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We Say Osama, Mitt Says Obama

Candidate makes gaffe on the stump

Oct 24, 07 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Osama bin Laden • Election 2008

In London, Giuliani Picks Up Cred and Cash

Hopeful meets with three PMs and no shortage of donors

Sep 20, 07 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Tony Blair • London • presidential campaign • Gordon Brown • Margaret Thatcher

Presidential Candidates Play Too Nice

Negative campaigning
is more memorable
and brings out voters

Sep 16, 07 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • presidential campaign • Election 2008

Elizabeth Edwards Finds Unlikely Ally in Ann Romney

Both battle illness on campaign trail

Sep 16, 07 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Elizabeth Edwards • breast cancer • presidential campaign • multiple sclerosis • Ann Romney

Hillary Wants Feds, Employers to Share Tab

Follows failed '93 bid with compromise health plan tomorrow

Sep 15, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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health care • Hillary Clinton • health insurance • presidential campaign • reform • Hillary Care • Election 2008

Thompson
Plays Himself
as Everyman

Salon columnist parses the candidate's 'I'm just like you' campaign

Sep 10, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Iowa • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • Arnold Schwarzenegger • personality • Election 2008

Thompson Joins Race With 'Grand Entrance'

GOP hopeful plans to clarify his candidacy online tonight

Sep 5, 07 8:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • Jay Leno • Tonight Show • Election 2008

Fred to Appear in Debate —
for 30 Seconds

Rivals cast Thompson’s TV ad as NH snub
on announcement eve

Sep 5, 07 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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: “... More »

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Mitt Romney • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • New Hampshire • debate • snub

Fred Finally Jumps into the Fray on 'Jay'

Pundits debate whether delay damaged Thompson

Sep 4, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • Jay Leno • Tim Tancredo • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Clinton Plays Goldilocks

Politico's Simon sees candidate serving voters a steaming
bowl of ... porridge

Sep 4, 07 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • presidential campaign • Election 2008

Ann Romney Speaks Out...
on Her Family

She keeps things personal, appeals to conservative base

Aug 26, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • presidential campaign • Judith Giuliani • Jeri Thompson • Ann Romney • Cindy McCain • Election 2008

Romney: Dubya in Centrist's Clothing

Compassionate-
conservative act just that, columnist writes

Aug 23, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • presidential campaign • Guantanamo Bay • compassionate conservatism • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

Rivals Attack Rudy's Record
as NY Mayor

Gotham chief soft on immigration, tough on gun control, foes taunt

Aug 23, 07 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani uses his tenure as New York mayor as a badge of courage as he campaigns for the White House, but now his record is being turned against him. Attack ads by GOP rival Mitt Romney portray Giuliani's New York as "sanctuary city" for illegals, while would-contender Fred... More »

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Mitt Romney • immigration • Rudy Giuliani • abortion • Iowa • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • NRA • gun control • New York • mayor

Dukakis to Dems: Make 'Chemistry'

Wants local 'captains' to create a personal bond over next candidate

Aug 22, 07 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Dukakis compares today’s political climate to the time of his own downfall in 1988, when George Bush Sr. overcame a 17-point deficit and whipped him 426-to-112 in the electoral college. Refusing to feel comfortable with the Dems’ advantage, Dukakis told the New York Observer that "We have... More »

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Democrats • presidential campaign • smear campaign • political activism • Michael Dukakis • grassroots • Election 2008

New Hampshire Could Give McCain a Jolt

Vote-second state has rescued flailing frontrunners before

Aug 21, 07 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s candidacy may be getting dragged through the mud lately, but the presidential hopeful might have an ace up his electoral sleeve—New Hampshire. The Granite State has a history of rescuing listless frontrunners, the Boston Globe reports, and the straight talker understands the state’s importance better... More »

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John McCain • Al Gore • John Kerry • presidential campaign • New Hampshire • Howard Dean • Bill Bradley • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008 • presidential election • George W. Bush

Obama Would Ease Cuba Travel Limits

Candidate backs looser rules on money transfers, family visits

Aug 21, 07 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama says that as president, he would reverse the Bush administration's increased restrictions on travel to Cuba, the AP reports. Visiting or sending money to relatives on the Communist-controlled island became more difficult in 2004, a policy change the candidate calls "strategically blundering" in an op-ed published in... More »

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Bush administration • Florida • Barack Obama • travel • presidential campaign • Cuba • foreign policy • Little Havana • Cuban embargo • Election 2008 • presidential election

Iowa-Minded Candidates Learn to Love Ethanol

Doubts take back seat to politics

Aug 20, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - To a presidential candidate who has an eye on Iowa—and who among them can afford not to?—ethanol is a political home run. The Hawkeye State hosts 28 refineries, and every one of the ’08 hopefuls has duly supported some form of ethanol subsidies. This despite the fact... More »

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climate change • Iowa • carbon dioxide • ethanol • presidential campaign • environmentalism • corn • biofuel • fossil fuel

Dems Pal Around in Iowa

Frontrunners dominate Iowa event

Aug 19, 07 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a more-amiable-than-usual war of words, the Democrats debated this morning in Iowa, the locale of the pivotal first primary. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards dominated the 90-minute discussion moderated by ex-Bill Clinton aide George Stephanopolous, the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports, playing it safe as the lower-tier... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Bill Richardson • Iowa • presidential campaign • presidential debate • Election 2008

Michigan to Shift Primary
to Jan. 15

Move forces New Hampshire earlier;
Iowa mulls December

Aug 18, 07 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michigan is about to move its 2008 presidential primary to January 15th, sources inside the state Democratic and Republican parties tell MSNBC. A bill shifting the date will go before the state senate next week. The move will provoke other early states to move to earlier—as early as December—... More »

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Democrats • Republican • presidential campaign • primary • Michigan • Carl Levin • Michigan primary • Election 2008

(Newser) - GOP frontrunners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney are trading heated barbs over immigration, each accusing the other of a weak stance on illegals. Through radio ads and campaign speeches, both candidates are looking to rally the conservative GOP base, the Washington Post reports—though neither man has solid conservative... More »

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Mitt Romney • immigration • Rudy Giuliani • Republican • Fred Thompson • presidential campaign • New York • Massachusetts • illegal immigration • Election 2008

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