The Caucus Blog: Rudy vs. MoveOn, Another Round
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More in the escalating arms race between Rudolph W. Giuliani and MoveOn.org.
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THE RACE: The presidential primary in Iowa for Democrats and Republicans.
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BLAINE, Minn. - Vote for my opponent. Please. Paul Herold entered the primary for a City Council seat in this Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, but then he landed a new job that he says wouldn't leave him enough time to do a decent job for his constituents.
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Could Obama really get $40 million? Is Rudy still raking it in? As second quarter fundraising comes down to the wire, the major candidates are doing their best to win the expectations game
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Candidates make last minute appeals in Iowa ... Romney's house parties combine football and politics ... Huckabee opts for Leno on caucus eve ... Romney puts up more of his money, but how much?... 2 Iowa polls, 2 different results.
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Fresh off his victory in the Florida primary, Sen. John McCain is poised to take another big prize. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani plans to drop out and endorse McCain, two GOP sources said. That would give McCain added momentum heading into a debate Wednesday and next week's Super Tuesday.
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Clinton lends her campaign $5 million as rival Barack Obama outraised her ... McCain leads GOP delegate count for Super Tuesday results while Clinton is ahead for Democrats ... Obama says he's Clinton-tested and toughened for fall campaign ... McCain looks to appease conservatives while Huckabee, Romney press on ... Michigan congressmen Dingell, Kildee endorse Clinton
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Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) virtually even in their race for the White House.
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Rasmussen Reports - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) has moved a step closer to officially enter the 2008 race for the White House, but polling in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination remains little changed. Giuliani attracts 27% of the vote, down from 29% a week ago. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that Senator John McCain&#39;s (R) support has held steady at 19% among Likely GOP Primary voters.
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You can do a pretty good job of following the politics leading up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary from television in rain-soaked California. CNN has an excellent program running all afternoon called The Ballot Bowl. The format is really simple. They have cameras following the candidates and they're broadcasting their town hall stump speeches. They're authentic, based on my experience in the campaign for the 2004 New Hampshire primary. The NY Times has an excellent resource (no RSS feed apparently) that lists the candidates' schedules. It's also possible to import the schedule into Google Calendar as an overlay. ABCNews is hosting two 90-minute debates, one for each party, tonight starting at 4PM Pacific. Tomorrow Fox News is hosting a controversial Republican debate, which the Republican Party has withdrawn from because they won't let Ron Paul participate. He's polling third among the Republican candidates in New Hampshire. For once the Republicans got it right.  In the very limited time betw Iowa and New Hampshire there's a lot of action and drama. Romney all of a sudden is shamlessly the candidate for change. There was an Ahmadinejad moment when I thought for sure he was doing parody, but he was serious. He's changed his attire, but his pitch is still the sleazy VP-Sales who got promoted to CEO. Change change change, I can change too, just watch. Please die now. I don't think anyone stands for Romney.  Giuliani and Thompson are still nowhere to be seen. Edwards is doing a good job of keeping the game on. McCain is earnest and honest, but he's old and small and tired.  Obama has the aura of a front-runner and Hillary seems to believe that if only Iraq were still the big issue she would be where Obama is. Even so, according to recent polls she's likely to win New Hampshire. A lot of my friends on Twitter dismiss Huckabee, and to be clear, I could not vote for a Republican this year, no matter who their candidate is, but he is a fantastic American personality. Elections are all about feelings, not policies or positions or even records as the pundits insist. Who you vote for is a function of how you feel about the country and the world in relation to yourself. The candidate who comes closest to validating your feelings is the person you vote for. I think we'll tire of Obama quickly, and we're already tired of HIllary. I think the rational choice for each party, although many disagree, is Edwards and Huckabee because each of them tap into the well of frustration Americans feel about everything. But my guess, which will probably certainly turn out wrong, is that the Dems will nominate Obama and the Reps will nominate Huckabee, and Huck will win.  PS: After writing this, I wonder if George Lakoff would agree. I think I've just used a very Lakoffish process, unwittingly.  PPS: I went to UW-Madison. Bucky Badger is the school mascot. Our favorite cheer and T-shirt said Fuck em Bucky! It occurred to me the same slogan would work for Huckabee. PPPS: Obama? Yo mama!
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With all the hoopla over Bush and Kerry, some of you may not have been paying close attention to the other races going on in this loaded US political season. I've read a good dozen or so Senate outlooks, and my blurry eyes and spinning brain kept getting lost in all the numbers and losing track of who, ultimately, was likely to control the Senate on November third. So I made my very own Senate outlook to figure it out (or add further confusion, depending on what you think of my predictions). The bad news is, we probably won't know who controls the Senate on November third. The good news, if you're a Democrat (or a person who loves one), is that my best guess at this point is that when the dust settles, Democrats will probably be in control by the very slimmest possible margin. Shock! But everyone knows the Dems have no chance of taking either house of Congress. I think everyone hasn't been paying attention. Read on for my rundown.
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Here&#39;s a primer on which candidate would likely be better for voters concerned about jobs, energy costs, real estate, taxes... Still undecided about who to vote for on Nov. 2? One way to decide is to simply vote your pocketbook.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential front-runners Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain clashed over immigration while largely agreeing on taxes and the course in Iraq and chiding their absentee rival, Fred Thompson.
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The immigration fight in Congress has spilled over onto the presidential campaign trail. John McCain is trying to sell the skeptical GOP base on contentious Senate legislation while Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and other Republican rivals oppose it.
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Senator John McCain won the biggest delegate prize so far in a closely contested primary. After finishing third, Rudolph W. Giuliani is likely to endorse Mr. McCain, officials said.
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Divided results mean fight may go beyond Super Tuesday as questions arise over ideological path
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Iowa could make or break a Democratic candidate on Thursday. The question is, who?