Wizbang Politics: July 2007 Archives

Save the Debate

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 27, 2007 · Comments (6)

Some Republican presidential candidates look like they might decline to participate in a planned GOP YouTube debate. As Patrick Ruffini explains at Townhall, it would be a huge mistake to skip this one. Democrats are afraid to debate on Fox News. Republicans should not be afraid to answer questions from... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (7 votes cast)

Romney holds big lead in Iowa

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 27, 2007 · Comments (1)

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's lead in Iowa is large and steady. The Research 2000 poll released yesterday finds him with 25% support, followed by Thompson with 14%, Giuliani has 13%, and McCain wins 10%. That's not an aberration by any stretch of imagination. Real Clear Politics has the average... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Obama hits Hillary hard on foreign policy

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 27, 2007

Continuing their war of words from the You Tube "debate," Obama lashed out harshly at Hillary Clinton for criticizing his answer that he would meet face-to-face with the leaders of Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, and Venezuela in his first year in office. Seth Gitell has the story for the... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

Not all Obama's donors are "small"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 26, 2007 · Comments (1)

Barack Obama's campaign brags about the large number of small donors it has attracted. They never mention the fat cats who have raised most of the money, though. Mike Dorning and John McCormick report for the Chicago Tribune: Even as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has promoted a large following... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (6 votes cast)

Big trouble for Edwards

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 26, 2007 · Comments (1)

Stuck in the low teens in national polls, lost in the crowd in debates, unable to compete in fundraising, the Edwards campaign has problems which seem insurmountable despite his persistent lead in Iowa. Carl Leubsdorf opines for Real Clear Politics: His hopes depend almost entirely on keeping his tenuous lead... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (5 votes cast)

DiFi endorses Hillary

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 26, 2007 · Comments (2)

The aura of inevitability continues to swell around Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination as popular California Sen. Diane Feinstein formally endorsed her today. Scott Martelle has the story for the LA Times: Citing Hillary Rodham Clinton's "hard-tempered" experience as first lady, popular California Democrat Dianne Feinstein endorsed her... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

WaPo/ABC Poll: Giuliani leads GOP on electability

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 25, 2007 · Comments (1)

The latest poll from WaPo and ABC News shows Giuliani with a healthy national lead. Dan Balz and Jon Cohen report for the Washington Post: With many Republicans increasingly pessimistic about holding on to the White House in 2008, electability has become former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's most... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.2/5 (4 votes cast)

Democrats skip moderate meeting

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 25, 2007 · Comments (1)

The Democratic candidates, most of whom will be dropping in on the Nutroots at Yearly Kos, are all bypassing the DLC summer confab. Ron Fournier reports for the AP: Bill Clinton will be there. So will 300 officeholders from more than 45 states. But one thing will be missing when... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (5 votes cast)

Rudy: liberal judges hurt democracy

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 25, 2007 · Comments (2)

Rudy Giuliani says judges who do not strictly construe the Constitution "imperil the American democracy" by legislating from the bench. Michael R. Blood reports for the AP: Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that judges who are not so-called "strict constructionists" threaten American democracy. Giuliani, answering a question at... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (6 votes cast)

Anti-war boobs disrupt Hillary's Frisco H.Q.

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 24, 2007 · Comments (3)

When Hillary Clinton's supporters gathered at her San Francisco campaign headquarters to watch the Democratic debate, they weren't expecting an ambush protest by antiwar groups Breasts Not Bombs and Code Pink. They didn't even notice the usual suspects congregating in the back of the room or slipping off to the... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Debate update

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 24, 2007 · Comments (2)

The day-after analysis is all over the place. Chris Cillizza of WaPo says Edwards won. According to NRO's Jim Geraghty, Biden won it. Time's Mark Halperin saw it as an Obama victory, but Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard gives the nod to Clinton. I haven't found anyone claiming Kucinich... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Thompson shakes up staff

