Bubba being told by top Democrats to back off
Here’s an interesting tidbit of news, via Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter:
The SC primary and Nevada caucuses – Post 2 (FINAL UPDATE: MARK STEYN’S ANALYSIS: “MCCAIN IS ON COURSE TO BE THE NOMINEE”, HUCKABEE CAMP BLAMES DEFEAT ON FRED )
**Due to the long length of my prior post on the SC primary and Nevada caucuses, I am starting this one, which will primarly focus on the SC primary, but will include any interesting info I come across on the NV Dem caucus, which as I reported in my prior post has been called for Hillary by all the major networks. A reminder: I will be on BlogTalk Radio tonight with Rick Moran at 8 PM ET to discuss today’s primary/caucus results.**
The SC primary and Nevada caucuses – Post 1 (FINAL UPDATE ON NV CAUCUSES: HILLARY AND ROMNEY WIN)
**4:35 PM – Due to the length of this post, I have started a new one here which will focus primarily on the SC primary.** I will be on BlogTalk Radio tonight with Rick Moran at 8PM ET to discuss today’s primary/caucus results.**
Friday Night Stampede (Weekend Open Thread)
Fresh off of the “wintry mix” we had here a couple of days ago (which has completely melted), the weather folks are calling for a 90% chance of rain and snow tomorrow, and are saying we could get between one and three inches of the stuff. As per normal around here whenever they’re calling for bad weather, people made frenzied dashes to the grocery store to pick up bread, soup, milk, cereal, water and other essentials they’ll need in case they’re snowed in for a month or so.
Democrats and the identity politics game
Chris Hitchens pens a must-read in today’s WSJ on Democrats and identity politics:
Is it just about over for Fred Thompson?
I know that it’s still early, and at this point anything can happen, but in spite of Fred’s slight bump in the polls in SC after the last debate, it’s still a two way race between McCain and Huck. Last night on BlogTalkRadio we were talking about the Thompson campaign, analyzing what went wrong and speculating as to whether or not things could turn around for the campaign.