December 22, 2007 – 3:29 pm
Core Favorability/Opposition Among All Voters
Candidate
Def. FOR
Def. AGAINST
Net
Obama
29%
36%
-7
McCain
22%
33%
-11
Huckabee
21%
34%
-13
Thompson
21%
34%
-13
Edwards
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December 21, 2007 – 2:54 pm
The day of the CNN/YouTube debate, Matt Drudge, handmaiden of Mitt Romney’s campaign, raised the issue that became known as "Shag Fund." The claim was that Rudy Giuliani had improperly hid expenses for visiting his then girlfriend. Well, it turns out that it just wasn’t true. Powerline and Captain’s Quarters have the details. Total exoneration […]
December 21, 2007 – 9:30 am
The whole Mitt Romney/Martin Luther King thing just gets weirder and weirder. He told the Detroit Free Press:
"You know, I’m an English literature major as well. When we say, ‘I saw the Patriots win the World Series, it doesn’t necessarily mean you were there — excuse me, the Super Bowl. I saw my dad […]
December 20, 2007 – 6:24 pm
As you probably know by now, Mitt Romney said "I saw my father march with Martin Luther King." It seems that what Romney means by that isn’t what you and I mean. Let’s break the sentence down and see how Mitt Romney parses it:
I saw …
Romney explains what he means by "I saw":
“If you look […]
December 20, 2007 – 1:54 am
UPDATE: Marc Ambinder hears interesting whispers on this endorsement:
Will he endorse? Unclear. If he does, the betting is on Thompson or Romney, although advisers to both men expect the other to get it, if it’s gettable. Note that Bay Buchanan is a member of the LDS church and is said to be pushing Tancredo to […]
December 18, 2007 – 11:55 am
Stephen Hayes at the Weekly Standard notices that Mitt Romney is scoring with more emotion:
Many other (far more influential) people praised Romney for showing some emotion, too. And since then he has become emotional twice more – once on Meet the Press this weekend and again during a speech yesterday.
Jonathan Martin’s reporting suggests that […]
December 18, 2007 – 7:46 am
First, I want to say that I have no problem with what I am about to talk about, and I am not alleging anything conspiratorial. In politics, affinity groups are affinity groups and great things. Barack Obama will do better among African-Americans than other candidates. Joe Lieberman got huge electoral and financial turnout from Jews. […]
December 17, 2007 – 5:51 pm
New ads are up. The verdict is in. Huck wins the exchange. I do agree that the crime and ethics issues are what ought to hurt Mike Huckabee.
One of the big questions was how people were going to handle ads around Christmas. Huckabee has managed to come up with an ad that can run the […]
December 16, 2007 – 11:40 pm
It has turned out that Mitt Romney’s Meet the Press appearance appeared decent at the time, but mistakes seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Race 4 2008 has one write-up.
First, there was Romney’s lie about the NRA endorsement. He claimed that he had received it in 2002. He hadn’t. Just made it up.
Second, […]
December 16, 2007 – 7:28 pm
Mitt Romney didn’t tell the truth. Again.
In answer to questions about whether he would sign an assault weapons ban, Romney said: "Just as the president said, he would have, he would have signed that bill if it came to his desk, and so would have I. And, and, and yet I also was pleased to […]
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