Why are people expecting him to win there? The demographics are decidedly Clintonian: Maine’s white Democrats are disproportionately ethnic and working-class—demographic groups critical to Clinton’s triumphs in New Jersey and Massachusetts. They’ve tended to dominate Democratic primaries, as well. In 1996, former governor and congressman Joe Brennan ran for the Senate—fresh off not one but … Continue reading Obama and Maine
This strikes me as the big news tonight. Mike Huckabee’s remarkable strength in the South is proof to me of the resilience of Christianist populism in the current GOP coalition. I can’t see how either Romney or Huckabee can ultimately topple McCain, but I can see that Huckabee is proving a serious contender for the … Continue reading McHuckabee!
Ross and Reihan made a couple of points recently about the way in which lower middle class voters – who may have much higher rates of illegitimacy, teen pregnancy, and abortion than upper middle class Americans – often favor social conservatives such as Mike Huckabee. Ross: There’s actually a serious argument for why Mike Huckabee … Continue reading The Jamie Lynn Spears Debate
Malkin is gob-smacked. Larison is slack-jawed: I can’t express to you all how little sense this makes. It’s baffling, like so much else associated with Mike Huckabee lately. The only thing more bizarre would have been if Gilchrist had endorsed McCain. How does the founder of the Minutemen endorse Huckabee? What parallel universe have we … Continue reading Minutemen For Huck??
David Brody has a pretty important post on the FRC poll. It turns out that Ron Paul’s strong showing, as often, is related to the Internet. The onsite straw poll shows something quite remarkable: a landslide for Huckabee: Mike Huckabee 488 … 51.26%Mitt Romney 99 … 10.40%Fred Thompson … Continue reading A Huckabee Landslide
Last week, Andrew linked to some stories detailing the latest nanny state plans coming out of the office of the New York Mayor, and possible forthcoming presidential candidate, Mike Bloomberg. Well, yesterday, those opposing the ridiculous "permits to film or photograph" scheme concocted by the Mayor’s Office had a little victory, if only a temporary … Continue reading Knocking back Bloomberg [Liz Mair]
[Megan} Radley Balko has a great column on convictions of the innocent up at Fox News: It’s likely of no coincidence that the one jurisdiction where blood samples have been preserved is also one that’s finding a shocking number of convictions of innocent people. If there’s one positive that might come out of the Duke … Continue reading Proof of innocence
Sorry, Fred, but a replacement for Alberto Gonzales is already being sought out, according to Mike Allen. McNulty is a dead hack walking: "Democrats smell blood in the water, and (Gonzales’) resignation won’t stop them," said a well-connected Republican Senate aide. "And on our side, no one’s going to defend him. All we can do … Continue reading Help Wanted
My colleague, Mike Allen, has the goods.
I don’t know the backstory for Philip Zelikow’s departure from the State Department but it seems to me that those of us who assumed that the election and the demise of Rumsfeld meant a change of course for the Bush administration may be fooling ourselves. Mike Allen’s report on Bush’s tude is here. The president … Continue reading Stay the Course?
