(crossposted from Redstate Redhot)
Two facts captured for me how Mitt Romney’s campaign perceived his debate performance.
First, only two surrogates were in the spin room: Tom Tancredo and Bay Buchanan. None of the national surrogates in town. No Senator Judd Gregg, Romney New Hampshire campaign chairman. Where was Judd?
That leads me to my second fact. Judd […]
The test of a debate is what is fixated in people’s heads. Those moments will be, almost certainly, the attacks on Mitt Romney.
John McCain just needed to tread water. Not only did he do that, but he looked dignified except for, perhaps, going a little too far on poking Romney once.
Fred Thompson ended up sounding […]
(Crossposted from Redstate)
From 2008-01, NH
I just got to a computer after John McCain’s most recent townhall in Peterborough in western New Hampshire. Peterborough was the location of McCain’s famous 2000 town hall meeting that become a cover-story in Time Magazine.
This year, […]
(Crossposted from Redstate)
Last night I attended a Mitt Romney townhall in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Politico’s Jonathan Martin has a report from the event.
Several things struck me getting to the event. First, it was packed. Probably 250 or so people. Given the time and place, downtown Manchester on a Friday night, this is good but […]
(Crosspost from Redstate)
Byron York learned today:
I talked to a station official who told me that Mitt Romney was WHO’s second biggest advertiser in 2007. Second biggest – behind the number-one advertiser, Monsanto farm chemicals, and ahead of the number-three advertiser, Bayer farm chemicals. WHO is by far the biggest radio station in Iowa,
Compare to New […]
Yesterday, we saw Mitt Romney, the candidate of the establishment, the lobbyist class, the interest group class, etc., get rejected by the people of Iowa. David Brooks understands the broader implications, which I have also talked about:
On the Republican side, my message is: Be not afraid. Some people are going to tell you that Mike […]
Cross-posted from Redstate.
I have a couple of thoughts about the impact of yesterday’s blowout by Barack Obama over, primarily, Hillary Clinton. The Nutroots, who hate Clinton anyways, are already touting Obama’s win as a "new generation tak[ing] charge". And there’s some logic to that. As if to emphasize that point, Hillary was standing there with […]
Cross-post from Redstate. I am posting there primarily, but I will try to cross-post here more.
Mike Huckabee’s stunning victory in Iowa will have a number of consequences in New Hampshire, where I am now. Last night John McCain flew from Iowa to New Hampshire for his caucus-watching party. At the same time, Rudy Giuliani left […]
From 2008-01, NH
A Democrat (Independent Democrat, but still) is an effective surrogate in a GOP primary. But while John McCain was campaigning in Iowa, his wife Cindy and Joe Lieberman were barn-storming New Hampshire. Incidentally, Lieberman doesn’t think that he wants to be VP.
Tags: McCain, New Hampshire
I asked John McCain what he thought of Mitt Romney’s "notes" comment. The Senator said that when Romney checks his notes:
The record will show that he was looking at his shoes.
Tags: Iraq, McCain, Romney
My 2008 Ticker
