2008 candidates

Everybody was blown away by the photos of Barack Obama addressing a huge crowd. But it turns out that some of them just might have been there for the warmup act: Obama apologist and Time Magazine reporter Wonkette pooh-poohed the notion that the Decembrists drew the crowd: Allmusic.com says...

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Since this association has been brought up in several threads, it's worth examining. Here's the essence of the accusations about Quinn: Here's a New York Times' article (cited above) about Quinn. Although it certainly notes his participation in the Confederate Flag controversy, it doesn't...

Al Giordano says no: A little bombastic there. Giordano cites this article which says: Of course, favorable ratings are only useful to the extent that people actually follow through and vote for the candidate. According to CNN's exit polling (admittedly inexact), here are the percentage of...

Noemie Emery has an article on the newfound appreciation for Hillary among her former worst enemies: It's an interesting artcle. Yes, some of it's tongue-in-cheek, but she does hit the mark here: Yes, it would be marvelous to see Chait forced to eat those words, to see the big liberal blogs...

I have been fortunate enough to be invited to regular blogger conference calls (about a dozen so far) with Senator John McCain, who now looks extremely likely to be the Republican nominee for President of the United States. The way these work is that maybe 10-20 bloggers dial into a conference...

I had actually thought for awhile that his "strategery" of waiting until Florida might actually be working out for him, given the three different winners of the early contested states (Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan). But McCain's win in South Carolina has catapulted him to clear frontrunner...

John McCain broke through in the state that broke his heart in 2000 with a 33%-30% victory over Mike Huckabee. Fred Thompson (16%) and Mitt Romney (15%) were also-rans, with Ron Paul (4%) once again outpolling Rudy Guiliani (2%). Traders at InTrade have (as of 8:00 PM Mountain time) installed...

Seems premature to me, but Drudge suggests that she may stun us all and drop out. Remember there were reports that Thompson was going to drop out after Iowa; those turned out to be false. Obviously the Edwards camp has the most to gain from spreading this report (and, oddly John McCain). At...

According to Howie Carr (Boston conservative talk radio personality), she's buying advertisements on Rush Limbaugh's program! :jaw-dropp For the record, I still think Hillary's got a chance, but this is certainly an oddball place to go fishing for votes.

The early obituaries are starting to filter in:

At least according to the folks InTrade. I took a snapshot of the prices for Republican nominee contract early this morning: And about an hour ago: Looking at the bid prices, the candidates showed the following movements today: McCain +7.6 Guiliani +3.0 Romney -8.4 Huckabee +5.1 Paul...

It sure seems like he's getting some positive press for a change: Endorsed by the Des Moines Register (in Iowa, where he doesn't have a prayer due to his scorn for ethanol subsidies. He also picks up the Boston Globe's endorsement, although this might be one he could do without: Fred Barnes...