Archives: Posts From January 2008
Lieberman: McCain Could Keep Bloomberg Out of Race
By Russell Berman | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 at 3:21 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Lieberman says the increasing likelihood that Senator McCain will win the Republican nomination could keep Mayor Bloomberg on the sidelines of the presidential race this fall.
"My feeling all along has been that if he ran, it would be because ...
Cheney Turns to Rush to Boost FISA
By Josh Gerstein | Wed, 30 Jan 2008 at 3:15 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Rush Limbaugh took a time-out from his lament over Tuesday's election results to take a call from Vice President Cheney. The veep was looking to pressure Congress to act on surveillance legislation that has been hung up over a provision that would give ...
Limbaugh: "The Base Has Fractured"
By Josh Gerstein | Wed, 30 Jan 2008 at 12:53 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: A defensive Rush Limbaugh, one of Senator McCain's biggest detractors, just delivered what he called a "non-concession speech" in response to Mr. McCain's win in Florida Tuesday. "Yeah, it looks like McCain's pretty far down the line now to having ...
Parsing Bill: "Hit Job" Edition
By Josh Gerstein | Thu, 24 Jan 2008 at 2:11 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: President Clinton's claim Wednesday that he was on the receiving end of "a hit job" from Senator Obama's campaign is being treated in news accounts as a mysterious reference and perhaps evidence that the former president is coming unglued. Even Senator ...
Stars Coming Out for Hillary, Again
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 22 Jan 2008 at 1:33 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Hollywood is making another big fund-raising push for Senator Clinton on the figurative eve of California's February 5 Democratic primary.
Some real Hollywood heavyweights are hosting the January 31 evening reception with and for Mrs. Clinton at the ...
Obama Mailer Hits Back at Clinton on Abortion
By Russell Berman | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 at 6:18 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Obama is hitting back at Senator Clinton's attacks on his abortion rights record in a new mailer sent to Nevada homes today.
"Hillary Clinton is making misleading attacks on Barack Obama's 100% pro-choice voting record," one side of the mail ...
In Testy Exchange, President Clinton Defends Suit Over Nevada Voting
By Josh Gerstein | Wed, 16 Jan 2008 at 3:56 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: At a stop in Oakland this afternoon, President Clinton vigorously defended a lawsuit challenging Nevada's decision to permit casino workers to join presidential caucuses at their workplaces, even as he denied that he or his wife's campaign had anything ...
Kucinich Denied Debate Slot
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 15 Jan 2008 at 8:22 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The Nevada Supreme Court has just cancelled a lower court's order that guaranteed Rep. Dennis Kucinich a slot at tonight's Democratic debate in Las Vegas.
NBC set and then altered its ground rules for who could participate in the debate. Mr. Kucinich ...
Senator Clinton Sets Capitale Cash Bash
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 15 Jan 2008 at 7:59 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Clinton has set what's billed as her last fund-raiser in New York before the Super Tuesday primary.
Tickets for the January 24 reception at the Capitale Restaurant on the Lower East Side start at $1000.
In a measure of the campaign's need for ...
AFSCME's New Ad for Hillary in Nevada
By Josh Gerstein | Tue, 15 Jan 2008 at 7:07 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees is up with a new TV ad in Nevada that features women praising Senator Clinton for showing her softer side recently on the campaign trail.
"I didn't know how personal this was for Hillary," ...
Bloomberg on Polling Effort: 'I'm Not a Candidate'
By Grace Rauh | Mon, 14 Jan 2008 at 2:14 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mayor Bloomberg, facing reporters for the first time since the Associated Press reported on Wednesday that he is conducting extensive polling and voter analysis in all 50 states, denied yet again that he is a candidate for president and ducked three ...
President Clinton Does More Damage Control on Black Radio
By Josh Gerstein | Mon, 14 Jan 2008 at 9:03 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: In an interview Monday, President Clinton mounted a less-than-vigorous defense of comments a prominent supporter of Senator Clinton's presidential bid, Robert Johnson, made which many interpreted as a reference to Senator Obama's admission of drug use ...
Hillary [Not?!] to Spend Nevada Caucus 'Eve in San Francisco?
By Josh Gerstein | Sun, 13 Jan 2008 at 7:35 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Senator Clinton is planning to be in San Francisco the evening before the critical January 19 Nevada caucuses, according to a Northern California labor group.
The Instituto Laboral de La Raza claims on its Web site that Mrs. Clinton is a confirmed ...
"Driving Mrs. Hevesi" Makes It to N.H.
By Russell Berman | Tue, 8 Jan 2008 at 10:17 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: The "Driving Mrs. Hevesi" scandal has made it to New Hampshire, and it is being used to target Mayor Giuliani.
A stack of anti-Giuliani flyers were found laying on a camera riser at a rally for Senator McCain in Concord, N.H., yesterday afternoon. The ...
President Clinton Sees Post-Iowa 'Tidal Wave,' Faults Press for Obama 'Fairy Tale'
By Josh Gerstein | Mon, 7 Jan 2008 at 10:12 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Just hours after his wife got choked up on the campaign trail, President Clinton showed anger and frustration as he complained that the press has given a free pass to the nascent front-runner in the Democratic presidential contest, Senator Obama of ...
Indy Campaign Vet Says Bloomberg Could Win
By Grace Rauh | Mon, 7 Jan 2008 at 1:13 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: At former senator David Boren's forum on bipartisanship and political independence at the University of Oklahoma there is chatter galore about a possible presidential bid by Mayor Bloomberg.
Dean Barkley, a former senator who ran the campaigns of ...
Senator Clinton's Labor Friends Dip Toes in Nevada
By Josh Gerstein | Mon, 7 Jan 2008 at 12:37 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Will Senator Clinton's friends in labor and elsewhere stand by her as her campaign hits some rough sailing?
The American Federation of Teachers, which reported spending about $880,000 for mailers and radio ads in support of Mrs. Clinton in Iowa and New ...
Romney Concedes Massachusetts to Clinton
By Josh Gerstein | Thu, 3 Jan 2008 at 5:04 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mitt Romney says he won't win his home state in November if he is the Republican nominee for president.
Asked Thursday in a radio interview if he would prevail in Massachusetts in a match-up with Senator Clinton, Mr. Romney replied, "Oh, I can't imagine ...
Romney Camp Chafes at Huckabee Shtick
By Josh Gerstein | Thu, 3 Jan 2008 at 3:54 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Mike Huckabee's comic, aw-shucks shtick seems to be wearing on Mitt Romney's campaign.
A spokesman for Mr. Romney, Erich Fehrnstrom, sounded less than impressed with Mr. Huckabee's humor and guitar-playing on NBC's "Tonight Show" Wednesday.
"It was hard ...
President Clinton Predicts Huckabee Win in Iowa
By Josh Gerstein | Wed, 2 Jan 2008 at 7:14 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: One of the nation's top political handicappers, President Clinton, is predicting that Mike Huckabee will win the Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa Thursday.
"Governor Huckabee has got a little hometown pride going because it looks like the Iowa ...
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