the immigration compromise?
The quick and dirty answer would have to be yes. Jeb Bush is quite outspoken on immigration ...
McCain Blogger Call Transcript
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 12:17 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The McCain campaign has released a transcript of yesterday's blogger call. The big news out of it, of course, was Mr. McCain's attack on Mitt Romney (about which I wrote a column here).
However, some might be interested in this exchange regarding Ron ...
Gallup: Giuliani's Complicated Lead
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 5:46 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: This Gallup poll is from mid-last week, but there are a few things about it worth mentioning. Key is that Rudy Giuliani's lead has narrowed ... and it hasn't. In this latest poll, Mr. Giuliani holds a 6-point lead, 29% to 23% over John McCain. That's ...
Romney Gains in Iowa
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 12:03 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: So, sorry that I'm just getting to the Des Moines Register poll that has Mitt Romney way out ahead of the pack (at 30% to John McCain's 18% and Rudy Giuliani's 17%). While Mr. Romney's definitely been moving up in Iowa, this result is so far out-of-whack ...
American Morning
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 22 May 2007 at 12:01 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: For those up much earlier than I usually am, I'm supposed to be on CNN's American Morning sometime this morning (Tuesday). Could be as early as 6:30 a.m. I'm told.
The topic of discussion will be ... John McCain.
UPDATE I: It should be at or around 6 ...
McCain Romney Slam: The Audio
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 21 May 2007 at 3:26 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Here's the audio of that McCain-Romney slam. And, based on that audio, here's a bit more complete transcript of John McCain's statement:
"I'm a little disappointed in Fred, cause, again, he had a very a different position not that long ago. But since ...
Romney Responds to McCain
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 21 May 2007 at 2:22 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Romney campaign responds to John McCain's rather harsh attack on immigration: "Governor Romney has been very clear that he opposes this immigration agreement, which clearly falls short of the American public's expectations. It seems that certain ...
Fred Thompson Taps Tobacco Spokesman
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 21 May 2007 at 1:32 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: How good/bad an idea is it for Fred Thompson to tap a tobacco spokesman to run his campaign. From the Washington Post's The Fix blog:
Tom Collamore, who is currently the vice president of public affairs at Altria, has been leading the behind-the scenes ...
McCain Hits Romney Hard
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 21 May 2007 at 11:26 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mitt Romney has been trying to make quite a bit of political hay out of the compromise immigration bill he sees it as one of John McCain's key weaknesses as relates to the Republican base and a great way to differentiate himself as the One True ...
Rudy, Ahnold, and Immigration
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 21 May 2007 at 10:06 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mark Levin, over at National Review Online, writes that Rudy Giuliani is constrained from attacking the immigration bill because he's angling for an Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsement in California. Ahnold is pro-comprehensive immigration reform.
There's ...
Fred Thompson: No Restrictionist Hero
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 18 May 2007 at 2:54 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mitt Romney is rightly being hit for his flip-flop on immigration. However, Fred Thompson's "tough" stance isn't exactly enough to make him the restrictionists' hero, either.
As recently as 2006, Mr. Thompson clearly stated that some sort of ...
Video From Last Night's Republican Dinner
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 18 May 2007 at 12:57 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Here's the rest of the video from last night's Republican Party dinner in Midtown, written up here by our Matt Chayes. John McCain was the keynote speaker, Rudy Giuliani spoke earlier in the night.
Apparently, Mitt Romney had initially accepted an ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 18 May 2007 at 12:53 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: LatestPolitics.com video from last night's Republican Party dinner in Midtown. Here, Senator McCain is forced to praise Rudy Giuliani's handling of Ron Paul at Tuesday night's debate:
I love at the end where he just seems so annoyed with himself for ...
Latest LP Indices
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 18 May 2007 at 10:28 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: We'll have our full, most recent Latest Politics Indices, for both the Republican and Democratic fields, up shortly. But, for now, let me give you the "unofficial" version as I often do with unofficial candidate Fred Thompson included. Fred Heads may ...
