Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley appears to have walked back her earlier comments endorsing the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on embryos being people.
* On a related note, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) issued a memo about an hour ago, urging the party’s Senate candidates to “clearly and concisely reject efforts by the government to restrict” in vitro fertilization.
* With time running out before California’s March 5 Senate primary, the latest survey from the Public Policy Institute of California found Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff ahead with 24%, followed by Democratic Rep. Katie Porter at 19%, and Republican retired baseball player Steve Garvey at 18%. The top two candidates will advance to the general election.
* Speaking of closely watched Senate races, in Michigan, the latest EPIC-MRA poll found Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin with the narrowest of leads over former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, 39% to 38%. Both candidates are competing in competitive primaries.
* Remember the robocall urging New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the state’s presidential primary, using artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden? It was apparently created by a New Orleans magician who was paid by a consultant who worked for Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips. * Speaking of the Granite State, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu told Politico, in reference to Donald Trump and the Republican Party, “It won’t be his party forever. Right? It just won’t. … Let me put it a different way: A–holes come and go. But America is here to stay.” * In South Carolina, a conservative group funded by anonymous donors is trying to drive Black voters away from President Joe Biden, emphasizing the Biden administration’s push to ban menthol cigarettes.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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