August 16, 2007
Rudy Giuliani
Fred Thompson
John McCain
Mitt Romney
General Race 4 2008 News
- Rasmussen Poll: Biden Trails Giuliani but Ties Thompson
Rudy Giuliani 50% Joe Biden 34%; Fred Thompson 39% Biden 39%
- Oregon: Clinton Struggles in Blue State Against Republican Hopefuls
Hillary 42% Rudy 41%; Hillary 40% Fred 39%; John McCain 42% Hillary 39%
- Rasmussen’s Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
GOP Nomination Race Tightens: Four Candidates Within 10 Points
Giuliani 23%, Thompson 21%, Romney 15%, McCain 13%, Huckabee 5%
- In 2008, ‘it’s the electability, stupid’
By David Yepsen, Des Moines Register
- Machinists To Hold Bipartisan Candidate Forum
Clinton, Edwards, Giuliani, McCain and Huckabee agree to attend; Obama says ‘no’; Biden, ‘maybe’
- Forbes ‘08 Tracker: August
- Meanest Presidential Candidates
- Most Articulate Presidential Candidates
- America’s Most Sincere Candidates
- Republican Senator Martinez chides GOP candidates
He wants voters to demand concrete ideas on immigration.
- Romney returns to Florida, Giuliani opens campaign office
- GOP rivals spar on immigration
They debate border control, sanctuary cities
- Hybrid Huck
How far can good humor, social conservatism, and populist rhetoric take Mike Huckabee?
By Jim Geraghty
- Quittin’ Time
Brownback 2008 should end.
By Rich Lowry
- Say “Good Night,” Sam and Duncan
by Michael Medved
- At Iowa’s fair, fried Twinkies, politics galore
- Two New Yorkers at the Iowa State Fair
- The straw poll is corrupting Iowa and could get New Hampshire, too
- Voters’ independence good for races
- On Split Ticket Voting
- Rove’s Final Retreat
By James Carney
- Huckabee says he has seen rise in funds since Iowa straw poll
- Huckabee might be out of element in New Hampshire
- Huckabee Says Iowa Showing Gives Chance to Keep Thompson at Bay
- Huckabee Riffs On From Iowa
- Fair Tax, Foul Politics
- Republican presidential straw poll will be held in West Alabama Saturday
- In August, Michigan voters still have time to dream
- A Conversation With Obama
- CBS News Poll: What’s Behind Clinton’s Edge?
- The Saga of the First Lady Files
- CBS Poll: Lack Of Experience Hurts Obama
- Barack Obama’s Gaffe-orama
- The Debates Are Killing Edwards & Obama
- Barack Obama Has a Fund-Raising Dilemma
- Check Mate
The Dems Should Shut Up About Gay Marriage.
- Gay rights lobby criticizes Romney, Giuliani in NH for supporting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
- Karl Rove Slams ‘Elite, Effete Snobs’
- Rove Steps Up His Attacks on Clinton’s Candidacy
- Rush Limbaugh Interviews Karl Rove
- Seattle Times Editor Declares, Keep Political Views to Yourself — Then Responds to Reaction
- Comedy Central Video: Bill Kristol To Daily Show’s Jon Stewart: ‘President Bush Does Not Consider You A Pussy, But General Petraeus…”
- Huckabee: He could be the “real deal”
By Michael Medved
- Intrade Political Prediction Markets
Clinton pulls away from Giuliani and Obama
- Biggest Donor Areas go for Dems
Wealthy Areas Give to Democrats in ‘08
- Making Money Off of Bush
- Primary scramble
- What the G.O.P. Hopefuls Need From Bush
by Jennifer Rubin
- Is Bush a “Failed President”? Let’s Hope He Isn’t
By Mort Kondracke
- As Rove Departs, President Again Turns to Gillespie
- Evans-Novak Political Report: Week of August 15, 2007
by Robert Novak
- Edwards Says He Wouldn’t Disengage From Iraq
- NYPD warns of homegrown terrorists
Analysis describes a path to violence for disaffected Muslim youth
- The Cheney Imperative
The surveillance and interrogation programs he helped implement have prevented further attacks.
