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Are only surging Republican candidates subject to scrutiny?
2011-11-17 00:57:00 If I had access to Lexis/Nexis, I would love to do a search for how the media covered Barack Obama four years ago as he began his surge in polls (of candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination”. As he emerged as the leading “non-Hillary” candidate, did scrutiny of his record increase? When Michele Bachmann ...
By: GayPatriot
WTF - Republican Candidates Edition
2008-10-21 06:08:00 This may be old news, but somehow I just read about it today: PENSACOLA, FL. Asked for a reaction to the news that he'd been endorsed by reality-soap bad girl Heidi Montag of "The Hills," John McCain told Swampland: "I’m honored to have Heidi’s support and I want to assure her that I never miss an episode of 'The Hills,' especially since the new season started." Seriously? Seriously. That
Huckabee Drops Out; Prepares To Run Again
2008-03-06 16:01:00 On Tuesday, March 4, Mike Huckabee officially ended his bid for the presidency. Huckabee won 8 primary contests (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, West Virginia). He added that he will do whatever is necessary to get McCain elected, but his staffers already began preparing for a future run: Advisers to Mike Huckabee spent ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Huckabee Drops Out; Prepares To Run Again", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/06/huckabee-drops-out-prepares--to-run-again/" });
By: 2008 Central
Rove Talking Up Romney For VP
2008-03-03 03:08:00 Take this with a grain of salt since the source if Robert Novak, but there are reported whispers of a push for Romney to be McCain’s vp choice: A footnote: Karl Rove and other prominent Republicans are talking up a McCain-Romney harmony ticket despite personal dislike between the two presidential candidates. Romney also would have to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rove Talking Up Romney For VP", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/02/rove-talking-up-romney-for--vp/" });
By: 2008 Central
Russert: ?In A Survey, 11 People Referred To Hillary As A Bitch, So We Have
2008-03-02 23:11:00 This morning on Meet The Press, Tim Russert reached a new degree in sexism and shoddy analysis with a tortured segment on a recent Pew Survey. Russert’s introduction to the segment: MR. RUSSERT: […] Then Pew said, “Give us a word that you think best describes these candidates.” The first one was McCain. Old was the first ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Russert: ‘In A Survey, 11 People Referred To Hillary As A Bitch, So We Have To Talk About It’", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/02/russert-in-a-survey-11-peop-le-referred-to-hillary-as-a-bit-ch-so-we-have-to-talk-about-it/-" });
By: 2008 Central
Dallas Morning News Endorses Huckabee And Obama; Bars Employees From Suppor
2008-03-02 19:42:00 You can breath easy now, the Dallas Morning News has re-endorsed Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama. With respect to Mike Huckabee, the paper recognizes that it’s mathematically impossible for him to win, but concludes: Whatever Texas Republican primary voters do Tuesday, John McCain is all but guaranteed to be the party’s presidential nominee. It is mathematically ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dallas Morning News Endorses Huckabee And Obama; Bars Employees From Supporting Them At Caucus", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/03-/02/dallas-morning-news-endorse-s-huckabee-and-obama-bars-emplo-yees-from-supporting-them-at-ca-ucus/" });
By: 2008 Central
John McCain Can Be President. Can We Let That Story Go?
2008-02-29 22:55:00 h/t to Goldfarb. I’ve been looking for the most condescending and thorough assault on the foolish idea that the “natural born citizen” clause in the Constitution would prevent McCain from running for president. I think I’ve found it. Yale professor Akhil Reed Amar demolished the argument earlier this month: The Constitution’s rule that the president be ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "John McCain Can Be President. Can We Let That Story Go?", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/02-/29/john-mccain-can-be-presiden-t-can-we-let-that-story-go/" });
By: 2008 Central
A Taste Of McCain vs. Obama: Demonstrates That Obama Will Need Update Some
2008-02-26 17:43:00 Throughout the Democratic primary, Sen. Barack Obama and others advocating on his behalf have frequently cited his experience living abroad as a child as a boost to his foreign policy credentials. Early in the campaign in 2007, Obama argued that his experience abroad was a strength, saying: “If I go to Jakarta and address the largest Muslim ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "A Taste Of McCain vs. Obama: Demonstrates That Obama Will Need Update Some Of His Arguments", url: "http://2008central.net/2008/02-/26/a-taste-of-mccain-vs-obama--demonstrates-that-obama-will-ne-ed-update-some-of-his-arguments-/" });
By: 2008 Central
Mitt Romney May Re-enter GOP Presidential Race, So Says His Son?
