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I will not be posting new content here.
If you want to read stuff by me, please go to The Next Right, Redstate, or SorenDayton.com. In addition, the RSS feed for this blog has been redirected to The Next Right. No new content will be added.
I will not delete the contents of this blog until, at […]

The next project: The Next Right

Well, a lot has happened since the last time I posted here. I joined John McCain’s campaign. I left John McCain’s campaign. I joined my friend Jon Henke at New Media Strategies, a great New Media PR firm.
Jon and I will be joining Patrick Ruffini on a new project, The Next Right. I think that […]

Update on me: Eye on 08 shutting down

Sorry for stopping posting.
I have joined John McCain’s campaign in the Political Department. Since I have joined the campaign, I have not blogged, except for noting a couple of stories in my twitter and del.icio.us feeds. I will also blog at Redstate after we win the nomination and it is clear what my role in […]

Romney’s closing message in Michigan or a new campaign?

Dean Barnett offers a scathing assessment of the Romney campaign today. I don’t want to focus on that here, instead his closing:
I hope Mr. Romney does well enough in Michigan today that he gets the opportunity to introduce the public to the real Mitt Romney. He is a wonderful and gifted guy. It would be […]

“Insincere” Romney campaign finds more astroturf

Dean Barnett, Mitt Romney’s former driver, attacks the campaign today in the New York Times:
Because Mr. Romney chose to make this argument a secondary matter compared to his stands on social issues, he mounted a campaign that was, at its most basic level, insincere. … But the public correctly sensed something disingenuous about Mr. […]

McCain town hall in Reagan Democrat country

(Cross-post from Redstate)
Macomb County, Michigan, is one of the homes of the Reagan Democrat. Today, I saw John McCain give a town hall in the closing stretch of the Michigan primary. I don’t have pictures because my video camera was stolen, but I have impressions.
Michigan is in an a single-state recession. Unemployment is […]

Romney out of touch?

I have worried about the strange sense that I get that Mitt Romney is out of touch. He seems like a rich guy who doesn’t understand what normal people go through. The question is whether this impression gets down into the voters. MSNBC’s exit polls found that in New Hampshire the only income class that […]

Fred for real or a stalking horse?

Jen Rubin captures the most important dynamic leading into South Carolina:
Thompson gave himself an opening in South Carolina and gave conservatives a place to jump from the Romney leaking ship. He may have scuffed up Huckabee sufficiently to allow either himself or McCain to win SC. If the latter he ironically would have done his […]

McCain campaign claiming momentum and seeking more endorsements

The John McCain campaign is trying to score some endorsements out of the ranks of other campaigns. They are  looking for a press boost and more momentum to add to what they already have. Note that with Rudy Giuliani’s complete pull-out of MIchigan those activists, voters, and endorsers may help with that boost.

Dear McCain Supporter,
Over […]

The only thing to know about tonight

No one touched John McCain. No one. Fred Thompson whacked Mike Huckabee a couple of times. Mitt Romney was nowhere to be seen.
McCain wins as the untouched front-runner. Fred for showing life. And Huck for handling some tough questions with grace.

Tags: Debates, Fred Thompson, Huckabee, McCain