President ’08

According to various (fellow?) nattering nabobs….Fred Thompson is either callous or thoughtful…and he may be surging in South Carolina. However, SC will probably go to Scoop Jackson Democrat John McCain or the limited Mike Huckabee. Questions remain: can Romney catch on? Did Rudy miscalculate? One thing is for sure, we’ll probably have to wait until…

Ian has linked to a typical MSM piece that purports to show that the GOP is in disarray because there have been 3 different winners in the caucus/primaries so far. It’s a common theme. My gut reaction is that–contra the Democrats–Republicans are fighting over ideas, not identity, and that takes some figuring out. But a…

100% of the precincts have reported to CNN. The results are… Republican: Mitt Romney, 337,847 (39%)John McCain, 257,521 (30%)Mike Huckabee, 139,699 (16%)Ron Paul, 54,434 (6%)Fred Thompson, 32,135 (4%)Rudy Giuliani, 24,706 (3%) Democrat: Hillary Clinton, 328,151 (55%) Uncommitted, 236,723 (40%)Dennis Kucinich, 21,708 (4%)Barack Obama and John Edwards chose not to appear on the Michigan ballot, to…

David Brooks says it better than I did: Both Clinton and Obama have eagerly donned the mantle of identity politics. A Clinton victory wouldn’t just be a victory for one woman, it would be a victory for little girls everywhere. An Obama victory would be about completing the dream, keeping the dream alive, and so…

Maybe it was inevitable? Somewhat surprisingly, as the campaign has tightened, racial tensions have bubbled to the surface with the two camps exchanging accusations. Those tensions are reflected in this week’s polling data. Overall, Clinton and Obama are close nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll. But, among white voters, Clinton leads 41%…

Apart from the nine options Republican voters will have in the upcoming RI Presidential primary, I should mention that Rhode Islanders voting in the state’s Democratic primary will also have a range of options to choose from…They can choose Hillary Clinton, who promises that her iron-fisted management of every aspect of your life she can…

The political blog of the San Francisco Chronicle relays a story told by Hillary Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe abount an unnamed Democratic dissident less-than-enthusiastic about the Clinton political machine…Just one of McAuliffe’s fond memories: ”We were all sitting at the Cafe Milano the night [John Kerry] wrapped up the [2004 Presidential nomination,] and a…

According to an official press release from the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s office, the names appearing on your official 2008 Rhode Island Republican Presidential ballot will be… Hugh CortRudy GiulianiMike HuckabeeDuncan HunterAlan KeyesJohn McCain Ron PaulMitt Romney Fred Thompson On February 1, the Secretary of State will hold a lottery to determine the order…

But some hows and whys are needed to understand the surprise result of the Democrat primary. Per the Drudge Report, with 73% and 76% of precincts reporting: McCain 36.78% Romney 31.74% Huckabee 11.15% Giuliani 8.52% Paul 7.74% Thompson 1.19% Clinton 39% Obama 36% Edwards 17% Richardson 5% Kucinich 1%

Thanks primarily to efforts he helped coordinate over the past month, Dave Talan reports that 3 more Republicans have a solid shot at getting on to the Rhode Island Presidential ballot…Thanks to a great team effort by 124 volunteers and 22 GOP City & Town Committees, it appears that all 9 active Republican candidates for…