Archives: Posts From October 2007
Will Timing Soften Hillary's Flub?
By Josh Gerstein | Wed, 31 Oct 2007 at 12:27 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: The question of tonight's Democratic debate: How does the fact that Senator Clinton's big screw-up of the night took place with five minutes left in the two-hour debate diminish its impact?
First editions of newspapers and the first rounds of wire ...
Bloggers' Notebook: Potential First Spouses
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 23 Oct 2007 at 11:51 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Five of the potential first spouses who could occupy the White House in 2009 were publicly auditioned Tuesday by California's first lady, Maria Shriver, at an annual conference she holds to discuss women's issues.
Ms. Shriver, a former NBC broadcaster, ...
Hollywood for Hill
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 9 Oct 2007 at 11:18 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Clinton's campaign is out with a new video featuring director Rob Reiner. You can see it here.
It's not exactly "When Harry Met Sally," but has some amusing vignettes.
The only wince-inducing moment in the short is when a young white woman ...
George Allen Supports Fred Thompson
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 8 Oct 2007 at 3:15 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: With or without an endorsement, the person Fred Thompson owes the most to this election season is former Virginia senator George "Macaca" Allen. If not for Mr. Allen's implosion in 2006, he would have been reelected to the Senate and crowned the ...
Political Video of the Weekend: Fred Thompson on SNL
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 8 Oct 2007 at 9:45 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Fred Thompson makes his first appearance (as a Darrell Hammond impression) on Saturday Night Live. The joke? Fred Thompson is lazy:
"How badly do I want to be your president? On a scale of 1 to 10, about a 6." ...
Thompson's Florida Fade
By Ryan Sager | Fri, 5 Oct 2007 at 5:56 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Last month, the Insider Advantage poll had Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani tied in Florida. Now, Mr. Giuliani's pulled ahead decisively:
Giuliani: 29% Thompson: 19% Romney: 16% McCain: 10%
My sense is that despite a decent showing in the polls, the ...
Political Video of the Day: Log Cabin Republicans for Romney (Not Really)
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 4 Oct 2007 at 2:28 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Log Cabin Republicans have launched an ingenious ad, which will be running on Fox News nationally and in Iowa:
Note what the ad doesn't touch: gay issues. It sarcastically endorses his once-upon-a-time support for abortion rights, opposition to ...
The Numbers: GOP Edition
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 4 Oct 2007 at 1:46 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani once again* is the frontrunner in the cash chase:
Giuliani: $10.5 million ($16 million cash on hand) Romney: $10 million raised, plus $8.5 million of his own money ($9 million cash on hand) Thompson: $9.3 million ($7 ...
Dobson's Threat
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 4 Oct 2007 at 10:14 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: James Dobson, head of the tax-exempt Focus on the Family, issues a rather explicit political threat to Rudy Giuliani today in the New York Times: "If the major political parties decide to abandon conservative principles, the cohesion of pro-family ...
'McCain Death Watch' Death Watch: Bloomberg Edition
By Ryan Sager | Thu, 4 Oct 2007 at 10:02 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Another McCain comeback story, this time from Bloomberg News. Yet, the basic dynamic of this race remains the same, as does the fact that Mr. McCain won't win.
Mr. McCain has jumped in some polls, especially as compared to July. But this just puts him ...
The Thompson Record
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 3 Oct 2007 at 5:21 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Fred Thompson's record is exceedingly thin... but at least he doesn't remember it! ...
Ron Paul Tops $5 Million for the Quarter
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 3 Oct 2007 at 5:12 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Ron Paul has topped $5 million for the third quarter. That means he's outraised Mike Huckabee by about $4 million. He's also competitive with John McCain (and, really, doing better than McCain financially when debt is taken into account) and Bill ...
That Ridiculous Giuliani Map
By Ryan Sager | Wed, 3 Oct 2007 at 10:22 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: You may have seen that ridiculous Giuliani campaign map yesterday that attempted to show how a Giuliani-Clinton race would put the former mayor in the catbird seat — that is, counting only Vermont and Massachusetts as definite Clinton wins, while ...
