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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Webb’s Falling Polls Numbers

MyElectionAnalysis points to a SurveyUSA poll showing newly elected Virginia Senator Jim Webb with only 42% approval and 47% disapproval in his home state. Furthermore, his "Approval ratings are below 50% in all geographic areas of the state, 45%-44% approval among independents. This stands in stark contrast to other members of Webb’s freshman class, all of whom are still ...

Wadhams to Make Macaca Out of Colorado GOP?

John Gizzi reports that Dick Wadhams, who oversaw the transformation of George Allen from a 2008 presidential contender to a one-term Senator, is set to become chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Granting that Wadhams had plenty of help from his candidate in losing and that he had success in previous stops, he certainly botched his last job, doing his level ...

Jim Gilmore Explores 2008 Bid

Add Jim Gilmore to the 2008 White House spelunking society. James S. Gilmore III, a former Virginia governor and chairman of the Republican National Committee, announced today that he would form a committee to explore a presidential bid in 2008, saying the Republican field lacked a “committed conservative” capable of making a credible campaign for the White House. “A void exists,” Mr. ...

Blogs and the 2006 Election

Jon Henke, brought aboard a sinking ship as George Allen's New Media Coordinator, argues that the Left Blogosphere and Democratic candidates did a far better job of working together than their Right/Republican counterparts in the decisive Allen-Webb race in particular and the election in general. Given the number of very close races, Henke proclaims, "Were Democrats not as engaged, ...

The Waterboys

Steve Benen points to similar quotes by two conservative talk show mavens in the aftermath of the election. Rush Limbaugh: The way I feel is this: I feel liberated, and I'm going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don't think deserve having their ...

George Allen Post-Mortem

J. Thomas cites the following data as evidence (as if any were needed) that George Allen ran one awful campaign: Republican incumbant - District 2004 % 2006 % Allen 2006 % Davis - VA01 ...