Repubs target Dems with tough talk on war, abortion, Obama
Washington Post Aug 5, 07 3:51 PM CDT
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The Republican presidential candidates were mostly civil to each other in today's debate in Iowa, but they hammered Democrats on foreign policy and taxes. The tensest exchange occurred early, the Washington Post reports, when Sam Brownback accused Mitt Romney’s wife of working for Planned Parenthood. Romney called the charge “desperate.”
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Finally off the campaign trail, Sarkozy plans vacation in NH
Boston Globe Aug 2, 07 4:13 PM CDT
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Nicolas Sarkozy will set aside French-US tensions when he visits New Hampshire on vacation this month. The trip to Lake Winnipesaukee appears to be purely leisure, the Boston Globe reports, but it may part of the new PM’s promise to improve trans-Atlantic relations. And the town of Wolfeboro already knows how to handle high-profile politicians: Mitt Romney is a homeowner.
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Giuliani, close to Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, gets more air time than others
New York Times Aug 2, 07 7:04 AM CDT
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Rudy Giuliani and Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, have been close friends for almost 20 years. That friendship may be paying off for Giuliani in his presidential run, as the former mayor enjoys more Fox time than any of his competitors, the New York Times notes. Giuliani has been on Fox 25% more than Mitt Romney and almost twice as much as John McCain this year, the Times reports.
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Campaign sinking before it starts swimming
Washington Post Aug 1, 07 8:59 AM CDT
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Fred Thompson's White House campaign is in trouble before it has even officially begun, according to the Washington Post 's campaign diary. Short of money and minus a manager, the unannounced Thompson is tied for last in the polls with the floundering John McCain.
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Why GOP voters
are yawning
Salon Jul 26, 07 6:22 PM CDT
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Republican voters choose “none of the above” over every announced primary candidate, and their distaste for the GOP field is no surprise, says Salon’s Thomas F. Schaller. Not only is there no heir apparent to Bush—a dubious honor anyway—but each Republican is carrying a critical flaw.
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$100M ahead of GOP in fund raising
Wall Street Journal Jul 23, 07 6:43 AM CDT
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Democrats are trouncing Republicans in the fundraising race leading up to 2008, raking in $100 million more in contributions for their presidential and congressional campaigns, the Journal reports. The trend puts the Democrats on track to outspend the GOP in a general election for the first time since records were kept 30 years ago.
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"Lone wolf''s" campaign gains traction with the young and wired
New York Times Jul 22, 07 8:49 AM CDT
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Most Americans know him—if at all— as the firebrand Texas congressman who’s always pushed to the end of the line during debates. Ron Paul flounders at the bottom of national polls, but he's is the most “friended” Republican on myspace.com. And he's the lone GOP presidential candidate who opposes the Iraq war. His solution to the mess, he tells the New York Times : “Just leave.”
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Candidates fight to renounce liberal pasts, denounce each others'
Los Angeles Times Jul 20, 07 12:39 PM CDT
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Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson are in an all-out war to convince right-wing voters of their conservative cred, the LA Times reports. Romney, long dogged by his pro-choice past, has seized on the fact that Thompson once lobbied to ease abortion counseling restrictions, a charge the undeclared candidate first denied.
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'None of the above' leads Republican hopefuls; Dems heavily favor Clinton
Associated Press Jul 17, 07 4:38 PM CDT
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Rudy Giuliani has the support of 21% of Republicans in a new poll—down from 27% in June, which is bad enough, and second to the most popular option: none of the above. John McCain stands fourth, a notch below undeclared candidate Fred Thompson, in the most recent AP-Ipsos poll, out today, and Hillary Clinton continues to dominate the Democrats.
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GOP trails 2 to 1; Obama has the biggest online presence
New York Times Jul 13, 07 4:00 PM CDT
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The three leading Democrats in the presidential race have raised more than twice as much money online as the three leading Republicans, the Times reports. For the first 6 months of the year, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards combined to top $28 million, against $14 million for Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
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Rudy rakes in $17M,
but Q2's a downer
for the GOP
Bloomberg Jul 4, 07 5:19 AM CDT
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Score one for America's mayor: Rudy Giuliani was the top Republican fundraiser in the second quarter, pulling in nearly $3 million more than runner-up Mitt Romney. Giuliani raised $17M; Romney added $6.5M of his own money to a $14M take. John McCain brought in only $11M, widening the cash gap with the two front-runners.
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