January 17, 2008
John McCain
Mike Huckabee
Mitt Romney
- Election 2008: Romney vs. Clinton and Obama
Clinton 47% Romney 41%, Obama 49% Romney 37%
- Romney skips S.C., bets on Nevada
- Can the Economy Save Mitt Romney?
By Michael Duffy and Karen Tumulty
- Why Romney Won
Will the winning strategy in Michigan work anywhere else?
By Byron York
- Romney: I Read Drudge Several Times A Day
- Romney’s Michigan win
Washington Times Editorial
- Romney steered to a win in Michigan
- Romney revival: Focus on economy rejuvenates campaign
- Romney vows to ‘fix things’
- Romney Pledges to Save Southern Economy
- Romney shifts his message to fight for jobs
Pledge draws fire from rivals
- Romney Putting Modest Effort in South Carolina
- At last, a winning shade in Romney’s coat of many colours
- Mitt: Late, sick, but still fired up and ready to go
- The Anti-Charm Offensive
by Gail Collins
- Will Romney’s Final Pander Hurt?
by Jennifer Rubin
- A ‘Liberal’ Victory for Romney?
- Las Vegas Review-Journal to recommend Romney
The board notes his positions and experience give him an edge in a field of worthy and viable Republican candidates.
- Mitt Romney and Double Standards
by Ross Douthat
- Douthat on Romney
by Ramesh Ponnuru
- Where’s The Outrage?
- Home Run
Mitt Romney managed to capitalize on his Michigan background to win the state primary. Can he maintain the momentum?
- Romney’s outlook is ‘pretty darn good’
Charged from a much-needed win, the Republican candidate concedes that McCain is poised to win the South Carolina primary — but the rest is wide open.
- Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, and the Election of 2008
- Romney Sets Bar Low for S.C.
After referring to McCain as “a national hero,” and Giuliani as “America’s mayor,” he praised Huckabee as only a “very well-spoken and entertaining individual,” and Thompson as a “senator and charming actor.”
- In S.C., Romney talks jobs, lowers expectations
- Romney to run ‘bare knuckles’ campaign
Al Cardenas, chairman of Romney’s Florida campaign, told reporters in a conference call the effort would be a “bare knuckles campaign to the finish.”
Cardenas added: “We’re going to put a lot on the line to win it, but we’ve earned our right to say it’s not critical that we win Florida. I think we’ve earned a right by our successes in every state to be a long-term player. There is no longer a state litmus test for Mitt Romney.”
- Romney’s Delegate Strategy — and the GOP’s Embarrassment of Riches
- The Comeback Mitt
We do have Mitt Romney to kick around for a while.
By Bruce Reed
- Michigan Reax
If Romney retools his campaign and presents himself as a moderate businessman able to bring better management to Washington, he finally has a message that could work. Of course, it’s just the latest poll-tested cynical ploy. But it’s working for Clinton! And she and Romney have one thing in common: two focus-grouped cynical dynastic holograms.
- Money Power
Romney’s persona shift from panderer to outsider may have helped him win Michigan. But it’s really his wealth that matters.
- Key Tenets of Mormon Faith
- Romney renews push in Florida
The re-energized Republican increases staff and advertising.
Rudy Giuliani
- America needs flatter, fairer, simpler tax system to stimulate our economy
by Rudy Giuliani
- Flatter, fairer, simpler tax system will lift bleak economy
by Rudy Giuliani
- Rudy on Morning Joe
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough talked with Rudy about his unconventional strategy to win in Florida and capture the Republican nomination and why he is the best candidate to be President.
- Giuliani touts his plan for national catastrophe fund
- Video: Rudy Giuliani visits Gulf Breeze & Pensacola
- Delegate arithmetic could amount to Rudy win
- In Fla., Giuliani Tackles Insurance
- FL Lt. Gov. Kottkamp: No endorsement of Giuliani…yet
Kottkamp praised Giuliani for his character, strength and leadership on Sept. 11.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honor for me to be here to introduce one of the great Republican candidates for president, America’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani,” Kottkamp told the crowd of about 800 people.
