Eventually all presidential campaigns get dirty. It's what works. Even the likable Mike Huckabee did push polling, though now he's broke. Much like the poor French bibliophile who by law has to pay at least 95% of a book's list price. That and Dick Morris below in a roundup of, mostly, political news:
- Political dirty tricks expert tells all. On whether one should play fair: "You don’t win any prizes for running a moral campaign. Success in politics is all or nothing: a candidate wins or loses, period, and either ends up with power (and the extreme likelihood of retaining power) or no power whatsoever. So the “right” thing is simply defined as the “winning” thing."
- Dick Morris thinks Clinton's South Carolina strategy is to "trigger a massive white backlash against Obama (that) will drive white voters to Hillary." Of course, Morris' other recent columns include "There's a Method to Crafty Bill's Madness," "Hillary Clinton's Massive Conflict of Interest," "In Contrast to Obama, Hillary Plays the Race Card," etc.
- Huckabee's broke. He's pulling back from Florida and looking to cherry-pick overlooked southern states. Apparently Fred Thompson did doom Huck in South Carolina.
- French unions run amok. Amazon.com was successfully sued by the French Booksellers' Union over the company's free shipping offer. Apparently it is against the law in France to sell a book for more than a 5% discount off the list price. When Amazon's free shipping is factored in the total price broke that barrier. They are currently being fined $1,000 euros a day, though Amazon has said they will ignore the order. Meanwhile, French consumers continue to overpay.
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