EDWARDS’ GREAT NEW AD (THE NEGATIVE ONE)
If you want to see how a great negative ad should look, go to www.johnedwards.com, page down past his “heroes” ad which is useless positive ad and go to “the politics of parsing.” In the negative you just see Hillary being Hillary. As Harry Truman said, when the Republicans accused him of being negative, “I just tell the truth and they call it negative.” You can’t save Hillary from herself.
OBAMA PLAYS WITH FIRE
Betting on sweet reasonableness from Iran’s leaders has already impaled the Administrations of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Could it be about to injure the aborning candidacy of Barack Obama? By endorsing diplomacy with Iran, the freshman Senator from Illinois assumes a political burden of proof. Evidence of treachery or deceit by the Iranian government will lend fuel to Hillary’s contention that he is in over his head and does not understand the real world of power politics. It is always easier to defend not taking a major step in diplomacy than to argue for it, particularly when you don’t control the State Department, the CIA, or any of the levers of power and information.
WHAT IF THE IOWA POLLS DON’T CHANGE?
Published on TheHill.com on October 31, 2007.
What if the current polls in Iowa are the final result? What if Romney wins in Iowa and then comes in first again in New Hampshire? What if Giuliani stumbles badly in Iowa and finishes fourth? What if Huckabee surges and finishes second in Iowa? What if Fred Thompson makes an unimpressive third-place finish there?