- VIDEO: Steve Forbes on Rudy’s Florida Support
Campaign Co-Chair Steve Forbes stopped into the Ocala Star-Banner yesterday to discuss Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s strong base of support in the Sunshine State, his commitment to cutting taxes and why Rudy’s proven record makes him the only candidate Tested by crisis and Ready to be Commander-in-Chief Now.
- Video: Rudy Giuliani Campaigns in Panama City
- Giuliani campaigns in Southeast Volusia
- Giuliani appeals to conservatives in Florida
- Giuliani proposes catastrophe fund
- Giuliani may detail catastrophe fund plan
- ProtectingAmerica.Org: Catastrophe Response and Recovery Experts Statement on Giuliani Support for Catastrophe Fund
- Rudy voices praise, skepticism on peace push as key Fla. vote nears
- Senator Bond Heads South for Rudy
- Big Game Hunters for Giuliani
- Giuliani Campaign Announces Illinois Swing for Lincoln Day Dinners
- Stuck in idle, Rudy seeking a “Jumpstart” in Florida
- Why is the Giuliani camp smiling?
- Romney Victory May Be a Boon for Giuliani
- Riding Rudy to a big Florida win
- Rudy’s Florida Strategy
- Rudy Giuliani’s desperate for win, woos ex-New Yorkers in Florida primary
- Rudy’s Early Voting Push In Fla
- Mayor Giuliani Interview With Mark Larson
- Giuliani brings presidential campaign to Gulf Coast Community College
- Rudy Giuliani continues Florida campaign in Panama City
- Giuliani attends rally in Panama City
- Stopping Iran:
Why the Case for Military Action Still Stands
by Norman Podhoretz
- Food Stamps Rolls Rise Under Bloomberg
Fred Thompson
- Why I Like Fred
By Alicia Colon
- Thompson denies alliance with McCain
- Thompson Says Romney Misled Michigan Voters
“Everybody was flocking up there to Michigan and promising, in effect, the federal government was going to come in there and bail the entire state out,” Thompson told a crowd of about 100 people. “Now they say that with a straight face, and apparently it worked for some of them…Governor Romney was the most successful in doing it.”
Romney campaigned in the primary on the platform that he “would bring jobs back to Michigan.”
Thompson argues that making sure the national economy is strong is the way to help any state economy. “That’s no way to get elected president, on things that you cannot and should not deliver,” he said. “What we need to do, of course, is have sound policies for the entire country.”
Appealing to the entire country is also how you should campaign, according to Thompson, referring to Romney’s focus on Michigan. “It’s important not to tailor your message to your particular audience because you’re going to have a lot of different audiences when you’re president,” Thompson said. “You can’t be all things to all people.”
- Thompson criticizes appeal to Saudis
- Thompson Needs South Carolina Victory
- Fred Thompson on ‘Hannity & Colmes’
- Thompson campaigns across SC
- Thompson criticizes US spending
- Thompson says spending puts U.S. on Soviet course to bankruptcy
General Race 4 2008 News
- Heilemann on Michigan’s Republican Goat Rodeo: Is Rudy a Mad Genius After All?
- New York primary not certain for Rudy, Hillary
- Republicans Ponder Deadlocked Convention
- Six Scenarios
- Republicans and Taxes
- Candidates on the Issues
- GOP funk slows turnout, money
- Voter-Fraud Rethink
by John Fund
- Rove previews strategies against Clinton, Obama
- Republicans Scramble as Focus Shifts to South Carolina Primary
- Republicans going full tilt in S.C.
- Romney Michigan Win Further Complicates GOP Race
by Robert Novak and Timothy Carney
- Clear as mud: Romney’s victory jumbles GOP race
- Was Rudy Giuliani the real winner of the Michigan primary?
- On to South Carolina: An Opening for Fred?
By Rich Galen
- Republican race veers into deep south
- Huckabee, Thompson debate over who’s more conservative
- Republicans appeal on economic, social points in S.C.
