McCain Campaign Postmortem
Newsweek shares several tidbits from their "special election project," which gave them inside information that they couldn't publish until after the fact. Palin's Spending Spree NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain's top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 5, 2008 14:58
Why The Campaign is So Negative
David Broder gets both candidates to agree that the campaign has gotten more bitter than they'd like and is intigued by John McCain's suggestion, "I think we could have avoided at least some of this if we had agreed to do the town hall meetings." The early blogospheric response to this has come mostly from Obama supporters who, not surprisingly, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 7, 2008 14:31
McCain Shakes Up Campaign Staff. Again.
John McCain has reshuffled his top campaign staff for the second time is a less than a year, elevating Karl Rove protégé Steve Schmidt to the top post. Responding to Republican concerns that his candidacy was faltering, Mr. McCain put a veteran of President Bush’s 2004 campaign in charge of day-to-day operations and stepped away from a plan to have the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 3, 2008 08:08
Tennessee ID’s Beer Buyers Regardless of Age
Tennessee now requires everyone to show an ID card to buy beer. Comer Wilson hasn't had to show his ID to buy beer in a while. Maybe it's the 66-year-old man's long white beard. Starting Sunday, gray hair won't be good enough. Wilson and everyone else will be required to show identification before buying beer in Tennessee stores — no ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 3, 2007 15:34
Kerry Urges Alito Filibuster
John Kerry, who failed to get elected president as "the reasonable candidate" in 2004, is joining Kos Nation and urging a fillibuster of Samuel Alito. While this has gotten the base more excited than they've ever been about the junior Senator from Massachusetts, the idea has gone over like a lead balloon with his colleagues. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts could not ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 27, 2006 06:05
Blogger Conference Call with Steve Schmidt
Patrick Ruffini has organized a blogger conference call with Steve Schmidt, Special Advisor to the President in charge of the White House Confirmation Team for Judge Samuel Alito, for 2 p.m. EST. I wasn't able to get a question in on the last one; maybe I'll have better luck today. Opening Remarks highlights: Process off ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 4, 2005 13:59
