Yearly Archives: 2007
-->How not to run for office
Roger Simon at Politico gives us an story on how not to run for political office.
Fred Thompson: Lazy as charged
WAVERLY, Iowa — When is retail politics not retail politics? When candidates refuse to get off their big buses and go do it.
Fred Thompson rolled… >> More Updates
Move over Gonzaga
It is about time that Gonzaga had a little in conference competition.
Saint Mary’s ranked in Top 25 for first time in 18 years
By JIM O’CONNELL, AP Basketball Writer
December 10, 2007
Gonzaga has company in the Top 25.
After being the West Coast Conference’s lone representative… >> More Updates
Fighting Words
This post by Christopher Hitchens is the best analysis of the Romney speech so far.
Holy Nonsense
Mitt Romney’s windy, worthless speech.
By Christopher Hitchens
Posted Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at 5:40 PM ET
Almost the only clever thing about Gov. Mitt Romney’s long-denied and long-delayed… >> More Updates
Romney, Religion and the Race
Tomorrow Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney will give a speech on his Mormon faith. In doing so he takes on his biggest weakness in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. A recent study shows why this is such a pivotal moment for his campaign.
As someone who grew up… >> More Updates
What is happening to the Republican Party?
What is happening to the Republican Party? As dedicated news junky I have seen several news reports like this one from California in the San Francisco Chronicle. The California Republican Party is forced to give county parties less money:
At the end of the year the state party will… >> More Updates
Happy Thanksgiving
Just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And if you are looking some post turkey reading, you might find this new site up in Oregon of interest.
You heard it here first or nearly first
A CNN poll out of New Hampshire has Mitt Romney extending his lead but John McCain moving into second place. Don’t count McCain out of this race, yet and look out here comes the libertarian Ron Paul. The Republican primary is truly a horserace of a campaign.
Jim Ross Political Consulting Election Update
I thought you might be interested in how our clients fared in the 2007 November elections. While vote totals are still preliminary and the City is still counting ballots, the results at this point are unlikely to change significantly. You can find complete San Francisco election results at http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp.… >> More Updates
Call his bluff
It is time to call the President’s bluff.
“If the Senate Judiciary Committee were to block Judge Mukasey on these grounds, they would set a new standard for confirmation that could not be met by any responsible nominee for attorney general,” Bush said in a speech at the… >> More Updates
The politics behind daylight savings
Jennifer 8 Lee has an interesting story on the politics behind daylight savings time. Turns out one of the prime advocates for the recent change was the candy lobby.