Ron Paul and Race, Continued
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 18 May 2007 at 10:04 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Ron Paul supporters have written in about the racist and anti-Semitic comments in an old newsletter the congressman used to put out. Some have written in complaining about the charges of anti-Semitism, noting that Jews have too much damn power in this ...
Rudy, Romney, and Fred on Immigration
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 7:10 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: We know where John McCain stands on the immigration compromise. It's his initiative.
So, where are Rudy and Romney coming down? And does Fred have anything to say?
Well... From the Giuliani campaign: "Rudy's top priority and main objective is to ensure ...
Dobson Against Giuliani
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 5:21 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: It's not a surprise, but here's Evangelical leader James Dobson, head of the pretend-not-political Focus on the Family, on Rudy Giuliani: The jig is up. Rudy Giuliani finally admitted in a speech at Houston Baptist University last week that he is an ...
The Immigration Deal
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 4:43 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: So, President Bush and the Senate have come to agreement on an immigration deal "that would grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. ... [and] would also fortify the border."
This will, of course, be labeled ...
Ron Paul, Racism, and Anti-Semitism
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 2:09 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Apparently, some people think that pointing out Ron Paul's racist comments and anti-Semitic tendencies amounts to being part of a "Rove machine."
And, yes, focusing on the "negative," "powerful" Israel lobby above and beyond any other lobby counts ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 2:01 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Ron Paul goes for another round with Rudy Giuliani. "They came over here because we were over there.": ...
Giuliani, Abortion, and Adoption
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 9:19 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Times does a take out this morning on Rudy Giuliani's claim that he reduced the number of abortions in New York City and increased the number of adoptions.
The short take is that both parts of his claim are true, though the adoption part probably ...
Giuliani, Others Release Financial Data
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 17 May 2007 at 9:08 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: We knew this, but Rudy Giuliani is giving up a lot of money by running for president. Financial-disclosure forms released by the FEC show that the former mayor made $16 million over the last 16 months (breaking down nicely to $1 million a month), mostly ...
Inside City Hall Tonight
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 5:16 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Readers in the New York City area (with Time Warner Cable) can catch me tonight on NY1's Inside City Hall. It runs from 7:00-8:00 and 10:00-11:00.
I'll be on discussing Rudy Giuliani and the presidential race generally. ...
Ron Paul's Race Problem
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 5:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: For all those getting really excited about anti-war, libertarian Republican Ron Paul, it's worth noting that he's pretty racist and also an anti-Semite.
The Houston Chronicle story linked above contains quotes from a newsletter Mr. Paul put out in the ...
Giuliani Blogger Conference Call
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 2:02 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: At 1:30 p.m. today, Rudy Giuliani held his first conference call with bloggers (there have been other Giuliani campaign calls, but, as I understand it, this is the first one he's talked to personally).
After a very brief intro where he expressed his ...
CFG Endorsement Watch
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 11:44 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Earlier this week, I speculated that the Club for Growth's white paper on Rudy Giuliani's fiscal record amounted to an endorsement in the GOP primary.
Well, we have more evidence to support my thesis today: CFG president Pat Toomey's analysis of last ...
Former Ron Paul Campaign Coordinator Declares Against Him
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 11:08 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Eric Dondero, a former Ron Paul staffer, is declaring against his former boss after last night's debate embarrassment, where Mr. Paul appeared to blame 9/11 on U.S. foreign policy.
You can read his full missive after the jump... Good morning,
I am ...
Thompson Within Margin of Error of McCain in Ohio
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 10:09 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Yesterday, I noted that Fred Thompson had tied John McCain for second place in the national Harris Interactive poll. But, it was an interactive poll, so I recommended a healthy dose of salt.
Well, we've got some new data today, out of the Quinnipiac ...
Narrow the Field
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 9:15 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: After watching last night's debate, one can't help but wonder ... when will Jim Gilmore drop out? And Ron Paul. And Duncan Hunter. And Tom Tancredo. And Tommy Thompson. And Mike Huckabee. And Sam Brownback.
All of these men are wasting time and space at ...
