Tancredo officially ends run: Endorses Romney

After announcing his decision to drop out of the race, Tancredo endorsed Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, saying the former Massachusetts governor’s views came closest to his own stance on illegal immigration, and that he “could go the distance” and win the presidency.
Tancredo, a Colorado Republican, is a fierce proponent of stricter illegal […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tancredo blasts NFL for nixing Border Patrol ads

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Tom Tancredo, the Colorado Republican presidential candidate known for his conservative views on immigration, blasted the National Football League on Thursday for refusing to include a border patrol ad in its Super Bowl programs.
“I think it is a mistake to assert that the basic existence and function of the Border Patrol […]

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 […]

How Candidates are Using the Web

Michael Bassik of techPresident has a great article on how candidates are using the web in the their campaigns.  From his article he says that only six of the 17 presumed candidates have purchase keywords on Google and Yahoo.  Some interesting stats:

Four Republicans (Romney, McCain, Giuliani, and Tancredo) are using search to reach voters […]