Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity. It had been just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory

McArdle, Totten and Althouse are guest-blogging for Glenn.

strikes one as misfortunate.  F*cking five smacks of carelessness. –Lady Bracknell

In this morning’s speculation, I suggested that Sen. Hillary Clinton might make trouble for the Democratic convention in a number of ways, including this: She could champion the causes of Florida and Michigan and seek reform of the rules for timing contests and the sanctions imposed upon those who break them.  A few hours later, Jake Tapper of ABCNews reports that Clinton has already started: This morning brings the news

In discussing the Wisconsin primary results, OpenLeft’s Chris Bowers makes a general observation that raises an interesting possibility: Closest Democratic Nomination in at least 48 years: Just to keep things in perspective even during an Obama victory, Clinton will actually pass a milestone tonight that will make this the closest Democratic nomination campaign since at least 1960. Today, even without Michigan and Florida, she hit 1219 delegates when one counts

The Wisconsin primary results suggest an erosion in the Clinton coalition hinted at in the Potomac primaries.  The talking heads on cable TV broke down the various blocs from the exit poll data, but a few key measures tell the tale. The general pattern since New Hampshire, as laid out by Jay Cost earlier this month, was this: We have found that both candidates are putting together diverse voting coalitions that differ according

but not by the margins earlier predicted. It’s a funny thing how much the margins in Wisconsin tend to vary.  It’s also a funny thing how much late counts in Milwaukee and Madison tend to play a role in how votes go. Wisconsin’s electoral votes always seem up for grabs, and always seem to go to the Democratic candidate by a very narrow margin after late results from Milwaukee and Madison, sometimes

Media morons continue to confuse “madcap,” “schizophrenic” for Irish. Forget Beijing. Madcap Irishman Colin Carroll, part-time sumo “flyweight” and a world champion in elephant polo, has unveiled plans to launch the “Paddy Olympics.” While his latest brainwave has perhaps come a little too late to steal the thunder from this year’s Beijing Olympics, the 35-year-old reckons he has struck gold with his idea. “We would have the old favorites like

Among “Wideasses”. Early returns show Wisconsin breaking for Obama by a wipeout 60 to 40 margin.  Speaking as a Wisconsin native, I can assure you that the Wideass population of my home state is quite high, so these results don’t surprise me at all.  Many Wisconsin grocery stores have expanded to 4 lanes to deal with the congestion issues. Why, you may ask, has Wisconsin gone so heavily for Barack?  There

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