White House 2008 Rankings: The Republicans

This ranking comes by way of the Mark Ambinder’s blog. In the article he also provides a link to the Democrat’s rankings for the month of July:
“In our opinion, Rudy Giuliani had the best July, followed closely by Mitt Romney.
(These will be our last rankings for a month, not because we don’t like to write […]

Biden: Fire Cheney

Not sure if Biden is running for President or just promoting his new Book. Some of the comments after this aricle suggest that he is really just campaigning for Sec. or State or Defense. In any event the article makes the point that he simply can’t seem to get any traction in this campaign and […]

Black issues featured in Presidential campaign

Interesting article that just came out from the Louisiana Weekly regarding Urban/ Black issues in this election.
Louisiana Weekly writes: “‘Black issues’ are those that are especially relevant or of interest to the black community. For example, at a high level of abstraction all groups care about education, but when you ask how that issue cuts […]

Obama visits Iowa…. again.

I wonder what it would be like to live in a state that is hotly contested election year after election year. I imagine I’d get sick of the commercials… Is there any real correlation between electorial votes and number of times candidates visit a state? Can you over-saturate your constituents, how many different ways can […]

Giuliani to reveal health care plan

WASHINGTON (CNN) reports that Giuliani he will be announcing his health care plan as part of his “Twelve Commitments.” Read this CNN article here.
“Rudy Giuliani strongly believes in limited government and giving American families more control over their health care decisions,” Steve Goldsmith, Giuliani’s Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, said in a statement. “He understands that […]

Romney would donate salary if president

I’m sure that Mitt Romney isn’t the first politician to donate his salary to some charity, but still a fact that it made it to print in a short article written in the Chicagotribune. Here is the entire column:
“Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday he would likely donate his salary to charity if elected president, a […]

Debate brings Youtube to centre of 2008 presidential campaign

I failed to introduce myself in my first post. My name is Kevan Hancock and I will be assisting Ryan McCoy on this blog by searching for the latest news and commentary about this exciting, upcoming Presidential Campaign race.
(Guardian Unlimited) posted this article about the influence of the new media (ie: Youtube.com, MySpace.com) on this […]

MSNBC Analyst: Romney will say ‘anything to be President’

I found this little article on RawStory.com that discusses the sign that Romney was holding with a supporter - making reference to Obama/ Osama. Be sure to watch the video footage:
“”Lighten up,” was the message delivered by Mitt Romney when confronted at a campaign stop about his latest photo-op with a supporter holding a sign […]

Romney, McCain lash out at Democrats

July 25, 2007 (Yahoo) Mitt Romney and John McCain sought to enhance their stature in a field of Republican presidential contenders that Newt Gingrich derisively called “pygmies,” criticizing their Democratic rivals as too liberal and ill-prepared for the nation’s top job.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, singled out Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, telling a group […]

Q1 Fundraising Insights

I know that first quarter fundraising totals are old news, but I wanted to look at it from a different angle. I’ll try and finish second quarter numbers as soon as possible and post some overall insights using the same approach. I took a “winner take all” approach to the numbers and assigned […]