‘08 Democrats Court Gay Voters

(ABCNews) Aug. 8, 2007The Democratic presidential candidates have begun to aggressively court gay and lesbian voters, with unprecedented outreach to match a major shift in policy positions among the major 2008 hopefuls.
The party’s enthusiasm for expanding gay rights will be on prominent display Thursday night, when six Democratic candidates — including the four who are […]

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 […]

Obama, Giuliani do best in general election match-ups

According to the latest Zogby International poll, Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani do the best in general election match-ups.
Giuliani 47%, Clinton 40%
Giuliani 40%, Obama 46%
Giuliani 46%, Edwards 40%
McCain 47%, Clinton 39%
McCain 40%, Obama 44%
McCain 47%, Edwards 38%
Romney 35%, Clinton 45%
Romney 29%, Obama 51%
Romney 32%, Edwards 47%
Both Obama and Giuliani are also increasing their gains as […]

Iowa Poll - Strategic Vision

In a Iowa poll released yesterday by polling firm Strategic Vision, Giuliani is leading the Republican pack, while Edwards has the edge amongst Democrats.
Republican Results:
Rudy Giuliani 29%
John McCain 22%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Mitt Romney 9%
Chuck Hagel 5%
Tommy Thompson 3%
Tom Tancredo 2%
Sam Brownback 2%
Mike Huckabee 2%
Jim Gilmore 1%
Duncan Hunter 1%
Undecided 13%
Democrat Results:
John Edwards 24%
Hillary Clinton 18%
Barack Obama 18%
Tom […]

Democratic hopefuls for ‘08 head west for early test

CARSON CITY, Nevada (CNN) — Nevada is about to get its first true taste of what it’s like to be an early presidential testing ground, as Democratic hopefuls descend on the state capital for the kickoff candidate forum of the 2008 campaign.
Eight Democratic presidential contenders — all except Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who had a […]

Endorsement Rundown February 13

As of February 13th Republican candidate Mitt Romney leads the GOP candidates with 26 public endorsements and Hillary Clinton leads all Democratic challengers with 13 public endorsements.
Nearly all candidates claim many more than endorsements, but these are the public endorsements rather than the private ones. The source for this list is “The Hill” a […]

YouTube and the 2008 Elections

How big of an impact will YouTube have on the 2008 elections? Looking at some comparisons, Democrats are convinced it will have a more powerful impact than Republicans.
Among eight of the top contenders for the Democratic nomination, all but Dennis Kucinich have a YouTube channel. Among seven of the top contenders for the Republican nomination […]