Ralph Nader, possibly America’s most famous consumer advocate, announced today on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he is jumping into the 2008 presidential campaign as a third-party candidate.
Nader has done this four times before, in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and drew infinitesimal portions of the vote each time. What does he expect to accomplish this time beyond spending a [...]
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Mike Huckabee won the Republican caucuses in Iowa last night. That’s great news.
The man has no business in the White House, of course. He has demonstrated again and again how utterly out of touch he is with the world at large. But his base of ultra-conservative evangelicals must be thrilled today.
Huck’s victory also is heartening to non-evangelicals [...]
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On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Democratic candidate Mike “Holier Than Thou” Huckabee has gone to Los Angeles to appear with Jay Leno on NBC’s “Tonight Show” this evening.
It seems a bit odd for the leading candidate in a tight race to leave the field of battle at this point. But maybe Huck has decided that since he’s made [...]
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Posted in Election '08, Politics, tagged Election '08, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani on December 23, 2007 | No Comments »
1. John McCain? Old soldiers never die, they just find another war to fight.
2. Hillary’s “thirty years of political experience” add up to only slightly more than Barack Obama’s creds. And he’s a lot more likable.
3. Rudy “9/11” Giuliani wouldn’t have a candidacy if he’d been out of town that day. And besides, he runs [...]
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