2008-02-25 23:55:00 Josh Romney, one of Mitt Romney’s sons, made some news by suggesting that his father could return this election cycle as either a vice-presidential candidate or as a presidential candidate (if John McCain’s campaign “falters”). Josh Romney is also mulling over a congressional bid in Utah’s second district. I think Josh’s own political future is part ...
By: 2008 Central
Huckabee Cameo on SNL
2008-02-24 08:47:00 Mike Huckabee appeared on SNL last night: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You’d think he could have demanded at least one line about his candidacy, instead of only being the butt of the joke. Oh well. In other Huckabee news, he’s still refusing to run for Senate in Arkansas, despite ...
By: 2008 Central
Blog Buzz Watch (February 17-23)
2008-02-23 20:56:00 Below are graphs that display the number of mentions in the blogosphere for Democratic and Republican candidates between 1:45 PM 02/17/08 through 1:45 PM 02/23/08? Democrats Republicans
By: 2008 Central
Huckabee Seeks To Deadlock GOP Convention (With Magic Number 666)
2008-02-23 05:47:00 During an interview on a Texas radio station, Mike Huckabee outlined his strategy for winning the Republican nomination: “If we win Texas, I think it changes the dynamics of this race. It could well go all the way to the convention.If the convention delegates pick the president, chances are they would pick the most conservative. ...
By: 2008 Central
2008Central.net?s Presidential Election Podcast (02/21/08)
2008-02-22 08:18:00 This podcast covers (1) the CNN debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Texas; (2) John McCain’s lobby friend that the New York times decided to write about; (3) and more… Download audio file (2008PresidentialElectionPodcas-t_02_21_08.mp3) [Subscribe to 2008Central.net’s Presidential Election Podcast] Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for our next podcast (you can also email an audio ...
By: 2008 Central
2008Central.net?s Presidential Election Podcast (02/21/08)
2008-02-22 08:18:00 This podcast covers (1) the CNN debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Texas; (2) John McCain’s lobby friend that the New York times decided to write about; (3) and more… Download audio file (2008PresidentialElectionPodcas-t_02_21_08.mp3) [Subscribe to 2008Central.net’s Presidential Election Podcast] Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for our next podcast (you can also email an audio ...
By: 2008 Central
NYT: John McCain Has A Lobbyist Friend
2008-02-21 23:32:00 Here’s the story. Here’s the story about the story. Conservatives are … what’s a good word … corybantic. Liberals are generally ignoring it. Was this published by the NYT or TMZ? Even if we assume there is fire for the smoke they report, there’s a reason the Lewinsky story was broken by Drudge.
By: 2008 Central
McCain and Clinton Bought The Same Commercial Outline
2008-02-20 17:16:00 The Washington Post has this fabulous chart of the connections of Mark Penn. Note that one of the employees of BKSH is Charles Black, who is a senior McCain advisor. The point here is brief: if it sounds like McCain and Clinton are saying the same things about Obama, they are. And that’s largely because their ...
By: 2008 Central
Morning News Updates: Clinton 527, Obama Op-Ed in USA Today
2008-02-20 16:54:00 Marc Ambinder writes of a 527 for Clinton getting ready to blanket Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania: Allies of Hillary Clinton plan an expensive, stealth campaign to buttress her standing in the must-win states of Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania. They’re canvassing Clinton donors for pledges of up to $100,000 in the hope of raising at least $10M by ...
By: 2008 Central
Quick Candidate Comparison Tool
2008-02-17 03:58:00 From my hometown paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer: For more election coverage from The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com, go to cleveland.com/politics.
By: 2008 Central
Quick Candidate Comparison Tool
2008-02-17 03:58:00 From my hometown paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer: For more election coverage from The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com, go to cleveland.com/politics.
By: 2008 Central
Miscellanea of the Week
2008-02-17 03:48:00 Here’s a roundup of happenings from this past week: Tavis Smiley wants Barack Obama to address his “State of the Black Union” conference in New Orleans and is upset that Obama turned the invite down to campaign in Ohio and Texas. Reasonable people everywhere attempt to show Smiley how stupid he is being, while Smiley rejects ...
