Wizbang Politics: December 2007 Archives

More "Huck-ups"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 30, 2007 · Comments (9)

It's not been a good week for Mike Huckabee on foreign policy. First, his article in Foreign Affairs raised eyebrows in Republican circles. Then, after the assassination of Benizar Bhutto in Pakistan, he first offered "apologies" when he meant "sympathies," a most unfortunate choice of words given the predisposition of... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (9 votes cast)

Politics 201 - A Refresher

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: December 30, 2007 · Comments (4)

Friday afternoon, I was listening to Hugh Hewitt talk with Mike Gallagher, and they briefly discussed negative campaigning. I was surprised to hear Hugh claim that citing supposed deficiencies in your opponents' positions was somehow not negative campaigning to him. Strange, if an educated Law Professor in LA can miss... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (4 votes cast)

Idiot Kucinich backers mad about pizza ad

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 29, 2007 · Comments (2)

If you ever needed confirmation that supporters of moonbat moron Dennis Kucinich are as dumb as rocks, here it is: they are now pitching fits over this pizza commercial: Sabrina Eaton posts at The Plain Dealer blog: When the vegan congressman disappears from the screen, his image is replaced by... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (4 votes cast)

Edwards: Obama "is living in never-never land"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 29, 2007 · Comments (2)

With the Iowa caucuses only five days away, John Edwards is turning up the heat on Barack Obama as they vie to become the surviving "Not Hillary" candidate for the Democratic nomination. Edwards lambasted Obama's adviser David Axlerod's silly linkage of Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote for the Iraq War Resolution... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Florida State Senator Gary Siplin conviction reversed

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 28, 2007 · Comments (2)

I can't believe I never gave this state legislator a Knucklehead award. From the Orlando Sentinel- An appeals court Friday cleared state Sen. Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, of his grand theft conviction for using state employees on his re-election campaign. The lawmaker was convicted last year on one felony theft charge... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Nepal parliament OKs abolishing monarchy

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 28, 2007 · Comments (1)

This in order to appease Maoist rebels. From AP- KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing the centuries-old monarchy and turning this Himalayan nation into a republic. The decision to remove the king, however, would be implemented only after elections to a special assembly expected to... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

"Max Romney" video

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 27, 2007 · Comments (3)

Not sure who did this particular anti-Romney ad, but it's funny. (Hint to all the folks who tip me to "anti-candidate" ads: it's much more likely I'll post them if they are funny). Oh, and perhaps you needed to be at least cognizant in 1983 or so to appreciate this... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

The ITTI-bitty Review of the Major Candidates

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: December 26, 2007 · Comments (24)

Here's the policy positions from each of the major candidates as of December 26 2007 (per their campaign websites), along with poll and fundraising numbers and my take on their chances: DEMOCRATS (popular and media favorite as a party to win the White House in most polls at this time)... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (8 votes cast)

DC Lobbyists pay for others to stand in line

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 24, 2007 · Comments (2)

From the Orlando Sentinel- WASHINGTON - While members of Congress, their aides and lobbyists slept in their beds recently, Marcia Vottero paced outside the Capitol, trying to keep warm during an all-night vigil. Vottero wasn't there to demonstrate. She was just doing her job. The 26-year-old is a professional line-stander,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Huckabee to speak at anti-Catholic's church

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 22, 2007 · Comments (6)

Having accomplished his mission of pissing off every Mormon in the country (a group which has tended to vote heavily Republican in recent decades), Mike Huckabee apparently is aiming to alienate Catholics as well. While Catholic voters were long a part of the old FDR Democratic coalition, Republicans, beginning with... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (7 votes cast)

Ron Paul won't return neo-Nazi cash, poses for picture

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 21, 2007 · Comments (9)

When a campaign contribution is received from a donor tainted by controversy, the usual practice is to return it, or donate it to charity. Ron Paul is no usual politician, though. He is keeping the $500 donation from a white supremacist who operates a radical website, as Brian Skoloff reports... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (7 votes cast)

Congress finally passes Alternative Minimum tax legislation

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (7)

This is only a temporary fix for 2007. From AP- More than 20 million taxpayers will escape the alternative minimum tax this year, thanks to a stopgap measure Congress approved Wednesday. But lawmakers waited so late in the year to vote that many early filers could have to wait until... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Presidential hopeful Bill Richardson goes bowling for votes

