Ann Friedman

Somebody’s campaign is already developing a “Plan B” backstop in New Hampshire in case she tanks in Iowa. (OK, so the feminine pronoun gives it away, but go read.) –Tom Schaller

If you live in Iowa and New Hampshire and own a television, right now you’re getting inundated with political ads, one after another after another. If the ads were dramatic, funny, or in any way compelling, it might not be so painful for Iowans and New Hampshirites. But there have been almost no ads this […]

All I can say about this is, good. –Tom Schaller

Two thousand, five hundred and forty-one days — that’s my back-of-napkin calculation of the number of days that transpired from the night Two thousand, five hundred and forty-one days — that’s my back-of-napkin calculation of the number of days that transpired from the night Al Gore conceded the 2000 election (December 13, 2000) to Wednesday […]

Mike Huckabee announced the formation of a Faith and Values Coalition last night, with a former Southern Baptist Convention president and radio show host and activist Janet Folger at the helm. The coalition’s members will be both cheerleaders and advisers, and the list represents considerable reach into different constituencies on the Christian right. For anyone […]

Womens eNews has the rundown on where the presidential hopefuls stand on the issue of sex education. All of the Democratic candidates say they support comprehensive sex ed, but I’m pretty certain all have voted to fund abstinence-only — understandably so, because the funding is always bundled with other programs that Democrats support. (Hell, even […]

When conservatives draw parallels to the fall of the Roman Empire and America’s future, they invariably invoke moral decline as the key commonality. Here, for example, is conservative columnist LaShawn Barber running down the list of depravities (growing tolerance for adultery; abounding feminism!) in which she finds Roman precursors to our decaying nation today. I […]

Ed Kilgore of the Democratic Strategist has a fascinating post up about Barack Obama’‘s perceived unelectability among African Americans, particularly among black South Carolinians. Their cynicism may be disheartening, but is it really unwarranted? The core truth here is that only the election of an African American will prove to African Americans than one of […]

Between Labor Day and Halloween, it looked as if Hillary Clinton was pulling away, and for good, from Barack Obama and John Edwards in the Democratic race. But now, with Veterans Day upon us, it seems her leads are shrinking in both Iowa and New Hampshire. (Double h/t to Todd Beeton over at MyDD.) As […]

A: Rudy Giuliani, who also has the dubious distinction of having the dudeliest staff. Here’s the breakdown (via Alas, a Blog): I know, it’s not surprising that Richardson has the largest percentage of Latino staffers, and Obama has the largest percentage of black staffers — just as it wasn’t a shock to learn that the […]