Political Video of the Night
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 16 May 2007 at 12:48 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Giuliani-Paul showdown: ...
Giuliani Wins, Romney Loses, Ron Paul Loses, and John McCain Treads Water Again
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 11:09 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Well, no one ever accused the Romney press shop of modesty. I just got the press release: "Governor Mitt Romney Wins Second Debate Advocating A Stronger America."
Wrong. Wrong. And Wrong.
For the purpose of this instant analysis of the debate, I'm ...
The South Carolina Debate
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 9:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: 9:00: Brit Hume = awesome.
9:02: Jim Gilmore's still around? This is going to be a long night.
9:05: Fox will not be seeking comment on Falwell. Let's guess there will be some anyway.
9:06: McCain on Iraq: "They want to follow us home." We've heard ...
Liveblogging Tonight's Debate
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 5:37 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Tune in later this evening for liveblogging of Fox News's first-in-the-South GOP presidential debate.
Will Rudy Giuliani get grilled more on abortion, despite the fact that his position is relatively clear? Yes!
Will Mitt Romney use Jerry Falwell's ...
Obama Backs Charter Schools
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 5:15 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: At an AFL-CIO forum in New Jersey, Senator Obama of Illinois made a point of noting that he supports charter schools.
It wasn't exactly a profiles in courage moment, though, despite the headline his hometown paper chose. Mr. Obama opposes school ...
Reactions to Falwell's Death
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 2:38 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Republican presidential candidates have started to weigh in on the death of Jerry Falwell, noted bigot:
John McCain (supposed heir to the Barry Goldwater legacy): "I join the students, faculty, and staff of Liberty University and Americans of all ...
Political Video of the Day II
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 2:12 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Here's Fred Thompson's response to Michael Moore's challenge to a debate:
Mr. Thompson's certainly becoming the candidate of the Internet age, between blogging and podcasting and this.
But does this spot work? It comes across as rather cheesy and ...
UPDATE: Jerry Falwell Dies
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 2:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Jerry Falwell has died. Here is the AP report. ...
Jerry Falwell Taken to Hospital
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 12:46 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Something to watch:
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell was found unconscious in his office Tuesday and taken to the hospital, a Liberty University executive told a newspaper.
Ron Godwin, the executive vice president of the school, told The ...
Thompson Tied for 2nd?
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 12:28 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Call it the return of the Great Law of Headline Question Marks, but a new Harris Interactive poll shows Fred Thompson pulling even with John McCain (at 18%) in the Republican primary both still way behind Rudy Giuliani (at 38%). Mr. Thompson showed up ...
The Judith Show
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 11:54 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Rumors had been swirling about a New York magazine hit piece on Judith Giuliani, and now it's here, penned by one Lloyd Grove.
There's nothing terribly shocking in here (no new revelations about puppy killing), but it does purport to answer one question ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 9:59 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Will Rudy Giuliani get some questions about guns down in South Carolina tonight? Here's the former mayor, in 1995, bragging about seizing guns and refering to assault weapons as "instruments of mass destruction." He also has some harsh words for the NRA: ...
I Can't Resist
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 15 May 2007 at 1:22 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Shorter Rich Lowry: Mitt Romney may indeed suck, but it's not because he's a Mormon. ...
Giuliani Makes Amends With Iowa Family
By Russell Berman | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 8:28 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mayor Giuliani has made amends with an Iowa farming family that his campaign snubbed earlier this month because it wasn't rich enough to qualify for the estate tax, better know to Republicans as the "death tax."
A short while ago, the campaign released ...
Romney's South Carolina Embarrassment
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 6:55 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: There are two interesting things about the most recent poll out of South Carolina, done by Ayres McHenry & Associates: 1) Mitt Romney is in a weak fifth place, despite a massive effort in the state (though he is still ahead of Lindsay Lohan), and 2) Rudy ...
Rudy Day at NRO
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 6:20 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: NRO's writers (at least some of them) may be underwhelmed by his abortion position. But its guest columnists are throwing some serious love his way.
