Post Trying to Macaca McDonnell
Republican Bob McDonnell enjoys a rather sizable lead over Democrat Creigh Deeds in his race for Virginia's governorship. But the Washington Post, which went after George Allen with amazing fervor in his 2006 race against longshot Jim Webb, is doing what it can to fix that. First, it ran a series of articles about a master's thesis McDonnell ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 9, 2009 11:21
Real America
[caption id="attachment_26354" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Two Americas"][/caption] Sarah Palin caused a bit of a flap earlier in the week when she told a North Carolina crowd that she loved visiting the "pro-America" parts of the country, leading WaPo's Juliet Eilperin to quip, "No word on which states she views as unpatriotic." The campaign circulated a longer report, courtesy of WSJ's Elizabeth Holmes, putting ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 19, 2008 08:34
Jim Webb: Confederate Sympathizer?
Senator Jim Webb, touted by many as a vice presidential candidate who would help shore up Barack Obama with Southerners and those uncomfortable with his lack of national security experience, has an "affinity" for the Confederacy, Politico's David Mark reports breathlessly. He has suggested many times that while the Confederacy is a symbol to many of the racist legacy ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 11, 2008 07:15
Goldfarb and McCain
Yesterday's announcement that Weekly Standard blogger Michael Goldfarb is taking a leave of absence "to serve as deputy communications director of the McCain campaign" has been greeted with surprising interest from bloggers across the political spectrum. Just sampling those in my RSS reader: Radley Balko points out that "Goldfarb has written (falsely, by any reasonable reading of the Constitution, Federalist ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 3, 2008 08:10
Webb for VP Backlash
After several weeks of being the odds-on favorite to be Barack Obama's running mate (at least if bloggers were doing the picking) it appears is if the inevitable backlash has set in. Kathy G, guesting at Matt Yglesias' site (apparently, the Atlantic Monthly has given their bloggers the week off) takes the lead, setting out the anti-Webb argument ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 27, 2008 15:13
The Next Right
Jon Henke, Patrick Ruffini, and Soren Dayton are launching a new initiative they've dubbed "The Next Right." It's apparently yet another attempt to create a right-of-center counterpart of the Netroots. Not yet launched, it purports to be "an online community for change-minded activists and hardcore political junkies in the conservative movement." All three of the founders agree that a ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 9, 2008 12:11
Obama-Webb 2008
I've mentioned in passing several times, both here and on OTB Radio, that Jim Webb would be the Democrats' smartest choice for Vice President, particularly if (as seems exceedingly likely) Barack Obama is their nominee. Alex Massie makes the case in detail. Some excerpts: The political considerations first: the Democrats have no other plausible candidate with anything like ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 1, 2008 13:04
Fred Thompson Endorses McCain
Fred Thompson has become the latest former 2008 Republican presidential candidate to endorse John McCain. Fred Thompson, the one-time Republican presidential candidate, endorsed Sen. John McCain Friday, calling on the party to "close ranks" behind the presumed nominee. "This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 9, 2008 08:50
John McCain CPAC Speech
John Hawkins, Joy McCann and I just wasted half an hour trying to get in to the McCain speech but, even with media credentials, we couldn't. Something about the fire code. I don't feel too bad: Clarence Page was there getting turned away with us, along with several less notable journalists working for mainstream media ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 7, 2008 15:11
George Allen for President
Richard Viguerie, the pioneer of the direct mail fundraising approach and a guiding force in Republican politics since the 1970s, has been campaigning at least since this time last year for the nomination of a Reagan style conservative. He was going around the halls at last year's CPAC convention lamenting the ways in which "Rudy McRomney" fell short ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 5, 2008 06:40
Ron Paul, Racist?
There has long been a buzz about the fact that Ron Paul's vast network of supporters includes white supremacists and anti-Semites. Paul has disassociated himself from them and he's shrugged it off as the nature of a bottom-up organization. While I'm by no means a Paul booster, that has struck me as quite reasonable. Today, though, TNR (the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 8, 2008 18:38
George Allen Comeback?
The Swamp: Rebounding George Allen, rising Fred Thompson Former Sen. George Allen, who made "macaca" a household word and upset his once-promising political career, already shows signs of preparing for a possible comeback. His new Web site, www.georgeallen.com, touts his travels around Virginia, mostly in Republican-friendly territory. A press account posted on his site of a Republican fundraiser in Harrisonburg quotes ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 27, 2007 08:40
Jon’s with Fred
After being hired on to the George Allen campaign too late to help clean up the post-Macaca mess and six months as the new media rep for the Republican minority in the Senate, Jon Henke is back to blogging at Q and O and on board the Fred Thompson campaign bandwagon. I'm not sure what to make of Thompson's candidacy. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 7, 2007 04:50
Edwards’s Bloggers Making More News Than Candidate
After several days of criticism from the right side of the blogosphere, John Edwards' blog outreach team is now coming under fire from the Catholic League, which is demanding that Amanda Marcotte and Melissa McEwan be fired for anti-Catholic comments written on their blogs, Pandagon and Shakespeare's Sister. Bill Donohue issued a statement saying, “John Edwards is a decent ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on February 7, 2007 08:00
Biden: Obama Clean, Articulate, Bright African-American
UPDATE: 23 AUG 08 - Irony of ironies: Obama Taps Joe Biden for VP - Storybook, Man Joe Biden is set to launch his second run for the presidency today but it will likely be overshadowed by some candid comments made in an interview with Jason Horowitz of the New York Observer. Most noteworthy is what he says about Barack Obama: “I ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on January 31, 2007 12:54
