Election Night HQ

Ana Marie Cox, the alter ego of the Wonkette, blogs for Swampland on Time.com.  In her distinctive SwampCasts, she provides a unique, irreverent perspective on the campaign trail.
In this SwampCast: Never Say Inevitable, she outlines three scenarios by which Senator McCain would not be able to obtain the Republican nomination.  Fortunately, AMC seems to be fairly skeptical […]

The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has a great post up today, detailing with hard numbers, the popularity Senator McCain enjoys among Republican voters.  His post is titled simply: “The Big Picture: Republicans Like McCain”, and the chart provides considerable evidence that rank-and-file GOP voters are actually very comfortable with McCain as the nominee - something which his critics vociferously dispute…

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After all of the reports through the summer of 2007 about McCain staff departures, it’s great to be able to report staff additions, as McCain continues to build momentum.  Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic reported on February 1 that “Simmons Returns To The McCain Campaign”:

Simmons Returns To The McCain Campaign
Sarah Simmons, who served in the […]

Jonathan Martin at The Politico has one of the finest blogs on politics to be found anywhere.  In his latest piece, Martin provides great insight as to how McCain’s character is trumping many potential objections to his nomination as the Republican standard-bearer in November.  Here are some quotes from the story on McCain, and the blog post […]