From Richard Wolffe’s new book, Renegade: The Making of a President: McCain’s aides said he could not be disturbed, but that did not inhibit Joe Biden. He walked up to McCain’s door and thumped on it. “John McCain,” he shouted. “It’s Joe Biden. The next time I phone you, take the damn call.” I could [...]
The tale of John Edwards staffers looking to “sabotage” his campaign if it looked like he would win would make a good plot for a Richard Condon novel, but it smacks of operatives trying to make themselves look better, especially after Elizabeth Edwards’s revelations last week. Think about the plausibility of this: these operatives were [...]
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The only way the Democratic Party can win the presidency is if they nominate a Southern Governor.
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
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Our friend Darragh Murphy is over at her blog basically claiming that Barrack Obama cheated. I suppose the weeks of deluding herself into thinking that there was no way that Obama could win left her unable to grasp the fact that her “movement” wasn’t quite so big after all. This PUMA group was driven more [...]
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Here is what Peggy Noonan wrote after the 2004 election: Hello, friends. Let us savor. Let us get our heads around the size and scope of what happened Tuesday. George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate and the House and [...]
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The State Democratic Party tried to get some mileage out of John McCain’s last minute appearance at the Prescott courthouse. They wanted to use this as evidence that McCain was worried about Arizona. I took it as McCain trying to invoke Barry Goldwater, who often began and ended his campaigns at the Prescott courthouse. Come [...]
Some comments from folks I managed to chase down after the Howard Dean rally today. First off, Democratic National Committeeman Fred DuVal: Young Democrats of Arizona Vice President Pat Burns: Supervisor Richard Elías. Note that I messed up and said 201 when I meant 100. Geez. Legislative candidate Daniel Patterson: Moustaches for Obama? Former Democratic [...]
I got a call a couple of hours ago: “Is this James G. Blaine?” It wasn’t John Logan, but Howard Dean. I had the chance to ask him a few questions. Unfortunately, some changes in his schedule prevented me from being able to do a video interview with him. Some of you may have caught [...]
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Yes, we are still ahead. Yes, there isn’t a lot of time left. Just a reminder that there is no reason to let up.
