Candidate makes gaffe on the stump
New York Times Oct 24, 07 8:49 AM CDT
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday confused the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks with the junior senator from Illinois, the New York Times' Caucus blog reports. During a speech on global trade in Greenwood, SC, Romney said, “look at what Osam—uh—Barack Obama, said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq.”
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Hopeful meets with three PMs and no shortage of donors
Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 20, 07 8:47 AM CDT
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Rudy Giuliani left behind the cornfields of Iowa for cosmopolitan London yesterday, where he met with campaign contributors and no fewer than three prime ministers. After a visit to Tony Blair's new offices and to Gordon Brown at No. 10, Giuliani got his most desired photo-op of all, writes the Telegraph : an award and a handshake from Margaret Thatcher.
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Negative campaigning
is more memorable
and brings out voters
Reuters Sep 16, 07 1:43 PM CDT
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Except for a few barbs here and there, the 2008 campaign has been as polite as a tea party, and that's not a good thing, reports Reuters. Though many assume negative campaigning turns off voters, it's the negative details that stick and actually spur voters to cast a ballot, researchers say. "Democracy itself requires negativity," says one professor. "We want the right to be critical of those in power."
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Both battle illness on campaign trail
Time Sep 16, 07 7:38 AM CDT
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Elizabeth Edwards' decision to encourage her husband's presidential campaign despite her diagnosis of incurable breast cancer has drawn considerable controversy. Lambasted by some as a "terrible mother" for leaving her young children at home to join the campaign trail, Edwards soldiers on and has found key support from an unlikely ally, reports Time magazine.
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Follows failed '93 bid with compromise health plan tomorrow
Wall Street Journal Sep 15, 07 3:57 PM CDT
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Details of Hillary’s health plan are leaking out before she formally announces them Monday in Iowa. Rather than re-making the system – or imitating her 1993 proposal – she wants the Feds to subsidize some care and employers to pay for the rest. The Wall Street Journal reports that she’s headed for a run-in with the GOP but has support from voters, who trust her more than other candidates on health care.
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Salon columnist parses the candidate's 'I'm just like you' campaign
Salon Sep 10, 07 4:57 PM CDT
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Since officially entering the presidential race last week, Fred Thompson has pitched Iowans with a stump speech that portrays him as a regular guy who wants to send a message to “those folks in Washington.” Never mind that he’s a rich former senator, lobbyist and actor from McLean, Va., jibes Salon columnist Michael Scherer—people buy his act.
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GOP hopeful plans to clarify his candidacy online tonight
Associated Press Sep 5, 07 8:49 PM CDT
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Eight months after his rivals hit the campaign trail, actor and ex-senator Fred Thompson headlined the Tonight Show to announce his run for president. "On the next president's watch, our country will make decisions that will affect our lives and our families far into the future,” he said. “We can't allow ourselves to become a weaker, less prosperous and more divided nation.”
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Rivals cast Thompson’s TV ad as NH snub
on announcement eve
The Hill Sep 5, 07 9:15 AM CDT
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Fred Thompson will run his first TV ad during tonight’s GOP debate in New Hampshire, and his rivals are taking advantage of one last chance to chide the non-candidate before he officially joins the race tomorrow. Mitt Romney’s spokesman is encouraging Granite State voters to feel neglected: “They usually don’t like a candidate thinking they can just phone it in from a couch out in Burbank.”
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Pundits debate whether delay damaged Thompson
Weekly Standard Sep 4, 07 9:01 PM CDT
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Pundits are accusing Fred Thompson of taking too long to announce his candidacy, a step he will take tomorrow night on Jay Leno. Poor fundraising and personnel problems have caught media limelight because Thompson wasn’t on the campaign trail, critics say. An adviser replies: "It's still not yet a campaign. Until you hit a date when the rubber hits the road, you can make mistakes."
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Politico's Simon sees candidate serving voters a steaming
bowl of ... porridge
Politico Sep 4, 07 10:25 AM CDT
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Hillary Clinton works hard to stay in the middle, presenting herself as the "just right" choice between extremes by modulating her language incredibly carefully and emphasizing that she is the only candidate with the experience to effect change. The Politico's Roger Simon looks at a barnstormer so consistent that the length of her stump speech varies by only seconds.
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She keeps things personal, appeals to conservative base
Boston Globe Aug 26, 07 4:15 PM CDT
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Ann Romney’s image as a demure stay-at-home mom separates her from more "modern" First Lady aspirants – and solidifies Mitt's plan to coax Christian conservatives to the polls, the Boston Globe reports. “His message is going to be, 'Not only am I against abortion and gay marriage, but I practice what I preach," says one analyst. "And voila, look at my beautiful stay-at-home wife."
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Compassionate-
conservative act just that, columnist writes
American Prospect Aug 23, 07 6:36 PM CDT
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Mitt Romney’s centrist past and anti-bigot pleasantries are belied by the hardcore conservative base he’s building, writes the American Prospect ’s Garance Franke-Ruta. The Republican presidential hopeful's overtures to the middle echo those of George W. Bush's 2000 campaign—in which Bush ultimately won by relying on his social conservative base.
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