Here's Ted Olson on how Rudy will "strengthen our judiciary and respect and preserve its independence by ...
Lohan vs. Romney
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 3:01 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Have you ever wondered how Hillary Clinton's favorability ratings stack up against, say, Lindsay Lohan's? Well, Gallup has the answer with this poll.
My favorite fact so far: Far fewer people know who Mitt Romney is than know who Lindsay Lohan is. And ...
UPDATE: 'pretty clear that Fred is going to be leaving the cast'
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 2:27 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: It's not often I get to link to Starpulse.com. So I'm going to now.
According to NBC's top entertainment executive, Kevin Reilly, "It's pretty clear that Fred [Thompson] is going to be leaving the cast of the show no matter what." According to the AP ...
Rudy's CFG Softsoap
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 1:17 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Club for Growth released its fourth white paper on the Republican Presidential field. Up at bat: Rudy Giuliani. (Previously, they've done: John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Sam Brownback.)
I haven't had the chance to pick this apart yet, but I can say ...
First Amendment Under Assault ... Again
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 12:53 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Today, John Fund raises the alarm about a Democratic bill aimed at silencing grassroots activists. This one's too radical even for speech-banner John McCain to hop on board (now that he has to face the Republican base, that is).
As Mr. Fund describes ...
The Law & Order Candidate
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 14 May 2007 at 9:49 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Law & Order has been picked up for an 18th season.
According to CNN: "NBC said the status of Fred Thompson, who plays District Attorney Arthur Branch on 'Law & Order' and is considered a potential GOP presidential candidate, had nothing to do with the ...
Giuliani at Houston
By Ryan Sager | Sat, 12 May 2007 at 9:46 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: I don't think it would be too much to say that Rudy Giuliani's speech at Houston was a historic moment for the Republican Party whether or not one believes the former mayor, and current frontrunner, should be the GOP's nominee for president.
While his ...
New Jersey for Rudy
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 11 May 2007 at 10:56 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Further on my column and post this morning, New Jersey's Republican Party is moving to do a big favor for Rudy Giuliani. The Atlantic's Web site has a very informative dispatch.
Essentially, they are considering a rule change that would make their ...
Rudy's Race
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 11 May 2007 at 9:53 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: This morning, I take up the question of whether Rudy Giuliani can count on a February 5 strategy as a backup, should he suffer defeats in some of the early states.
I should make clear that I think Mr. Giuliani remains more than viable in Iowa, New ...
Democracy Plus Punching
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 11 May 2007 at 12:26 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: If you don't read Scott Adams's blog, you're missing out.
This, from Wednesday: "I think we'd all agree that democracy is a better form of government than a dictatorship. But democracy plus punching is the best government of all."
Some of you won't be ...
Romney's Shifting Vietnam Sentiments
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 10 May 2007 at 9:04 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: From Time.com today:
"The closest he has ever come to a personal religious crisis, he recalls, was when he was in college and considering whether to go off on a mission, as his grandfather, father and brother had done. Mitt was deeply in love with Ann, ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 10 May 2007 at 6:24 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Bill Richardson's job interview: ...
Ann Romney Under a Bus
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 10 May 2007 at 4:23 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Judi Giuliani may go to cabinet meetings, but Mitt Romney says his wife's positions "are not terrible relevant to my campaign." At least, they're not after it comes out that she gave money to Planned Parenthood.
Of course, when the Romney campaign wants ...
The Latest Politics Indices: With Thompson (Unofficially)
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 10 May 2007 at 3:11 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: You can see our most recently updated Latest Politics Indices on the left, or by clicking here. We still don't (officially) include Fred Thompson because he is not (officially) a candidate. But, below the fold, you can see what the GOP Primary Index ...
Giuliani: Getting Straight on Abortion
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 10 May 2007 at 12:33 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: If this New York Times story is accurate and I think it is, since it seems to have been placed by Rudy Giuliani's campaign Mr. Giuliani is making a much-needed correction in how he deals with the question of abortion. In essence, stop hemming and ...
