(NationalJournal.com) Oct. 2, 2007 In the low desert valleys of Arizona’s Pinal County, the cotton fields seem to stretch forever.Pinal is traditionally one of the nation’s top 10 cotton-producing counties. It is also a large grower of wheat, melons, potatoes, and chili peppers. Each year, ranchers raise more than 30,000 sheep and 240,000 head of […]
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In this article I find it interesting that Mrs. Clinton doesn’t disclose her final tally. I shouldn’t be surprised by that, considering all of the scandal surrounding Mr. Hsu as of late. But at some point she will need to disclose this info, why the secrecy?
(Roadto2008.com) Oct. 2, 2007 The Democratic presidential candidates raised significantly […]
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(HuffingtonPost.com) Sept. 28, 2007 Former Mexican President Vicente Fox claims George W. Bush is afraid of horses. Bush’s Crawford, Texas, ranch is reportedly “equestrian-free.” It’s a little shocking. It’s kind of funny. But more than that it adds to my theory that Bush has contempt for anything smart and hardworking (see Valerie Plame and U.S. […]
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(mittromney.com) Sept. 25, 2007 Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced that Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger has endorsed his candidacy for President of the United States. Congresswoman Granger will serve as National Co-Chair of the Women for Mitt coalition and will be a campaign surrogate to help communicate Governor Romney’s message of conservative change […]
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(Marc Ambinder) Sept. 19, 2007
Gallup’s question: “Would you like to see Bill Clinton play an active role in policy-making in Hillary Clinton’s administration, or not?”
Yes: 53
No: 44
No opinion: 3
(518 adults sampled, so the margin of error is +/- 5 points).
This is a weird question, but the answer gets at a point the Clinton campaign likes […]
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(Portfolio.com) Sept. 18, 2007You know it’s a bad sign when your political coverage is indistinguishable from satire.
This is the lede from a post in The New York Observer’s Politicker blog, headlined “Giuliani Campaign Responds To Response, Rudy’s Not Desperate:”
Rudy Giuliani’s spokeswoman, Maria Comella, dismissed the Clinton campaign’s response to their web ad, in which a […]
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(WSJ.com) Sept. 14, 2007
LOS ANGELES — As Sen. Hillary Clinton grapples with the burgeoning scandal surrounding disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu, she can’t quite shake a fund-raising controversy from her 2000 Senate campaign.
Mrs. Clinton’s entanglement with a thrice-convicted felon named Peter Paul is proof of how long campaign-finance problems can haunt a public official. Mr. Paul […]
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(NYDailyNews.com) Sept. 13, 2007Rudy Giuliani is in trouble, Big trouble.
Yes, Giuliani - the national front-runner for months now - holds close to a five-point lead over former Sen. Fred Thompson in the latest Real Clear Politics averages. But there are big warning signs that make a Giuliani nomination a dubious proposition at best.
Look - I’m […]
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This blogger had some interesting highlights on the MoveOn ad that came out in the New York Times prior to General Petraeus’s testifying before the House and Senate.
Main Point, Not one democrat has stood up and denounced this ad (not that they have to). Mayor Ed Koch thinks this is despicable and wishes one of […]
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(Examiner.com) Sept. 11, 2007 Hillary Clinton’s links to illegal fundraising by Asian-Americans in 1996 should have made her wary of accepting $850,000 from a fugitive Asian-American this year, a rival presidential campaign said Tuesday.
The criticism came from an adviser to former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson, who chaired a Senate investigation into illegal contributions by Asian-Americans […]
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