Archive for 'Republican Candidates'

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

How To Lose An Election (By An Acknowledged Expert)

The Democrats have pretty much settled on their general election theme: a John McCain presidency would equal George W. Bush’s third term. However, I hope they will reconsider, and take the lead of noted loser George McGovern, who thinks the path to victory lies in ridiculing John McCain’s service to his country:
If I’d be […]

28 Comments » - Posted in Donkeys, John McCain, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Hillary Wins Pennsylvania, Declares AP…

…but that’s no surprise. How big will the margin be? I predicted 9 points yesterday, but it may end up closer than that. If so, I consider that a victory for Obama, though Hillary will, I suspect, disagree…
UPDATE 8:41 p.m.: There was one candidate today who chose not to pander to economic […]

28 Comments » - Posted in John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 News, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Brookings Institution: Iraq Is Making Political Progress, Too

The latest liberal talking point on Iraq goes something like this: sure, the surge worked, militarily (as if they had said that at the beginning, instead of arguing that more troops would lead to even greater violence), but Iraq has made zero progress politically, so it’s been a waste, and yes, we should bring the […]

16 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Iraq, John McCain, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

More On That McCain Speech Last Night

We all know John McCain is not a thrilling speaker, but I REALLY liked some of the themes McCain hit on last night, and I’m very hopeful he will keep developing them.  Let’s look a little closer:
I will leave it to my opponent to argue that we should abrogate trade treaties, and pretend the global […]

22 Comments » - Posted in Election 2006, John McCain, Republican Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Vitally Important Day, Electorally Speaking…

…and we should be getting some results soon.  If there is late momentum, it’s seems to be going Hillary’s way, ironically enough because of NAFTA, a subject of great interest around these parts as of late.  Obama did the wrong thing by pandering to Ohio natives about NAFTA, then did the right thing by sending […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Foreign Affairs, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Playing The Smear Card

I’m not going to get bogged down in petty crap like this, but this is pretty pathetic.  You probably know by now that a radio talk show host, Bill Cunningham, kicked off a McCain rally the other day with an inappropriate diatribe against Barack Obama that repeatedly stressed his middle name of “Hussein”.  It was […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Barack Obama, John McCain, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Monday, February 25th, 2008

An Important Article

We’re going to have to deal with the prospect of a possible Barack Obama presidency sooner or later.  We’ll have plenty of opportunity to dwell on the historic nature of his candidacy, as well as the ‘rock star’ aspects of the Obama juggernaut.  I want to focus on policy for the moment, though, particularly on […]

11 Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, Barack Obama, Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Republican Candidates, John McCain, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Sorry For The Access Issues…

If you had a hard time getting to the site today, it’s because I had to update my domain name servers (translation: my address changed).  Looks like things are back to normal now.
Of course, Hillary and Obama are debating in my fair city at this moment, but the big story of the day was definitely […]

27 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Navel-Gazing, NY Times/Media Watch, John McCain, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Okay, Okay, I Give: Obama Is The Frontrunner

While I still insist the he has NOT clinched the nomination, it will take a major, major turn of events to derail Barack Obama at this point.  I have been cautious, perhaps overly so, in dismissing the might of the Clinton machine, but connections and power can only take you so far - at some […]

4 Comments » - Posted in NY Times/Media Watch, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

While We’re Waiting For The Polls To Close In Wisconsin…

…I might as well tell you that early voting in the Texas primary began today.  I voted - though I leave it to you to guess the party and candidate. 
I’ll also enlighten you to my status as ‘big loser’ - I know, you’re shocked.  But this time, I mean because I was an early adopter.  […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Navel-Gazing, John McCain, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Monday, February 18th, 2008

Wisconsin Moves To Center Stage Tomorrow…

…and with McCain comfortably in front in the polling, most of the attention will be focused on the continuing drama of Obama vs. Clinton.  Obama is up, but only by 4 or 5 points, and that makes this a dangerous race for him.  Why?
Because he is expected to win, but as I’ve noted on many […]

2 Comments » - Posted in John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Polls, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Woe To The Man Who Plays “20 Questions” With George Will…

…or, in this case, five.  Will has made a habit over the years of posing questions to candidates (who never answer, of course) in his own inimitable withering style.  Today, he poses five question for John McCain, four regarding Iran, one regarding Iraq, that he sees as illuminating as to McCain’s conception of the limits […]

32 Comments » - Posted in John McCain, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Friday, February 15th, 2008

Lone Star Showdown

So, with Texas in play for the first time in memory, how do the polls look?
Surprisingly close, on both sides of the aisle.  The Texas Credit Union League Poll (wtf?) has Clinton up 8, but McCain by merely 4.
However, American Research Group has Obama(!) up six, and McCain by the same margin.
I’m not shocked to see […]

No Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates, 2008 Polls, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Romney Shows The Way

Mike Huckabee, take note:
Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he is backing Sen. John McCain in his bid for the Oval Office.
“I am honored today to give my full support to Sen. McCain’s candidacy for the presidency of the United States,” Romney said in a joint news conference with Sen. McCain by […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, John McCain, 2008 News, Republican Candidates by Mark

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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Big Night For McCain and Obama…

…though McCain needed it more, after the somewhat embarrassing Saturday results.  I suspect McCain wanted to win Virginia by more than 9, but still, a win is a win (and Virginia is winner-take-all)…
The interesting thing about the Obama results is that he has been not just winning, but pummeling Hillary…and that’s exactly what he has […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Sunday, February 10th, 2008

Is Obama The Frontrunner?

The Democratic contest is hard to call at the moment because of the quasi-mystical b.s. that is starting to float around the Obama candidacy, but there are signs that Hillary is sweating it.  For starters, she just axed her campaign manager - surely never a sign that things are going swimmingly.  Then, of course, there […]

13 Comments » - Posted in John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Saturday, February 9th, 2008

There Are Some Primaries Today…

…in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, Maryland, and Kansas (well, some for one party and not the other, and some are caucuses).  No results yet, though polling showed Obama way ahead in Maryland.  I would be not at all surprised to see Mike Huckabee win at least once today: best shot is probably the Kansas caucus.  More […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, John McCain, 2008 News, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, February 8th, 2008

Romney’s Mistakes

I don’t have any pithy commentary to add here, but you really should read this article by John Ellis…

14 Comments » - Posted in Mitt Romney, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Absolutely No News Of Note In The 2008 Derby Today…

…so let’s discuss the writer’s strike, shall we?
Seriously, am I the only one who was taken aback on seeing the news that Romney withdrew? I knew he couldn’t win, but I thought he was going to continue on, for some reason. Anyway, my hat’s off to him for seeing the writing on the […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Mitt Romney, John McCain, 2008 News, Republican Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

I Guess I Should Weigh In At This Point

I’ve been waiting to post on this most crucial day until a storyline developed, but it’s been damn tough to tease out.  If there is a story this Super Tuesday, it seems to be this: Mike Huckabee has done better than any candidate with no money and no organization ever has.  He won’t win the […]

13 Comments » - Posted in Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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