NRO: LP a Must-Read
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 11:44 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Over at the Corner, National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru kindly calls this humble blog a "must-read." But I think he's just trying to make me feel guilty for taking a shot at NRO earlier today.
Seriously, though, for whatever disagreements I have from ...
Sharpton: NOW I'm Attacking Mormons
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 7:04 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Al Sharpton may have "clarified" his bizarre and seemingly bigoted comments about Mormonism from the other night. But a statement today from his office seems aimed at picking a fight with the Mormon faith over its checkered history as relates to race: ...
Ann Romney Gave to Planned Parenthood
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 6:54 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Rudy Giuliani is smiling right about now... It turns out Ann Romney, wife of the former governor, gave money to Planned Parenthood back in 1994, according to ABC News.
She appears to have given only once, and to have given less than Mr. Giuliani, but I ...
Political Video of the Day: Romney and Mass. Citizens for Life
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 5:04 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Tomorrow, at the Massachusetts Citizens for Life Mother's Day Dinner in Agawam, Mitt Romney will accept the anti-abortion group's Political Leadership Award.
There's more than a bit of irony here. First off, there's the fact that Mr. Romney gave this ...
Marist: Giuliani Flying High
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 2:13 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: According to the latest Marist poll, Rudy Giuliani is leading the Republican pack with 28% of the vote 10 points ahead of John McCain, who's at 18%. Fred Thompson comes in third with 13% of the vote. And Newt Gingrich just beats out Mitt Romney for ...
School Choice in 2008
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 1:43 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: It's hard to say at this point whether school choice will become much of an issue in the 2008 election. If Rudy Giuliani is the Republican nominee, it will at least be an issue, as he's made it rather clear he'll be focusing on vouchers as the solution ...
Mitt Romney's New Ad
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 12:57 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mitt Romney has a new ad out called, "Now Is the Time." One-word review: vapid. The best part is the dramatic picture of the governor shown above.
Here's the script (and the ad itself): GOVERNOR ROMNEY: "This isn't the time for us to shrink from ...
Thompson 2.0
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 12:33 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: According to the Politico, Fred Thompson acknowledges that his Friday night speech in California was lackluster, and now he's preparing a Stump Speech 2.0.
Apparently, the speech heavier on "values," God help us all will get a test drive this ...
Stay Classy, National Review
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 9 May 2007 at 12:14 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: As the Pope warns Catholic politicians that they can and should be excommunicated if they support abortion rights, K. Lo. laments that Rudy Giuliani hasn't been grilled as to whether he's a practicing Catholic.
I await National Review asking Mitt Romney ...
UPDATE: Sharpton Clarifies Statement on Mormons
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 10:31 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Al Sharpton now claims that his comment that "those that really believe in God will defeat" Mitt Romney, "the one Mormon running for office," was meant to contrast himself with atheist Christopher Hitchens (whom he was debating) not Mormons.
Mr. ...
Exclusive: Romney Campaign Responds to Sharpton Attack on Mormons
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 5:41 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: In an account of the debate last night between Christopher Hitchens and Al Sharpton on the question of "Is God great?," the New York Times buried news of what appeared to be an attack by Mr. Sharpton on the Mormon religion. The comment has since been ...
Shocker: Clinton to Pick Up New York Endorsements
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 5:27 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Next Monday, the 14th, Hillary Clinton will pick up a bunch of hometown endorsements on the steps of the state capitol.
Among them: Governor Spitzer, Lt. Governor David Paterson, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State ...
Romney's Seven-Year Itch
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 2:55 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Just where did Mitt Romney come up with this (said Saturday at Pat Robertson's Regent University):
"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. ...
Giuliani at Heritage
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 2:15 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Philip Klein of the American Spectator has a positive review of Rudy Giuliani at the Heritage Foundation last night.
The kicker: "In past election cycles, we wouldn't even be talking about the prospect of a pro-choice candidate winning the Republican ...