By: 2008 Central
Miscellanea of the Week
2008-02-17 03:48:00 Here’s a roundup of happenings from this past week: Tavis Smiley wants Barack Obama to address his “State of the Black Union” conference in New Orleans and is upset that Obama turned the invite down to campaign in Ohio and Texas. Reasonable people everywhere attempt to show Smiley how stupid he is being, while Smiley rejects ...
By: 2008 Central
Blog Buzz Watch (February 9-15): McCain Gets More Blog Mentions Than Ron Pa
2008-02-15 09:44:00 Below are graphs that display the number of mentions in the blogosphere for Democratic and Republican candidates between 2:30 AM 02/09/08 through 2:30 AM 02/09/08? Democrats Republicans
By: 2008 Central
Blog Buzz Watch (February 9-15): McCain Gets More Blog Mentions Than Ron Pa
2008-02-15 09:44:00 Below are graphs that display the number of mentions in the blogosphere for Democratic and Republican candidates between 2:30 AM 02/09/08 through 2:30 AM 02/09/08? Democrats Republicans
By: 2008 Central
The Annotated Chuck Todd
2008-02-12 01:41:00 I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but this week Chuck Todd was on Meet the Press went on and on and … well, let’s just say that I need to comment. His comments, followed by mine. I’ll include Russert’s questions, but the first question is just a list of the ...
By: 2008 Central
Congressman Ron Paul Will Not Run as Independent Candidate
2008-02-10 12:41:00 The Associated Press reports that Congressman Ron Paul shared with CPAC members that he will not run as a 3rd party, independent candidate in the general election. HOUSTON - Presidential hopeful Ron Paul said he will not run as a third-party candidate in a new message to supporters that seems to recognize his slim chances at getting the Republican nomination. The Texas congressman wrote on his Web site Friday that he is making cuts to his national campaign staff and that he must also stay focused on not losing the primary for his House seat. Paul began Saturday with just 14 delegates for the Republican nomination that John McCain, with 719 delegates, has all but officially secured. Mitt Romney dropped out of the race Thursday, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has 198 delegates. A total of 1,191 delegates are needed to secure the GOP nomination.
By: KC for Obama
February 9 Results: Kansas Caucuses, Louisana Primary, Nebraska Caucuses, W
2008-02-10 02:30:00 For the Democratic Party… Louisana Primary (56 delegates at stake): Results not available yet, click here for latest Notable News: Obama campaign requests assistance after reports of voting irregularities Nebraska Caucuses (24 delegates at stake) Obama wins No final numbers yet, click here for the latest Washington Caucuses (78 delegates at stake) Obama wins No final numbers yet, click here for the latest For the ...
By: 2008 Central
2008 Campaign Weekly Roundup (February 4-8, 2008)
2008-02-09 02:55:00 A roundup for February 3-8 on the Democratic side… Super Tuesday Results: Hillary Clinton won Arizona, Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Barack Obama won Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota and Utah. The winner of New Mexico is yet to be determined, but with 99% of precincts ...
By: 2008 Central
Will the Suspension of Mitt Romney's Campaign Benefit Sen. Barack Obama?
2008-02-07 19:40:00 I was kinda stunned myself when I learned this afternoon that Mitt Romney suspended his campaign, leaving the Republican field to just two candidates--Sen. John McCain and Gov. Mike Huckabee.True Republicans are not happy either. Many "true" conservative Republicans view Sen. McCain as a left-winger maverick, clumped with the likes of Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.Some would have believed that Gov. Huckabee would stand well, since he is the only fundamental conservative, but many Republican voters are not impressed with his poor immigration policy and lack-of-appearance as Commander in Chief.So I'm not sure how Romney suspending his campaign fares for the Democrats...does this help Sen. Obama? Does this lead to an inevitable resurgence of voters joining the Democratic candidates, but purposely voting out Sen. Clinton because of their utter distrust and hatred toward her?Should be interesting to see how this settles.
By: KC for Obama
Will Democrats Surrender to Terrorists? You Be The Judge!
