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In the year 2008, with Internet fund-raising and YouTube and “rapid response” Web sites that talk of politics, it is somewhat jarring to see a reference to Herbert Hoover in a U.S. Senate campaign in Virginia.

The heavily odds-on favorite to win a Senate seat there, former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner, sent out an e-mail Monday [...]

[Commentary] Ron Gunzburger of Politics1 looks at the McCain campaign and hits the coffin nail on the head:
The McCain campaign is essentially finished, but McCain must continue acting like a real candidate until January to qualify for the federal matching funds he needs to pay off the campaign debt and operating costs for the [...]

And then there were nine GOP presidential contenders, for now anyhow. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore announced in a written statement today that he’s ended his presidential bid, contending the front-loaded primary schedule “have made it impractical to continue.”
The polls in Iowa showed Gilmore’s candidacy never really took off or resonated in Iowa. Most [...]

[Commentary] John McCain has recovered his straight-talk swagger. And Mike Huckabee could compete against a resurrected William Jennings Bryan when it comes to throwing the God card with just the right spin, at just the right time.
The Republican Presidential Debate in New Hampshire Tuesday actually played out more like a winter Friday night in an [...]

 
Pregame, ballgame and postgame: Three hours of John Deeth's liveblog of Tuesday night's Republican debate.