Rumours are beginning to fly that former Republican leadership candidate Mike Huckabee - he of the frankly astonishing HuckChuckFacts commercial - may well end up as running mate for possible president John McCain. Huckabee is remaining calm about the whole thing, but has stated that the position would be… read more…

After another weekend of primary votes in the US, there's only one thing of which Westmonster can be certain — Iain Dale can set foot in the Oval Office, but he's constitutionally barred from being President. Phew! The weekend's brewing drama takes place in the Republican nomination contest, where Mike… read more…

so, it looks like we know who holds the purse strings in the Romney household. Now that Mitt's gone, apparently having viewed the numbers indicating he'd need a sweep of remaining primaries to even have a remote shot at the Republican nomination, the Quixote role falls to Mike Huckabee,… read more…

Super Tuesday is over, and unless your name is Mitt Romney, you have something to hang your hat on. If your name is John McCain, you can sleep comfortably knowing that your strongest competition has effectively been knocked out of the race, and you are now the presumptive nominee. If… read more…

What you need to know to navigate the sea of analysis currently washing at the Internet's shores: UPDATE (11:42am GMT): Obama has pulled ahead in New Mexico by less than 1,000 votes with 92% of precincts reporting. This may effect delegate counts. Democrats Clinton took: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New… read more…

At long last, primary debate season in America is drawing to a close. Tonight, the remaining Democrats have their first and only mano-a-womano debate, but last night saw the final scheduled Republican debate held, naturally, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Westmonster can tell you that… read more…

Michigan voters put their mitts on their ballots last night, with mildly surprising results on both the Republican and Democratic sides of the race. For the Republicans, Mitt Romney, left for dead a week ago after humiliating losses in Iowa and New Hampshire, had a convincing victory over (this week's)… read more…

Westmonster turns its head toward America today, as the big political story has Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee taking the Iowa Presidential Selection Caucuses on the Democratic and Republican sides, respectively. Democratic Senators Joe Biden (Delaware) and Christopher Dodd (Connecticut) dropped out of the… read more…

Newly minted American citizen Christopher Hitchens was an arrogant blowhard long before he won his Green Card. Yet, occasionally Westmonster finds some valid points mixed in amongst the bombast. Here on the first real day of the 2008 American presidential selection process, he weighs in with some about how "undemocratic"… read more…