- The Republicans: What We’ve Learned So Far
- The Use and Abuse of Reagan
By Victor Davis Hanson
- Mitt’s dominating Michigan performance and bad exits for McCain
- Republicans Brawl, Democrats Yawn
by David Brooks
- Rove previews strategies against Clinton, Obama
- Dems Lack the Executive Experience Voters Want
By David Broder
- Fiscal Stimulus Folly
By Steve Chapman
- Race Fight Living in the Past
By George Will
- Video: Tony Snow Schools Bill Maher’s Panel
- Florida will be Republican hot spot starting Sunday
- Manatee officials make presidential pitches
- Crist: ‘This Thing’s Fluid’
- 4-Way Race Puts Florida In Key Role
- California open for GOP
- Race and Religion Heat Up Two Southern Primary Battles
By Matt Towery
- Parsing Tsunami Tuesday
By Ruth Marcus
- The $50 Billion Health IT Project
- Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy
- Court Case Could Alter Nevada Outcome
- Clinton vs Obama: Management Style
- In Georgia, GOP race is wide open
- Of what use are opinion polls?
Politicians use them to steer; voters and pundits use them to guess winners
By Tom Curry
- The Fact Checker: Clinton vs Obama on Iraq
- Anti-war groups retreat
- Bill Kristol: Enemy of the People
By Gabriel Schoenfeld
- The more North Korea changes . . .
- No more niceties in Nevada for Clinton, Obama
- Clinton, Obama spar over Florida
- Clinton: Obama Should Vote ‘No’ On Abortion Issue She Backed
- Hillary Pulls Race Card and Obama May Fold
By Margaret Carlson
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
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January 17th, 2008 at 2:19 am
I liked the “embarassment of riches” article. He’s right, we’ve got a diverse, strong field, and that’s why it’s so hard for voters to choose. It think it’s the Dems who really suffer from a paucity of good choices – the hated triangulator whose claim to fame is not divorcing Bill, the smooth talker with the shallow portfolio, and the pampered populist, all with pretty much exactly the same tired old Democratic policy prescriptions.
I don’t understand why the AP ran a shallow Mormon theology primer… thought that was old news…
January 17th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I find it ironic that Thompson thinks Romney is wrong for tailoring his message to a particular audience, referring to Romney’s Michigan campaign, implying that Romney was wrong in the message he presented to Michiganders, yet Thompson waited until after the election to mention this. Why not put out even one press release, one statement BEFORE the Michigan race to say that Romney was wrong to promote his optimism towards that state’s economy? Of course, it’s because that would have cost FDT the few votes he got there, and could have cut into McCain’s numbers as well.
Don’t tell me FDT is one of those rare “tell-it-like-it-is” politicians. He’s as political and opportunistic as all the others. There is no such thing as a selfless politician.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:23 am
#1. . . Someone always puts out a Mormon-themed article when Romney starts improving. It’s just another way to knock him down. Not sure why it was included here as an “essential read”.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Oh this is rich! Romney falls from 3rd in SC to 4th.
McCain 29 (29)
Huckabee 22 (23)
Thompson 14 (12)
Romney 12 (13)
Giuliani 5 (6)
Paul 5 (5)
Money quote:
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1424
January 17th, 2008 at 2:35 am
#4. . . I wouldn’t really call it “rich” when Huck and Romney each dropped one whole point with a MOE or +/- 3.4%. All this tells me is that things are fairly steady in SC. That isn’t really news.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:02 am
#4: Keep in mind that on Ras. daily national tracking poll it took three days for McCain to register any improvement after NH. Something that pundits keep forgetting is that the vast majority of voters are not pundits. That is, they don’t live on a three hour news cycle.
With how quickly SC and NV are coming up, I expect we may not see the effect of Michigan captured before the next primaries. We’ve already seen that we can’t count on the pollsters to give us accurate results ahead of time. Why would they be able to do it with the shortest break between primaries yet?
