From Scratch

Cindy, Cindy, Cindy. I’m sure you won’t mind if I call you that; you told me to, the times we met in New Hampshire when you were standing by your man in his quest to become president.
I always liked you and admired your smarts, your easy charm, impeccable grooming and appearance, although the New Yorker […]

So?
Vice President Dick Cheney’s response on March 19, when told by ABC News’ Martha Raddatz that a majority of Americans, about two-thirds, say the Iraq war isn’t worth it.
The ever-sensitive Cheney went on to say, “You can’t be blown off course by polls.”

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If John McCain becomes the Republican presidential candidate as expected, he’ll have to sell the electorate on one of his key positions. And it could be a hard sell, as RJ Matson sketched on Thursday in Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill.

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William F. Buckley, Jr. has died. He was 82, and while the cause of death is not known yet, his son Christopher (Thank You for Smoking) says Buckley suffered from emphysema and diabetes.
Buckley was an eloquent voice among conservatives, possibly the most eloquent. He never had to be encouraged, as toddlers of soccer moms are, to […]

A new CBS News/New York Times poll finds a jump in Barack Obama’s support since the New Hampshire primary, paired with increased confidence in his ability to lead the country and to beat John McCain.
Among Democratic primary voters, 59% now say Obama has the best chance of winning in November, compared with 28% who say […]

The latest casualty in the presidential races is Repubican Mitt Romney, who had the dubious distinction last May of winning this blog’s first Flip-Flop Award. He could have won many more; I came to think of him as The Weathervane for the way he would spin, depending on which way the wind was blowing.
The end of […]

Please take this widget with you; you can even email it. After Super Tuesday we know two things: John McCain is the undisputed frontrunner for the GOP, in a comeback that was unthinkable last summer when everyone, including me, wrote him off. And we know the Democrats have a true contest, the likes of which […]

Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in a statistical dead heat, heading into the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses.
National polling for The Washington Post and ABC News shows 47% of Democrats likely to vote on Tuesday back Clinton, while 43% favor Obama. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus four […]

According to CNN projections, Arizona Senator John McCain has won the Republican primary in New Hampshire with 37% of the vote. Mitt Romney was second with 28% and Mike Huckabee third with 12%.
It’s a remarkable comeback for McCain, whose then-moribund campaign was nearly out of money and staff last summer.
McCain easily won this primary in 2000, […]

Tonight’s tracking polls for WMUR and CNN show Barack Obama and John McCain retain their leads for their parties’ primaries tomorrow. Obama leads Democrats with 39% and McCain tops Republicans with 31%, down one percentage point from yesterday. Obama’s lead over Hillary Clinton is also down by one percentage point; she is at 30% now. […]

Weekend polling by WMUR and CNN shows Barack Obama with a double-digit lead going into Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. The poll, conducted over the weekend, finds Obama with 39% of the support, to Hillary Clinton’s 29%. A poll released Saturday had found them in a dead heat at 33%.
This latest tracking poll also shows John […]

Republican Mike Huckabee was projected the winner of his party’s Iowa caucuses not quite one hour after the process began. Huckabee ran a God-centric campaign in a state with many evangelicals. It’s a different electorate here in New Hampshire, where the first-in-the-nation primary will be held January 8.
Huckabee has spent only about $30,000 to advertise in […]

At long last, the dispute between New Hampshire and Michigan over primary election dates is over, after the Michigan Supreme Court gave that state the go-ahead to hold its primary January 15. New Hampshire then announced its primary will be January 8, retaining its first-in-the-nation status. That’s the earliest presidential primary ever and is three […]

The Republican field of presidential candidates has shrunk by one. Kansas Senator Sam Brownback dropped out this week, citing a lack of support and money. No surprise here; last month he gave a speech in the heavily-populated (for New Hampshire) southern part of the state and only a handful of people showed up. Perhaps it […]

I loved disco in the late 70’s and early 80’s, still do. I especially loved the oh-so-gay Village People and their “wink-wink” smash hit, YMCA. Now imagine if Idaho Republican Senator Larry “airport men’s room” Craig ran into the Village People during a layover (I’d rate this PG-13):
Update 10/15 Well, darn. The video’s no longer available. […]