By Stephen Hayes
- No More Anonymous, Please!
By Victor Davis Hanson
- GOPer Pryce won’t run again
Veteran lawmaker will announce decision Thursday
- ‘08 Notes: Bye Bye Buckeye
- AEI senior fellow and Iraq surge co-author Fred Kagan on how Iraq is progressing
- White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on the surge and personnel changes in the White House
- Which Presidential Candidates Have Mastered Google?
- Democracy Heads to Web Laboratory
Novel Online Forums Reshape Presidential Debates, But Will Voters Engage?
- Bush on the Troops
by Glenn Beck
- Jury Finds Padilla Guilty On All Counts
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August 15th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Wow. That Glenn Beck story on the president is able to be both scatterbrained and beautiful. Check out “Bush on the Troops”
August 15th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
I think the tide is turning on Iraq. Even John Edwards has acknowleged that we can’t totally pull out.
The dems are in the awkward position of being tagged as defeatists for political advantage and it’s starting to show. Harry Reid is looking pretty foolish these days.
August 15th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Aron,
You should add this from Rich Lowry, currently the lead story on NRO.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
If Clinton, Edwards etc, are acknowledging the case for keeping troops in and around Iraq, isn’t that a capitulation on public policy?
Is it possible that President Bush, in the next few months, will be regarded as a hero for going against conventional wisdom?
If that’s that’s the case, then those who have not seperated themselves from him will benefit.
August 16th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Essential Read:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWU1ZWVkODcxNTU5ZGQzMzg4ODJkYzk1MWYwZmJlN2Q
August 16th, 2007 at 12:13 am
Fredo beat me to it.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Rich Lowry makes an impassioned plea that has been picked up by many bloggers. But he’s simply wrong. Here’s why.
Other candidates may profess to be pro-life and that’s great. We are the pro-life party, after all.
But even if Sam Brownback was down there in the dumps of the Ames straw poll results like McCain, Hunter, Giuliani and Fred! (not to mention Cox), if I believed in the candidate’s issues, I’d want him to stay in the race 4 2008 to keep those items on the front burner.
As I said, many of our candidates profess to be pro-life, some more recently than others, and some have never gotten around to making that journey (Roody with the blue dress on, for example).
But to Sam Brownback being pro-life is not just about the child in the womb; he is more than pro-life, he is “whole life.” That means he is concerned about those in Darfur and the Sudan as well as those who are in prison, those affected by poverty, children who are neglected by their parents, the sick and elderly who may find that a right to die actually means a responsibility to die.
Even if the honorable Senator from Kansas does not ultimately get the nomination, I appreciate his continuing to fight to keep the issues important to the Senator and his supporters in the mix.
If he drops out, the remaining candidates might well ignore the moral imperative that Sam Brownback’s “whole life” stance entails. And that would be very regrettable indeed.
Rich Lowry is good at what he does, editorializing about the issues of the day. But he should leave politics to the politicians and campaigns to the campaigners. He most certainly does not speak for me or anyone who wants a full airing of all the important conservative issues.
It’s still so early in the campaign. I think Senator Brownback’s influence, if not his ultimate victory, is still a very valuable contribution to the American discourse.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Psycheout,
I respect the Senator and think he’s been a true advocate for life issues. But Lowry’s core point, that Huckabee has proven himself a more attractive candidate, and that Brownback’s presence in the field splinters the pro-life vote, is hard to dispute. Especially after the Ames results, and the disparity in resources used by Huck and Brownback.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:32 am
Extremely essential:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/08/the_30second_giuliani_v_clinto.html
August 16th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
I got a chuckle over the headline for that AP story “Rudy Giuliani Speaks About Fighting
Terrorism at the Fair.”