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 am in New Hampshire. (Iowa would have been nice, but I am self-funded, and the logistics of Iowa are cost-prohibitive)
I will be in the pool today with John McCain. This weekend, I hope to be with all the candidates.
Last night I got in late, and decided to catch the end of John McCain’s townhall […]
Mitt Romney dropped a negative ad in New Hampshire attacking John McCain. However, it seems that Romney, again, has some truthiness problems. Given the factual errors below, it is clear why McCain goes straight to Romney’s credibility problem.
Factcheck.org, "More Mitt Malarky":
Romney’s latest ad attacks McCain in New Hampshire with false and misleading claims
WaPo’s Howie Kurtz:
Mitt […]
UPDATE: NYT fact-checks the ad. Some misleadin’ and some makin’ up.
This is pretty funny. Mitt Romney told Jill Zuckerman of the Chicago Tribune reporters should stop looking at his "old quotes":
"I know that there are some—particularly in opposing campaigns—who will try to look at old quotes, and perhaps take them out of context and perhaps […]
It is clear that in Iowa, the debate is not about experience. It will be a fight between Mitt Romney’s money and Mike Huckabee’s churches. There are real doubts that Huckabee can sustain a challenge to any mainstream GOP candidate. Ultimately, his foreign policy and other flubs might create real problems. One imagines the pressure […]
The Nashua Telegraph is suggesting that Rudy Giuliani is pulling television ads from New Hampshire media markets. If the theory is right that Rudy splits votes with John McCain, then this should help McCain in NH. Presumably Rudy is going to spend the money in South Carolina or Florida, where he is struggling. Anyways, all […]
Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday called one of Mitt Romney’s mailers in New Hampshire "not true." Watch the video.
What is Romney’s strategy? Lie about everything through the primary? CNN caught him being dodgy yesterday. But the guy has the money to do it.
I don’t think that the Republican Party wants a guy […]
Drudge is reporting that the NH Union Leader is endorsing John McCain tomorrow. My gut is that, as newspaper endorsements go, this is a relatively big deal. The UL is influential in NH, and it can also drive local media.
For a while people thought that Mitt Romney was going to get this endorsement. It […]
Looks like New Hampshire will be on January 8.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Tags: Administrivia, Calendar, New Hampshire
Let me start with a story.
Several years ago, in a swing House seat, volunteers for the Democratic candidate, started calling the finance committee of the Republican candidate, three days out. The message? That the Democratic candidate was a Jew and "we can’t let another Jew get in office." The Democrat volunteers identified themselves on […]
My 2008 Ticker
