At a luncheon at the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s headquarters near Capitol Hill (organized by the Heritage Foundation), I asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if there was a Republican game plan ready when the Minnesota Supreme Court makes its ruling in the contested 2008 Minnesota Senate race — More…
Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman and current Democratic contender for governor of Virginia, tried to pay off Ralph Nader, to keep the consumer activist from running in swing states during the 2004 presidential election, The Washington Post reports.
“Terry McAuliffe is slipperier than an eel in olive
Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman — who’s busy juggling a contentious election recount and allegations that a wealthy supporter tried to funnel him $100,000 in campaign cash through his wife’s employer — has hired a defense attorney to help with the latter. Oh, and so did his wife.
Forget partisan camaraderie.
In the wake of Sen. Ted Stevens’ conviction yesterday on charges of failing to report corporate gifts, Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential hopeful, has a terse message for his colleague of 22 years: See ya!
LEESBURG, Va. — I’m on the idling Palin press bus, getting ready to head out on a swing through the state and then on to Pennsylvania tonight.
Sitting here with this group of journalists, print and television, I’m reminded of an interesting moment last night in Asheville, N.C.
Palin met More…
A Straight Talk Express cleaning lady today sold several crumpled pages outlining Sen. John McCain’s script for tonight’s third and final presidential debate, which she had found stuck to a takeout pizza box on the floor, to an unnamed member of the media elite.
Anxious to do everything in his More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As one of the most successful newcomers in Alaska’s political arena, Gov. Sarah Palin should have known better than to get into an ethics scandal right now.
The mood of the public in Alaska has been changing, gradually, but noticeably in the last few years. Palin was More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Should Gov. Sarah Palin be nervous about Steve Branchflower’s Troopergate report?
I just spoke with an Anchorage lawyer who has known Branchflower for about 20 years. The lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described Branchflower as “one of the most disciplined people I’ve ever More…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — When Sarah Palin ran for Alaska governor in 2006 her opponents underestimated her.
They attacked Palin’s small-town persona. Former Gov. Frank Murkowski called her an “untested” rural mayor and Andrew Halcro claimed Palin’s folksy debate style amounted to “gibberish.”
They missed the point.
What they saw as More…
Amount of time it took the McCain campaign to use its supposedly apolitical stunt for political gain: Zero seconds.
This is from the McCain campaign statement announcing the resumption of campaign activities — or, at least, whatever activities actually stopped:
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