Jim — it’s Thompson, but, well. It seems to me the decisive question here is whether anyone is going to significantly cut — not just slow the growthrate of — federal size and spending. You’ll get tax increases of some…
Huckabee more Presidential at start and finish but significantly weaker in the middle. He did little to boost himself in NH. McCain kept his sails trimmed. Dignified but assertive: good on tone and content. Rudy wasn’t bad but seemed extra….
Romney dials down the change facing us this decade.
(1) Even if Paul doesn’t thrill you, whether it’s legitimate to lock him out is another question. (2) Quin, I hope you’re right on net worth. But it’s irritating how often two parents must now work to provide the goods…
McCain’s “I’ve learned, let’s move on” approach has great appeal. But then Mitt effectively and fairly causes Huck to hit a protracted snag.
McCain’s answer good. Romney’s better. It’s true that governors have come out on top of senators in this dept.
I’m more concerned with the pathological plight up the upwardly-mobile middle class than I am the struggles of the downwardly-mobile middle class. Not because I think Rudy’s wrong and the poorer among us should fail, or that it isn’t tough…
Rudy does workfare “because I love you more.” Golly. Fred’s doing the focused-and-Presidential thing that he can’t keep up for more than ten minutes. That SS riff was pretty strong. But probably the fight would fail. Again. On the other…
Fred gives up on the evangelical vote.
Wants to be running for President, I think.