Romney Rebukes Hillary Over Iran Stance
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 1:57 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Clinton's announcement yesterday that she plans to support legislation to block President Bush from taking military action against Iran without prior approval from Congress did not sit well with Mitt Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor, ...
GOP Identity Crisis
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 1:10 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: We've already seen the Republican Party lose its identity as the party of fiscal conservatism. Now, the Wall Street Journal is arguing it's lost its identity as the party of business.
What's left? ...
National Journal on the Interior West (and Virginia)
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 12:47 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: National Journal takes a look at the interior West (a topic near and dear to my heart) and Virginia and how they'll play in the 2008 election.
Long story short, Independents and Goldwater Republicans have become disaffected by today's GOP out West. ...
Those South Carolina Numbers
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 11:06 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Remember the ARG poll that showed a ridiculously high number for Mitt Romney? Well, Rasmussen has some quite different numbers, probably more in line with reality.
Meanwhile, ARG head Dick Bennett defends his poll, insisting that Mr. Romney's TV ...
Minnesota: Giuliani Leads, McCain Strong
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 10:41 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: In the first presidential primary poll out of Minnesota (a Super Duper Tuesday state), Rudy Giuliani leads with John McCain in second place:
Giuliani: 27% McCain: 22% Thompson: 16% Romney: 5%
One caveat (an important one): The margin of error here is ...
Political Video of the Day: Nativist Endorses Rudy Giuliani
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 10:35 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Giuliani campaign is going all out to promote this video of an endorsement by Joey Vento, the Philadelphia cheesesteak guy famous for hanging a sign in his shop declaring: "This is America: when ordering 'speak English'":
It's really a shame ...
Rudy Giuliani: Pro Life?
By Ryan Sager | Tue, 2 Oct 2007 at 9:39 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Congressman Pete Sessions, a staunch pro-life Republican from Texas and a Rudy Giuliani supporter, tells The Brody File that if Giuliani were a member of Congress today, he'd be considered pro-life. Get you jaw off the floor.
Here's the money quote: ...
Kerry Takes a Shot At Romney
By Seth Gitell | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 4:58 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mitt Romney commenced his run for president at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Mr. Romney emerged as a point man critical of the Democratic proceedings in Boston and John Kerry.
Today, in a major speech on his plans for America's ...
The Third Party Threat
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 4:49 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: John Fund gives a rundown of just how hollow is the threat of social conservatives running a third-party candidacy against a Rudy Giuliani topped GOP ticket:
Threatening a third-party campaign is easier said than done. The task of securing a place on ...
Divide and Conquer
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 4:25 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Minneapolis airport bathrooms are getting floor-length dividers, in order to put to an end certain shenanigans in which certain senators have recently found themselves caught up.
Didn't George Costanza come up with this idea a long time ago? ...
The Fred Thompson Campaign...
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 3:01 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: ...sure like Sean Hannity. ...
ARG South Carolina Poll
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 12:59 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The latest ARG GOP primary poll in South Carolina is extremely odd — probably crossing over into implausible:
Romney: 26% Giuliani: 23% McCain: 15% Thompson: 10%
This would mean Mr. Romney has jumped almost three-fold in the poll since August. Mr. ...
Fred Thompson Fundraising
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 11:58 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Thompson campaign is saying this morning that it has raised more than $8 million in the 3rd quarter (its first) — that is, for July, August, and September.
By way of comparison, the 1st quarter numbers of his three main rivals were: Mitt Romney, $21 ...
Quote of the Day
By Ryan Sager | Mon, 1 Oct 2007 at 2:41 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: "There are two kinds of people in Montana: those who are for gun control, and those who run for public office."
— Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D), quoted by the Los Angeles Times in an article about Western Democrats' concerns about the 2008 ticket ...
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