Rudy Giiuliani received the surprising endorsement of Pat Robertson, arguably the most powerful social conservative leader alive, in Washington, DC, today. Networks covered the two figures’ joint appearance to announce the endorsement live, and the blogs are chattering about it. Sen. John McCain received the endorsement of former candidate Sen. Sam Brownback, one [...]

Today is Blog Action Day, and this year’s topic is the environment. Participating bloggers are encouraged to write a post about environmental issues, but not to post something that wouldn’t fit into the normal mold of their blog. Keeping with those instructions, I just wanted to update you on how environmental organizations are [...]

When MoveOn.org bought a full-page ad in the New York Times Monday asking the question, “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?” Republicans and Democrats in Congress criticized it heavily. It created quite a stir, and seemed to be the only thing Republicans felt like they could go on offense about during the Petraeus hearings.
Not [...]

New poll numbers from the American Research Group reveal significant improvement in former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s standing in Iowa, bouncing to 14% support after the Iowa Republican Straw Poll earlier this month.  ARG’s polling indicated that Huckabee had the support of only 1% of Iowa Republican caucus-goers last month.
While the ARG’s likely caucus-goer screen is [...]

Greg Sargent at TPM Election Central noticed this nugget in the latest Strategic Vision poll of likely caucus goers:
 4. Do you favor a withdrawal of all United States military from Iraq within the next six months? (Republicans Only)
Yes [...]

The primacy of the Iowa Caucuses is Chet Culver’s top priority, but (1) should it be? And (2) does it matter what Culver’s priorities are?
On the first question: being chronologically first isn’t sufficient; and, taken to the extreme, it could be a bad thing. Idaho could decide to hold its primary tomorrow, and [...]

Via Taegan Goddard, we get a look at the McCain “strategy memo” being leaked to McCain supporters to be used as talking points for how the Arizona Senator can come back to win the nomination. It’s nearly 10 pages long, but right on page 3 he lists bullet points describing his chances in Iowa:
Point [...]

Iowa Communications Director Tim Miller and Iowa “Coalitions Director” (actually an important position) Marlys Popma announced resignations from McCain’s Iowa campaign today.
Both are heavy hitters, but both also seem like the type to be loyal to a cause until they get the impression that the cause is no longer loyal to them. Is McCain [...]

Today’s breaking news story was a real humdinger out of Plymouth County in Northwest Iowa.  The epicenter of it all is the metropolis of Le Mars, Plymouth County seat, as John McCain announced that nine people in that fair city (and FOUR MORE movers and shakers in greater Plymouth County) are now signing on to [...]

No one is willing to say it, because it is hard to believe, but the media built John McCain up starting around 1999, and now they are tearing him down.
It’s a Nietzschean twilight of the idol who was once the GOP front-runner, and you don’t have to be a nihilist — or even an atheist [...]