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A Governor With a Lesson for Democrats

Real Clear Politics commentary: "If you act with respect toward the people who disagree with you," Strickland said over the telephone when we finally got around to talking, "they'll give you a break and won't cut you off." Strickland's political...

Posted on July 25, 2007 12:00 PM

Ron Paul: Kingmaker?

from Andrew Sullivan: A reader writes: I was reading your posts about Ron Paul's candidacy [YouTube Paul convert here], and I had an idea that I'm surprised nobody else has thought of (to my knowledge). Paul isn't going to win...

Posted on July 25, 2007 10:00 AM

Mitt Winning Bush Supporters

TPM Cafe story (no permalink): Romney Getting More Top Bush Donors Bloomberg News reports that Mitt Romney leads the Republican field in donations from the Bush 2000 "Rangers" and 2004 "Pioneers" who were able to raise $100,000 or more for...

Posted on July 21, 2007 8:00 AM

Is Barack the New Adlai?

from The Phoenix: Obama has been fond of subtly comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln -- announcing his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois, for instance, and equating his relative inexperience with that of Lincoln. Alas, at least politically, the better comparison is...

Posted on July 20, 2007 10:00 AM

CBN Defends Obama Against Mitt's Attack

CBN News story: Here's what Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki is telling The Brody File this morning: "Barack Obama supports sensible, community-driven education for children because, among other things, he believes it could help protect them from pedophiles. A child's...

Posted on July 19, 2007 6:00 PM

"Fred Heads" Grow Impatient

TPM Cafe story (no permalink): Fred Heads Frustrated With Their Idol's Ambiguity Many in the movement to draft Fred Thompson for the presidential race are growing frustrated with the actor's unwillingness to make his candidacy official despite traveling the country...

Posted on July 19, 2007 4:00 PM

Fred and the Pro-Choice Group - New Evidence

TPM Cafe story (no permalink): More Evidence Of Fred Thompson's Pro-Choice Lobbying: Billing Records The New York Times reports that billing records have been unearthed that prove Fred Thompson did lobbying work for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health...

Posted on July 19, 2007 2:00 PM

Thompson Papers Reveal Flip-Flops

Yahoo News story: Thompson recently said he was opposed to abortion rights and noted that National Right to Life endorsed him in his 1994 Senate race. But he told the Memphis group FLARE (Family, Life, America, Responsible Education Under God)...

Posted on July 17, 2007 8:00 AM

Mitt Wants to Be America's Big Brother

from TPM Cafe (no permalink): Mitt Romney Joins The Culture War In New Ad In a new ad entitled "Ocean," set to begin airing today in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, Mitt Romney takes on the proliferation of sex...

Posted on July 16, 2007 6:00 PM

Edwards Channels Bobby Kennedy

TPM Cafe story (no permalink): Edwards Launches Poverty Tour In The Mold Of RFK John Edwards begins three-day, eight-state anti-poverty tour today, reminiscent of the Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 trip that also ended in Appalachia. It will begin in New...

Posted on July 13, 2007 4:00 PM

It's the Terrorists, Stupid

Wall Street Journal commentary: Rethinking political management amid deep partisan division would be a dandy avocation if we lived in normal times, say Sept. 10, 2001. But we don't. Last weekend, the forces of civilization foiled planned barbarian bombings and...

Posted on July 5, 2007 2:00 PM

The Speech We Hope to Hear

Washington Monthly commentary: We called Theodore C. Sorensen and asked him to write the speech he would most want the next Democratic nominee to give at the party convention in Denver in August 2008. We requested that he proceed with...

Posted on June 29, 2007 12:00 PM

Edwards Campaign Stumbles in Fundraising

The Hill is reporting that campaign contributions to John Edwards are drying up: Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) is expecting a significant drop-off in campaign contributions for the second quarter that might look like a pittance compared to the dollar...

Posted on June 23, 2007 12:00 PM

Voters Seek Alternative to 2-Party Norm

MSNBC story: A new NEWSWEEK Poll, conducted Wednesday and Thursday nights, suggests a majority of registered voters agree with Bloomberg: 57 percent say the two-party system does not do a good job addressing issues important to Americans, according to the...

Posted on June 23, 2007 12:00 PM

The Emerging Progressive Majority

from The Nation: For as long as I can remember, there's been a generally accepted story about the recent history of Democratic Party fortunes, a neat little morality tale that goes something like this: The New Deal majority fell apart...

Posted on June 22, 2007 8:00 PM

Could Bloomberg Really Win?

NY Daily News commentary: Now that Mayor Bloomberg has scuttled his membership in the GOP and an independent bid for the presidency looks more likely, the burning question on the minds of New Yorkers is: Can this guy really win?...

Posted on June 21, 2007 8:00 PM

Bush 2.0?

NY Observer commentary: Despite President Bush's rock-bottom poll numbers, a horrendously mismanaged war and a growing awareness that the President has betrayed them on a host of issues from immigration to government spending, conservatives seem unwilling to recognize their own...

Posted on June 20, 2007 8:00 PM

The Hillary Conundrum

Washington Post commentary: Hillary Clinton is inevitable. That, at least, is the consensus view of media wizards, strategists, pollsters and other kibitzers, that HRC is a virtual lock for the nomination. An official with a rival campaign told me that...

Posted on June 19, 2007 8:00 PM

Is Romney a Christian?

Yahoo News story: An aide to GOP presidential candidate Sam Brownback has been reprimanded for sending e-mail to Iowa Republican leaders in an apparent attempt to draw unfavorable scrutiny to rival Mitt Romney's Mormonism. Emma Nemecek, the southeastern Iowa field...

Posted on June 18, 2007 2:00 PM

Fred the Not-So-Conservative

MSNBC commentary: Intimate correspondence like this usually doesn't see light until long after a politician is dead and gone, or at least done with politics for good. Thompson apparently believed he had forever traded Washington for Hollywood when he agreed...

Posted on June 18, 2007 8:00 AM

Polling Hits New Lows for Bush and Congress

MSNBC story: As President Bush attempts to revive the controversial immigration reform bill he supports, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that Republicans are abandoning the president, which has dropped his job-approval rating below 30 percent -- his...

Posted on June 14, 2007 4:00 PM

George Will on Fred Thompson, Tulips and the Republican Rorschach

MSNBC commentary: Some say he is the Republicans' Rorschach test: They all see in him what they crave. Or he might be the Republicans' dot-com bubble, the result of restless political investors seeking value that the untutored eye might not...

Posted on June 11, 2007 6:00 PM

Odd Patterns of Support Among Candidates

USA Today commentary: Who's the preferred presidential pick for Republicans who say the Iraq war was a mistake? Answer: Arizona Sen. John McCain, the war's chief defender. Which candidate does disproportionately well among the wealthiest Democrats? Answer: Former North Carolina...

Posted on June 11, 2007 4:00 PM

Mitt Slams Bush for "Tarnishing" America

Yahoo News story: Republican Mitt Romney on Wednesday jabbed at President Bush, saying the image of the United States has suffered globally based on the perception that it invaded Iraq unilaterally. Addressing civic and business leaders, the former Massachusetts governor...

Posted on June 8, 2007 4:00 PM

Mitt Still Deluded About WMDs

TPM Cafe story: This flagrant falsehood from Mitt Romney at last night's debate, flagged by Atrios, deserves a second look: [I]f you're saying let's turn back the clock and Saddam Hussein had opening up his country to IAEA inspectors and...

Posted on June 6, 2007 6:00 PM

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