Hardly: Both former mayor Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) suggested they would support using the [waterboarding] technique. Specifically asked about waterboarding, Giuliani said he would allow “every method [interrogators] could think of and I would support them in doing it.” Tancredo later added, “I’m looking for Jack Bauer,” referencing the television character who has used torture techniques such … Read More
Rudy Loses His Conservative Cred
I think this is the beginning of the end for Guiliani. He’s lost the conservative vote now: Giuliani gave to Planned Parenthood Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani in his campaign appearances this year has stated that he personally abhors abortion, even though he supports keeping a legal right to choose. But records show that in the ’90s he contributed money … Read More
The Seven Year Itch
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to graduating students at Regent University (Pat Robertson’s school, from which many future convicts, including Monica Goodling, have graduated): "It seems that Europe leads Americans in this way of thinking," Romney told the crowd of more than 5,000. "In France, for instance, I’m told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either … Read More
The GOP Debate
I didn’t (nor wouldn’t) watch it, but I was curious as to what the right blogosphere and right punditry thought. The consensus seems to be this, as expressed by the New York Sun: But, now, to name the winners and losers. Off the bat, let me stipulate that I don’t consider any of the seven dwarves to necessitate much analysis. … Read More
Lost
The AP asked the presidential candidates what item each would "most like to have if he were stranded on a desert island." Democrats: Sen. Joe Biden: "Jill, my wife." Sen. Hillary Clinton: "A good book." Sen. Chris Dodd: "Coffee with cream and sugar." John Edwards: "A book." Rep. Dennis Kucinich: His wife, Elizabeth. Sen. Barack Obama: "Other than my wife … Read More
Barry Manilow Can’t Make Up His Mind
Celebrity donations to political candidates: Hillary Clinton: Candice Bergen, Christie Brinkley, Chevy Chase, Hugh Hefner, Christine Lahti, Barry Manilow, Marla Maples, Rosie O’Donnell, Jerry Springer, Barbra Streisand Barack Obama: Jennifer Aniston, Jackson Browne, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Dennis Haysbert, Tobey Maguire, Barry Manilow, Branford Marsalis, Eddie Murphy, Ed Norton, Ben Stiller, Gene Wilder Chris Dodd: Edie Brickell, Michael Douglas, Steve … Read More
Dems Have Party Advantage
New survey:
The Sympathy Surge
Leave to the vile right-wing radio morons to suggest that John Edwards is using his wife’s battle with cancer for political ends and to garnish votes. Rush Limbaugh, who suggested a few months ago that Michael J. Fox was exaggerated his disease for political effect, said yesterday about the Edwards press conference: Now, this suggests to me that, look, let’s … Read More
Setting The Bar Waaaaay Low
Real Clear Politics, defending Rudy Giuliani from Giuliani’s critics: Look at this way: Has any credible person or group come forward to claim that Giuliani’s handling of 9/11 and its aftermath on the whole left New York worse off? Setting aside the charges of one aggrieved group (and the firefighters are a big one, admittedly), who is claiming New York … Read More
The GOP Race For President Is Going To Be Freakin’ Awesome!
Here’s the current GOP frontrunner dressed up as a woman and smooching Donald Trump: Any comment, family values people?
The Search For An Obama Scandal Grows
Really, is this the worst the media can dig up? Two weeks before the US senator from Illinois launched his presidential campaign, he paid parking tickets he received while attending Harvard Law School, officials said yesterday. Obama received 17 parking tickets in Cambridge between 1988 and 1991, according to the city’s Traffic, Parking & Transportation Department. Of those tickets, he … Read More
Election ’08: NH Poll
The first New Hampshire poll of the season from Suffolk is out. It has a small sample size (212 in the Democratic sample), so its value may be limited. The poll was taken February 24-28. Democrats: Clinton: 28Obama: 26Edwards: 17Biden: 3Kucinich: 2Richardson: 2Unsure: 17 This is pretty much what I expect, although Hillary, the putative frontrunner, has got to be … Read More
John Edwards Virtual Campaign Headquarters Attacked
This is a little weird, but so is the 21st century. As I posted a few weeks ago, John Edwards established the first campaign headquarters in virtual reality — specifically, in Second Life. I thought that was pretty saavy, and a sign of things to come. Unfortunately, the headquarters have been virtually vandalized. A group of, well, miscreants with too … Read More
’08 Matchups
Presidential race match-ups mean little at this early stage, but they do mean something. Zogby’s latest match-up poll of the top three GOP contenders (Guiliani, McCain, and Romney — in that order)vs. the top 3 Democratic contenders (Clinton, Obama, and Edwards — in that order) is interesting: Giuliani 47%, Clinton 40% Giuliani 40%, Obama 46% Giuliani 46%, Edwards 40% McCain … Read More
Guy Who Never Had A Chance In Hell Drops Out
Vilsack ends his 2008 presidential bid. For those of you who don’t know him (98% of us), he is the ex-governor of Iowa. Here’s a photo: UPDATE: CNN gives us Vilsack-in-a-nutshell: Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa) Filed candidacy papers with the FEC on 11/9/2006 (two days after midterm) Dropping out 2/23/2007 Length of campaign: 15 weeks, 1 day (106 days) Not the … Read More