Political Video (OK, Audio) of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 1:46 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Here's Rudy Giuliani on the Laura Ingraham show today (in two parts, second part after the jump, along with analysis):
And here's the second part:
It's a 15 minute or so clip altogether, but worth listening to in full if you're on the fence as ...
Giuliani and Planned Parenthood
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 8 May 2007 at 8:09 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: I don't think there's any effective way to deflect the fact the Rudy Giuliani gave money to Planned Parenthood, so his communications shop is out there doing its usual ineffective job of arguing that Mr. Giuliani is "personally opposed to abortion." ...
CNN: Giuliani's Lead Down to 2 Points
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 7 May 2007 at 5:13 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, out today, has Rudy Giualini's lead in the Republican field down to 2 percentage points nationally.
Currently, Mr. Giuliani stands at 25%, over John McCain's 23% and Fred Thompson's 13%. This isn't ...
Ted Rall's Good Taste
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 7 May 2007 at 2:44 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: I'm not sure if this fits into the category of A-n C-----r where it's best not to even highlight the idiocy and offensiveness of someone who feeds off of outrage. Nonetheless, I feel compelled to take note of this latest Ted Rall cartoon, titled: "Will ...
Thompson's 1994 Issue Positions
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 7 May 2007 at 2:16 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Project Vote Smart, which compiles voting records and other background materials on politicians, has finally put up its page on Fred Thompson (OK, maybe "finally" isn't exactly the fairest word when Mr. Thompson hasn't even announced for president but ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 7 May 2007 at 1:27 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Fred Thompson addresses the Lincoln Club of Orange County, California, Friday evening:
It's no wonder Bob Novak gave this speech such a negative review. There's a difference between low-key and low-energy, and Mr. Thompson was both, here.
While ...
Rudy: A Knife to the Throat of the Reagan Coalition?
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 7 May 2007 at 9:13 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: For anyone ready to accuse me of being an anti-Giuliani operative, please remember the Great Law of Headline Question Marks (if a headline asks a yes or no question, the answer is always no).
That said, there's been some interesting back and forth over ...
Is Waterskiing Less Elitist Than Windsurfing?
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 7 May 2007 at 8:48 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Remember when John Kerry was photographed windsurfing? Didn't help.
Well, Mitt Romney might want to avoid highlighting the life lessons he learned from waterskiing in his stump speech... In a graduation speech Saturday at Pat Robertson's Regent ...
Log Cabiners for Rudy
By Ryan Sager | Sat, 5 May 2007 at 11:42 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: It's hard to say these days whether it's an endorsement he'd want, but Log Cabin Republicans indicated Rudy Giuliani as their favorite for the party's nomination yesterday at least according to press reports (the group is not officially endorsing in ...
How Badly Rudy Did
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 4 May 2007 at 1:23 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: There seems to be something of a counter-CW forming that Rudy Giuliani didn't actually do that badly in last night's debate, and people are now just piling on.
Well, as somebody with no vested interest in burying Mr. Giuliani and someone certainly not ...
Who Won? Who Lost?
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 3 May 2007 at 10:26 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Well, my first thought is just how much more substantive that debate was than the Democratic debate, in terms of both specificity and grappling with deep, philosophical questions.
But, now, to name the winners and losers. Off the bat, let me stipulate ...
The Debate
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 3 May 2007 at 8:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: 8:00: Chris Matthews is nuts. This should be fun.
8:01: Mitt Romney gets stuck on the far left. Oooo... But Tom Tancredo on the far right makes sense.
8:03: Seconds it took for Rudy Giuliani to tout his record in New York - 1. Seconds it took for him ...
Debate Fever
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 3 May 2007 at 5:18 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Can you feel the debate-y excitement growing? At 8:00 p.m. Eastern (until 9:30 p.m.), the Republican presidential candidates will square off in their first debate, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
There'll ...
Big News Out of Florida
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 3 May 2007 at 1:56 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Florida House has passed a bill moving the state's primary up to January 29, 2008, ahead of the South Carolina Republican primary (currently scheduled for February 2, 2008). Previously, Florida was expected to hold its primary along with California ...
Fred Thompson = John Glenn?
