Archive for July, 2007
GOP Candidates Ditch Debate
The Democrats have managed to get through a YouTube debate, so why shouldn’t the Republicans? As John Fout said in his article on TheStreet.com Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have already said that the wouldn’t be attending a CNN/YouTube debate due to scheduling conflicts. Fout asks “I don’t understand why the GOP candidates wouldn’t attend. […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Obama, Giuliani, Romney, Campaign Strategy, Debate Coverage.
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Link Sandwich - 7/31
Bob Dole assessed a few of the Republican Candidates in this piece by the LA Times Top of the Ticket.
Also in Top of the Ticket, Rudy Giuliani has put more detail into his healthcare policy.
The Stump submits: Fred Thompson has lower than expected fundraising numbers.
Many people wonder if White America will let Obama win […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Healthcare, Giuliani, Campaign Strategy, Thompson, Edwards, Links Post.
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Peak Oil and Politics
James Pethokoukis wonders on the Capital Commerce Blog from US News “Are Democrats the Peak-Oil Party?”
What’s Peak Oil all about? Matthew Simmons will tell you.
Pethokoukis quotes from Joe Biden at the NH Debate:
“We have to understand how weak [Iran] is,” explained Sen. Joe Biden last month at the Democratic presidential debate in Nashua, N.H. […]
Posted: July 30th, 2007 under Clinton, Energy, Edwards, Oil, Petroleum, Biden.
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Link Sandwich - 7/30
LA Times Top of the Ticket reports that Newt Gingrich loves to call people he doesn’t like pygmies, in a most derogatory way.
From The Stump today: Giuliani is still having a problem getting support from pro-life conservatives.
Here is an article labeling Fred Thompson as a neoconservative, up there with George Bush.
The Washington Post claims […]
Posted: July 30th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, Thompson, Edwards, Links Post.
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Weekend Sandwich
Pretty big piece of news here from Top of the Ticket, Bloomberg just bought mike2008.com. Definitely not suspicious.
John Edwards is frustrated with the things keeping him from talking about his issues. Haircut.
Another good Fred Thompson shakeup article. We’re expecting a September announcement for this guy.
Obama is leading the way in a New Era of Black […]
Posted: July 29th, 2007 under News, Clinton, Obama, Thompson, Edwards, Bloomberg, Links Post.
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Dinner with Barack Obama? Alright!
Obama’s “Dinner with Barack” was a major success in many ways for him. For those of you who don’t know, Obama had a lottery of sorts, the prize being a dinner with him. For every five dollars that supporters donated they were entered once into the contest. Five lucky people got to sit down and […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007 under Obama, Campaign Strategy.
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Link Sandwich - 7/27
Obama is sticking close to his statement on diplomacy, and also cleaning it up a little. But Real Clear Politics writer Charles Krauthammer thinks that Obama got his second strike when he talked about debate yesterday, and he’s not bowling.
Liberalism is apparently on the rise as the Democratic party is viewed vastly more favorably than […]
Posted: July 27th, 2007 under News, Obama, McCain, Thompson, Richardson, Links Post.
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John Edwards Economic Plan on CNBC
John Edwards believes that the American tax system is fundamentally unfair, as he just said on CNBC. He is interested in both short and long term economic growth, and believes it can be done by strengthening the middle class. Edwards seems very interested in making sure the middle class has enough money to put their […]
Posted: July 26th, 2007 under Campaign Strategy, Edwards.
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Make Lemonade
Recipe: 1 lemon (say a $400 haircut), add plenty of criticism and sarcasm from others. Stir vigorously. Laugh with them.
Results: a dynamite video for the CNN/YouTube election debate.
After all the hoo hah, here’s what matters to John Edwards:
# Ending the war in Iraq.
# Taking on the insurance companies and HMOs […]
Posted: July 26th, 2007 under Campaign Strategy, Edwards.
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Link Sandwich - 7/26
Fred Thompson is very smooth and quick on his feet, as shown in this video by The Stump. These qualities lead some to wonder, is he the GOP’s Savior?
Real Clear Politics has a cool piece on how much Oprah’s endorsement could help Obama.
According to OpinionJournal, the Democrats are going soft on crimes against humanity.
Bill Richardson […]
Posted: July 26th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Campaign Strategy, Thompson, Richardson, Links Post.
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