As a follow-up to d Farley, I see that a "pro-heritage" group has placed ads in favor of Huckabee and against McCain and Romney. (The former can't be happy; you flip-flop on the acceptability of the state displaying swastikas Confederate flags to straight-talkingly pander to...
2008 republican primary
It's always refreshing when a Republican candidate embraces neo-confederatism. Reaffirms my faith in the Party of Lincoln. Huck:"You don’t like people from outside the state coming in and telling you.
I agree with Ezra that Rush Limbaugh announcing a war against not only Huckabee but McCain seems significant -- barring some miracle like Fred Thompson being discovered alive the GOP.
Although Straight Talkin' John McCain has to be considered the real winner of any Republican primary, winner 1A has to be Rudy Giulani, who has them right where he wants them. Why, he almost beat the dynamic campaign of Fred Thompson! (Although still a little...
Seems to me to be good news.
I am amused.
Since I fell for the spin myself, I should note that Rudy! did not in fact skip New Hampshire; he spent more time and money there than anyone except Romney. Which makes his barely finishing ahead of Ron Paul especially embarrassing. And then there's the...
Mark Halperin awarding the GOP debate to St. McCain:To his advantage, he stayed above the fray...Whoa, whoa, whoa...so he "stayed above the fray"...while he was relentlessly insulting Mitt Romney? What.
As regrettable as it is that McCain is likely to be the GOP nominee, watching Rudy's self-paradoic self-immolation will provide considerable amusement. Elsewhere, I also have to ask how Giuliani's.
In addition to Tom, I see that Josh Marshall -- who, like me, had written off McCain's candidacy long ago -- now sees McCain as the favorite. Depressingly, I think this is right. Certainly, I agree with Josh that the GOP is now an effective...
JMM and Digby are correct: it's outrageous that Ron Paul is being excluded from the Fox News debates (and apparently by Fox; the state GOP wants him included.) No, I.
Shorter Verbatim Ron Paul: "Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the "criminal justice system," I think we can safely assume that 95% of the black males in that.