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (2)

The things people who want to be President have to do in New Hampshire. From AP- PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Democrat Bill Richardson donned a pair of blue shoes Wednesday -- though not suede -- and tried his hand at candlepin bowling, a tougher, New England version of the game. The... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

McCain blogger call

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 20, 2007

John McCain held another in his regular series of conference calls with bloggers yesterday. Among the participants were Erick Erickson of RedState, James Joyner of Outside the Beltway, Philip Klein of The American Spectator, Michael Goldfarb of The Weekly Standard, myself, and several others whose names I missed. McCain opened... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

GOP polls are all over the map

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (2)

The latest national polls on the Republican nomination race are literally all over the place. All of them show some slippage for Giuliani, who has been leading most of the year, and gains for Huckabee, Romney, and McCain. One poll shows Rudy maintaining a healthy lead; another shows him tied... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Iowa isn't over yet - in either party

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 19, 2007 · Comments (2)

Iowa's caucus results have been "decided" several times already in both parties. On the GOP side, Romney had such a strong lead in organization and polling that early national front-runners Giuliani and McCain both declined even to compete in the kickoff event, the Ames Straw Poll. Their absence, and the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Giuliani pulling out of New Hampshire?

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 18, 2007 · Comments (3)

The former New York Mayor has already conceded Iowa to his rivals. From the New York Sun- Rudolph Giuliani's decision to largely abandon the early voting state of New Hampshire and concentrate his efforts on the Florida primary three weeks later reflects an uncomfortable truth for the former New York... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

A skeptic's view of the Boston Globe Obama endorsement

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 18, 2007 · Comments (2)

As we reported previously, the Boston Globe endorsed John McCain for the Republicans and Barack Obama for the Democrats recently. Michael Graham looks at the Obama choice at The Natural Truth: First, let's get this obvious truth out of the way: Barack FREAKIN' Obama? Are you out of your tiny... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

Al Franken: no joking around

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 18, 2007

Comedian Al Franken is running hard for the nomination of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to oppose Senator Norm Coleman in Minnesota, and he seems to have grasped the fact that he won't win by being his usual wise-cracking self. He's bending over backwards to show his serious side, as Paul Farhi... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Hillary, Rudy hold their national leads: Gallup Poll

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 18, 2007 · Comments (4)

The frontrunners in both parties, Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and Rudy Giuliani among Republicans, have seen some erosion in their support recently as rival candidates moved into contention, but their national leads are no longer shrinking, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup Poll (click for full results and links... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Rep. Alcee Hastings thinks Christmas resolution a plot

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 17, 2007 · Comments (8)

Apparently the congressman hasn't noticed how commercial Christmas has become. From the Palm Beach Post- U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, was one of only nine House members last week to vote against a resolution "recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith." A Hastings statement said the resolution was... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (7 votes cast)

Anti-McCain "poll" calls in New Hampshire

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 17, 2007 · Comments (2)

An automated phone-calling concern ("robo-calls") has been using a technique similar to "push-polling" in New Hampshire, reports Jake Tapper for ABC News: "It was a series of questions that you would associate with a push poll," Campbell said, referring to the negative campaigning technique of pretending to be a pollster... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

Ron Paul sets online fundraising record

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 17, 2007 · Comments (5)

In an online fundraising marathon coinciding with the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Ron Paul has set a record for raising money online in a single day. Jose Antonio Vargas reports for WaPo's The Trail: Rep. Ron Paul, whose rock star status on the Internet has singlehandedly fueled his... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Congresswoman Mary Bono marries Congressman Connie Mack IV

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 16, 2007

The new couple had their nuptials yesterday. ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Mary Bono, who was married to late singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono and replaced him in Congress after his death, has married U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. Bono's sister, Katherine Whitaker, told The Associated Press the couple were married Saturday in a private... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (1 votes cast)

Edwards' stealth plan to win Iowa

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 16, 2007

For most of this year, John Edwards was the odds-on favorite to win the Iowa caucuses. He has been organizing in the state since early 2003, and finished a strong and surprising second in the 2004 caucuses - after having been predicted to come in a poor fourth. This cycle,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.3/5 (3 votes cast)

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