2008-02-07 19:27:00 Not even conservative Republicans agree. Rush Limbaugh on Monday: On Mr. Limbaugh’s program today, he said people should not be rushing to back Mr. McCain over issues of national security. The talk host said America’s direction in Iraq would not be substantially different even if Mrs. Clinton or Mr. Obama were elected. “They are not going to ...
By: 2008 Central
Mitt Romney to Withdraw at CPAC
2008-02-07 18:27:00 Rumors swirl around The Corner. It would not be surprising given how hard it would be for him to even force a brokered convention. Plus a powerful exit speech could lay the ground for a future run where he would start with conservatives in his corner and work to branch out from there, instead of spending ...
By: 2008 Central
CPAC Participants Instructed Not To Boo McCain
2008-02-07 17:37:00 It’s worth noting that participants at CPAC are being instructed not to boo John McCain during his speech today: During registration last night at the Omni Shoreham a registrant was asking to upgrade his CPAC package and then proceeded to ask what time GOP front-runner John McCain was going to speak today. “Oh good,” he said ...
By: 2008 Central
All you need to know about McCain?s visit to CPAC today
2008-02-07 10:18:00 McCain will pretend to agree with conservatives on a lot more than he does. Conservatives at the conference will pretend that he’s not the last line of defense against a parade of Ginsburg clones on the Court. It’s a marriage that is perfect for America - 4 years long, and that’s if everything goes right.
By: 2008 Central
Results: West Virginia Closed Convention (Republican)
2008-02-06 01:54:00 West Virgina’s primary isn’t until May, but the Republican Party held their convention today. The convention determined the allocation of 18 of the 30 delegates to the Republican Convention. West Virginia - Delegate Breakdown: Allocated Based On State Convention: 18 Allocated Based On Primary: 9 Superdelegates: 3 State Convention Results (# votes): Mike Huckabee: 567 (52%) Mitt Romney: 521 (47%) John McCain: ...
By: 2008 Central
Romney?s Hucked
2008-02-05 22:20:00 Mitt Romney lost the GOP caucus in West Virginia this afternoon. It was repeated voting until someone got over 50%. After the first round of voting, Marc Ambinder wrote: After the first round of balloting in West Virginia, Mitt Romney was solidly in the lead with 41% of the votes, followed by Mike Huckabee with 33% and ...
By: 2008 Central
Huckabee Blogs From Future?
2008-02-05 17:58:00 Apparently, Mike Huckabee can travel to the future. Why isn’t he talking about this ability more on the campaign trail? Forget cable news, just ask Huckabee for today’s results… [In case you missed it, look at the date]
By: 2008 Central
Daily Briefing (February 4, 2007)
2008-02-04 19:44:00 Five things to read as you ponder who to support tomorrow: 1. Mitt Romney flip-flops badly on the assault weapons ban over the course of a month and a half. This one isn’t even close. But I guess when you’re down three with 35 seconds left, you try to throw downfield, even if you might get ...
By: 2008 Central
Huckabee Digging Deep For Money, Supporters Selling Personal Belongings To
2008-02-01 00:49:00 In terms of finances, Huckabee is certainly struggling. As of today, he’s only raised about $3.4 million of his goal of $10 million by Super Tuesday. For starters, Huckabee really needed this money at least a few days before Super Tuesday in order for it to make any effect. Supporters of his campaign ...
By: 2008 Central
Live Blog Of CNN / LA Times / Politico Republican Debate In California (Jan
2008-01-31 01:51:00 Tonight is the CNN/Los Angeles/Politico Republican Debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. It will begin at 8pm est and will air on CNN and will stream live at both CNN and LA Times‘ websites. The participating candidates will be Mitt Romney, John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. 7:45: ...
By: 2008 Central
McCain Wins Florida; Giuliani to Endorse?
2008-01-30 03:21:00 Well … so much for our predictions. McCain wins and has a massive advantage in the Feb. 5 states especially with the news below, except in the South … where McCain friendly Huckabee has a massive advantage. As for Giuliani, Mark Halperin says he could drop out and endorse McCain as early as tomorrow. McCain wins the ...
By: 2008 Central
Giuliani Campaign Obits For Everyone!
2008-01-30 02:24:00 I was going to compile a list of all the Giuliani obituaries that ran today, but over the course of an hour, I could barely make a dent. Sadly, the obituaries included sending people to Mars, Jon Voight fighting a dog, Junichiro Koizumi throwing a baseball, Rudy himself phone banking and more. Rest assured, while the ...