January 17th, 2008 at 4:13 am
ngthagg,
I must confess I have no idea what you are talking about.
The day after NH, Rasmussen had McCain at 25 up from 8. Besides, I think it’s safe to say South Carolina is quite a bit more in tune politically. As evidence I submit Michigan’s 15% voter turnout.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:31 am
#7: Here’s what I’m refering to: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/daily_presidential_tracking_polling_history
McCain was at 18% on the 8thth, the day of the NH primary, then 19% on the 9th, 18% on the 10th, and finally up to 22% on the 11th. Huckabee showed the same delayed reaction after his Iowa victory.
I’m not aware of any other daily state tracking poll (other than the Zogby’s, which I don’t trust) so this is the best way to measure reaction to wins.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:49 am
#1 & #3,
I’ve come to expect the obligatory “Mormon” article out of the MSM. My question is, who pulls together the story links for THIS site and why do THEY feel obliged to continue with the blatant anti-religious bias?
January 17th, 2008 at 9:52 am
E Dogg,
Zogby had Mitt losing in Michigan on the day of the election. Since I don’t trust you to figure out the math, that means that he was off by double digits.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Restoring the Middle Class, Prosperity and Quality Jobs in the United States
You must have a viable strategy that will be inherently financially supported and carried forward by the “invisible hand of economic globalization”. The US is declining as the global economic leader, only because the Fed Gov and powerful interests do not have a viable strategy.
The US became the Economic Leader of the World only by the recognized hard work of Franklin, Edison, Westinghouse, Henry Ford, Einstein, and the countless technically creative, engineers and scientists, inventors, as strong individual leaders, led the world in INNOVATION. (Greenspan has listed INNOVATION as the missing ingredient in the current US strategy, that was previously was in place, and the related Intellectual Property and Patents, built this country to become the World Leader).
The adverse influence of powerful large entities, major venture capitalists, CEO’s, and other powers using lobbies, now erroneously promote what actually built this US, as high risk, discouraging financial support for qualified individual technologists, inventors, scientists, and engineers. We are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Most important the current US decline can only be eradicated by a new direction to create a quality domestic industry, protected from the “offshore competition†by innovations Americans control with US Patents. Studies at MIT and other entities have proven that these qualified individuals working independently have, always created the most significant inventions and new manufacturing with secure quality jobs.
Restoring the Middle Class, prosperity and quality jobs in the US will only happen when you create approval certification programs for technologists to receive financial backing, and restore tax shelters for financial support of individual qualified engineers, scientists, medical doctors, researchers, inventors, and start-ups. In this way, the current 80% employment that is provided by small entities would generate a wealthy middle class, instead of a group of “hamburger flippersâ€. This will also solve the problem of math and science leadership of young people, and encourage the neglected 40% of high IQ students to pursue math and science.
As a graduate engineer and small entity inventor, I have started ventures and provided quality jobs, some under now defunct technical tax shelters, and in other instances the corporate large entities, like the old “robber barons†have managed to rob me of some of my important Intellectual Property. My personal experience validates the sad lack of financial support for technologists.
David A. Estabrooks, ScM
estabrooksdavid@yahoo.com 915-613-2116 617-240-2968
January 17th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Irish,
Would you rather I not expose the MSM when they demonstrate their anti-religion bias?
January 17th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Aron,
If that is indeed what you are doing, I would expect some sort of “look at the nonsense the MSM continues to spew” sort of intro as opposed to the appearance of “here’s another news story you should check out”. This sort of focus on religions and the specific beliefs, short of injecting those beliefs into the campaign **cough** Huckabee **cough**, really has no business in a political campaign. It’s been asked, answered, asked and answered again. It’s NOT new news.
January 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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January 18th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Why don’t you post any reading by Ron Paul. I have a hard time giving this site any credibility if you don’t give equal play to all candidates. Guiliani and Thompson have half the raw votes as Ron Paul. this is true of the first four Primaries. Thus, I am just curious as to why your web page is censoring him and his information???