The former head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Presidents Reagan and Bush, Douglas Kmiec has offered this endorsement of Barack Obama for President. By the time one gets through all the caveats, it’s barely clear why Kmiec is endorsing Obama. Normally, I’d ascribe such a move to a desire for publicity, but in [...]
The Weekly Standard is reporting that Sen. Joe Lieberman will endorse John McCain tomorrow morning. No doubt this will throw the Democrats into paroxysms. Then again, the way they treated Lieberman, it’s unlikely that he would endorse anyone on the Democratic side. The big question is what this means for McCain. He has the backing [...]
National Review has formally endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican race for the 2008 nomination: Like any Republican, he would have an uphill climb next fall. But he would be able to offer a persuasive outsider’s critique of Washington. His conservative accomplishments as governor showed that he can work with, and resist, a Democratic legislature. [...]