By: 2008 Central
Mitt Romney?s Strategy Comes Back to Haunt Him?
2008-01-30 01:55:00 From Jim Geraghty at NRO (my emphasis): According to the guys at Hot Air, but did anyone else catch this? “Fox is running demographic exit polls now. McCain wins among seniors and veterans ? but only by a point(!) ? and crushes Giuliani among Hispanics, 50-26. Romney wins on immigration, 45-26, but on the key issue, ...
By: 2008 Central
Pre-Florida Results Notes
2008-01-30 01:06:00 I was thinking this earlier, but Michael Crowley actually wrote it down and contextualized it. What if Obama out-performs polls in Florida? Clearly, that would be a big story after Clinton touted it so much. Of course, Clinton’s talk about seating the candidates probably allows her to not be worried about such a phenomenon, as ...
By: 2008 Central
On Political Coverage This Weekend
2008-01-30 00:16:00 The Clinton campaign pushed hard for free media coverage in primetime this week, and was rebuffed: Insiders tell TVNewser the Hillary Clinton campaign was prepared to give exclusive access for the next 48 hours to ABC’s 20/20, but because of a scheduling conflict, ABC News passed on the offer. Sources tell us the campaign had wanted ...
By: 2008 Central
Why Does Mitt Romney Wear An Earpiece?
2008-01-29 00:31:00 If you’ve been following the buzz the past few days, there’s been a lot of talk about Mitt Romney and the whisper that was overheard during the most recent MSNBC Florida Republican Primary Debate. I’m not going to offer any opinion on the subject because the truth is, I really have no idea what the ...
By: 2008 Central
2008Central.net?s Presidential Election Podcast (01/27/08)
2008-01-27 19:14:00 This podcast looks at (1) results of the South Carolina Democratic Primary; (2) a brief discussion about the media coverage of identity politics and (3) a look ahead to the Florida and February 5th primaries… Download audio file (2008PresidentialElectionPodcas-t_01_27_08.mp3) [Subscribe to 2008Central.net’s Presidential Election Podcast] Feel free to email us questions/suggestions for next week’s podcast (you can also ...
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Live Blog Of MSNBC Republican Debate In Florida (January 24, 2007)
2008-01-25 01:29:00 7:30: Time Russert and Brian Williams (henceforth, Bri-Wi) are moderating this debate, and participating are John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and Ron Paul. I’m looking for Huckabee and Giuliani to be particularly aggressive, as a bad finish in Florida could really hurt them. As an aside, today is the one year anniversary of ...
By: 2008 Central
Giuliani Takes My Advice, Changes Theme Song
2008-01-24 22:42:00 Yesterday, I criticized Giuliani’s theme song choice in lieu of him falling in the polls in Florida. From First Read (my emphasis): Giuliani began positioning himself as the candidate that can best fight terrorism and the struggling economy. He even entered the stage Thursday with a new song, ?Best of Both Worlds? by Van Halen. First things first: ...
By: 2008 Central
Why Is Bloomberg Not Considered In Electability Scenarios?
2008-01-24 01:17:00 Mike Bloomberg has dropped hints of running as someone who can fix bipartisan bickering and get things done. He gave a major economic speech in Washington today. People are more than happy to cover what Bloomberg is doing. But no one, and I mean no one, looks at Bloomberg in the context of election scenarios. He’s ...
By: 2008 Central
?Who cares how much effort I put in, if it doesn?t produce any results?? A
2008-01-24 00:25:00 I noted in the live blog of the NH Democrat 100 Club Dinner of how much you can learn from a theme song (which, again, was ripped off the media less than ten days afterwards). Well, Rudy Giuliani has taken to using the theme song from the movie Rudy for his campaign appearances. This is better ...
By: 2008 Central
Edwards? (Seriously Flawed) Electability Argument
2008-01-24 00:20:00 The Edwards campaign latest justification for remaining in the race is that John Edwards is the ONLY electable Democratic candidate (as opposed to a similar but very different argument that Edwards is more electable than the other candidates). The campaign started making this argument after Iowa and has expanded on it ever since. ...
By: 2008 Central
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