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 3 May 2007 at 1:30 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Over at ThePhoenix.com, columnist Steve Stark makes an argument that might get up the dander of Fred Heads: Fred Thompson is less like Ronald Reagan than former astronaut John Glenn.
In short, Mr. Stark argues that while Ronald Reagan had already been ...
Q-Poll: Giuliani Tumbles, Thompson Explodes, McCain Tastes Hope
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 3 May 2007 at 9:12 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Ahead of tonight's first Republican primary debate, the Quinnipiac Poll out this morning has bad news for Rudy Giuliani (and Mitt Romney), good news for Fred Thompson, and mixed news for John McCain.
To the Ludicrously Early Poll Mobile, Robin! ... ...
Why Aren't the Republicans Doomed?
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 2 May 2007 at 5:52 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: That's the question asked by the Pew Research Center today in a Web memo. And, really, it's an excellent question.
The Republican president's approval ratings are in the tank, party identification has shifted significantly toward the Democratic Party, ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 2 May 2007 at 3:29 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Here's a new anti-Iraq-war ad from John Edwards:
It's nice to run for president from outside of Congress, isn't it? You can call on your opponents to do various unreasonable and symbolic things, and then you can attack them later for not doing them. ...
Giuliani Wins Latino Coalition Straw Poll
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 2 May 2007 at 1:52 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: At her GOPProgress blog, NYSunPolitics columnist Liz Mair reports that Rudy Giuliani won the Latino Coalition's straw poll, held at their May 1-2 Small Business Economic Conference.
Of the 415 ballots cast, 58% were cast for a Republican candidate. ...
Out of Step on Immigration
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 2 May 2007 at 12:04 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Today, our Russell Berman notes the moderate stance Rudy Giuliani is staking out on immigration. While he's talking up border enforcement and security, he's thoroughly in the "comprehensive" reform camp, which would combine any increase in border ...
ARG: McCain Leads IA, NH, SC
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 5:38 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The McCain campaign is pushing hard to draw attention to the latest round of polls just released by American Research Group for Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
And it's clear why: They show the slumping senator leading in all three early ...
Vanity Fair's Crazy Rudy Article
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 5:15 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: I'd say don't miss the Vanity Fair article that calls Rudy Giuliani crazy except, it really doesn't add a single thing to the public's understanding of Rudy Giuliani. Perhaps you don't want to miss it just because other people aren't missing it. But ...
Maladroit Mitt Part II of a Continuing Series
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 1:22 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: I've written previously about Mitt Romney's unfortunate affinity for committing gaffes usually not serious missteps, but embarrassing little squibs.
Well, here's a good one: Mitt Romney told Fox News yesterday that his favorite book (aside from the ...
Conservative(s) for Hillary
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 12:47 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: I'm guessing this won't start a trend: Conservative columnist Bruce Bartlett endorses Hillary Clinton for president. How's that now?
Well, it's pretty simple, really. Mr. Bartlett estimates that no Republican can win in 2008. Therefore, conservatives ...
Remember That Story...
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 12:14 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: ...about Reaganites lining up behind Fred Thompson that made Drudge yesterday? Well, whether you do or not, it turns out the whole thing wasn't true.
The assertion was based on the fact that longtime Reagan staffer and communications guru Mike Deaver ...
Jews Seek Ouster of CNN's Dobbs Over Nazi Comparison
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 3:19 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: One of our recent posts about a Nazi comparison used by a CNN anchor in a rant against immigrants' rights advocates has riled up a Jewish group, which is now calling for the firing of the newscaster, Lou Dobbs.
The Sun has a brief story on the ...
Fred Thompson Speculation Persists
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 12:43 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Speculation persists heck, it's probably even building that Fred Thompson is putting together plans for a presidential campaign. It's worth noting a few of the recent highlights.
The Hill's Pundits Blog looks at Mr. Thompson's blog and tries to draw ...
Political Video of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 1 May 2007 at 12:36 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Another embarrassing Judi-related moment. Is the potential first lady really a bio-terror expert?: ...
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