McCain is going dirty very early
Put these two together, both from yesterday.
(AP) "Presidential hopeful John McCain said Monday that although it's not impossible for a Republican candidate who favors abortion rights to win the nomination, such a candidate would face long odds."
(Politico) "The returns have been on the public record for years, but the detail about Giuliani's support for Planned Parenthood -- along with e-mailed copies of the returns -- was provided to The Politico by aides to a rival campaign, who insisted on not being identified."
McCain is proving that he's willing to do anything to be president, but it's awfully early to get this deep in the weeds. (Does McCain feel the need to "surge" before Fred Thompson jumps in?)
McCain also fired his political director yesterday.
Later: Reality Based Educator points out that both the Giuliani story, and this NYSun blog post showing Fred Thompson supporting abortion in 94 (also from yesterday) both appear prominently on Drudge.
I find this particularly curious because of Drudge's longstanding antipathy towards McCain, but maybe McCain is Drudge's choice out of the current field. McCain is the only solidly prolife top tier.
If McCain is going to play dirty, there's no better ally than Drudge.
(AP) "Presidential hopeful John McCain said Monday that although it's not impossible for a Republican candidate who favors abortion rights to win the nomination, such a candidate would face long odds."
(Politico) "The returns have been on the public record for years, but the detail about Giuliani's support for Planned Parenthood -- along with e-mailed copies of the returns -- was provided to The Politico by aides to a rival campaign, who insisted on not being identified."
McCain is proving that he's willing to do anything to be president, but it's awfully early to get this deep in the weeds. (Does McCain feel the need to "surge" before Fred Thompson jumps in?)
McCain also fired his political director yesterday.
Later: Reality Based Educator points out that both the Giuliani story, and this NYSun blog post showing Fred Thompson supporting abortion in 94 (also from yesterday) both appear prominently on Drudge.
I find this particularly curious because of Drudge's longstanding antipathy towards McCain, but maybe McCain is Drudge's choice out of the current field. McCain is the only solidly prolife top tier.
If McCain is going to play dirty, there's no better ally than Drudge.
posted by mikevotes at
7:05 AM
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Drudge has a link to the NY Sun Politics Blog that says Fred Thompson said he supported abortions in the first trimester back in 1994.
Coincidence?
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Reality-Based Educator, at 7:15 AM
No coincidence at all. At this point, Drudge seems to be on the McCain team which is curious after all those years of being against McCain. Maybe Drudge has made a choice?
I saw it, but didn't include it because it didn't appear to be sourced to the McCain campaign. The blog writer claims to have found it on his/her own.
I'll add it and credit you.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 7:27 AM
McCain got precious little bounce from the debate. As I've mentioned, I watch the odds, not the polls: much more reliable.
Giuliani is still holding above 30% probability while McCain lags back at about 21%. Thomson and Romney are right behind McCain at around 17%. Everyone else is insignificant for now.
Drudge could still be holding out for Romney in a round-about kind of way.
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Praguetwin, at 3:16 PM
Yeah, I agree on the odds over the polls although the odds can also be impacted by a collective misperception.
And, regarding Drudge and Romney, I'm not too sure. He's been largely ignoring Romney.
I would guess he's tepid McCain until someone else gets in.
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mikevotes, at 3:32 PM
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