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 24, 2007 · Comments (2)

Fred Thompson hasn't even formally entered the race for the Republican nomination, but he is already shaking up his staff, according to Libby Quaid of the Associated Press: Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, who hasn't officially entered the presidential race, is shaking up his campaign staff, replacing his acting campaign... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)

Democratic debate

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 24, 2007 · Comments (1)

The Democratic "You-Tube" debate at the Citadel in Charleston, SC didn't bring any shocking surprises, but the format of citizen-generated video questions was interesting. The overall winner has to be judged Hillary Clinton. Not that she won going away, or won at all on strict points, but at this stage... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (4 votes cast)

Newt may challenge "pygmies"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 24, 2007 · Comments (2)

Newt Gingrich is making noises like someone who could enter the Presidential race soon. Bill Sammon reports for The Examiner: Dismissing the GOP presidential field as a "pathetic" bunch of "pygmies," Newt Gingrich hinted Monday he might step in to beat Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. "If, in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Edwards Poverty Tour

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 23, 2007

This unofficial promo should come with a language warning - but the language isn't as bad as, say, former Edwards blogmistress Amanda Marcotte's. Thanks to The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid for pointing to this video.... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Edwards' Iowa hopes challenged

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 23, 2007

Since early 2003, John Edwards has spent more time in Iowa than any other nonresident politician. He built a following and an organization there which is enviable. The paid staff and volunteers are dedicated and loyal - and enabled him to finish a close second in 2004 when predicted to... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Romney scales back plan for Iowa straw poll

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 23, 2007 · Comments (1)

Mitt Romney is cutting the budget for the Ames Straw Poll next month, since his major competitors have decided not to play. Amy Lorentzen reports for the Washington Post: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Saturday he has scaled back plans for a straw poll in Iowa next month that... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (2 votes cast)

A withdrawal timetable - for candidates

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 21, 2007

With multiple-candidate contests in both parties, it is only a matter of time before the realities of raising money and failure to gain traction take hold and winnow the field a bit. National Journal's John Mercurio takes a shot here. Read his entire analysis at the link above. To summarize,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (1 votes cast)

Edwards' commercial: "He's Reagan without the substance!"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 20, 2007 · Comments (1)

If you were assigned to produce a parody of a political ad, one which said absolutely nothing of substance but attempted to construct an image for a candidate voters would never envision on their own, you could scarcely do better than the following one - which the Edwards campaign is... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (4 votes cast)

Florida - 13th CD: Loser Jennings to run again

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 20, 2007

Christine Jennings lost her 2006 challenge to incumbent Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan by the narrowest of margins, and there were voting abnormalities in some precincts. She's been fighting the result in court ever since, but now she is also announcing she will try to unseat Buchanan again next year. The... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (4 votes cast)

Richardson rising?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 18, 2007 · Comments (3)

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has perhaps the most extensive resume of any candidate in either party, declared or undeclared, so his lackluster showing in the early going is something of a surprise - although Democrats have a long history of attraction to "fresh" faces as opposed to the most... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Zogby: Hillary holds her lead

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 18, 2007 · Comments (1)

I'm not generally a fan of Zogby polls since he hashed up his methodology some years ago. However, when his results come out close to every other major poll's, either they are close to accurate or everyone is wrong. Here's his latest results: The survey shows New York Sen. Hillary... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Obama: Lobby me! Harder! Harder!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 18, 2007

Despite Barack Obama's high rhetoric against lobbyists and earmarks, it appears he isn't so reticent about pulling strings to help out foreign firms who lobby HIM. Texas Rainmaker has the details. Thanks to Betsy's Page for pointing to this story.... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Senatorial embarrassment

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 18, 2007 · Comments (2)

As I write, the Senate is still in all-night session in "debate" over the Democratic plan to surrender and run from Iraq. It will accomplish nothing, except perhaps feed some red meat to the hard anti-war left, unhappy with the slow progress towards defeat. When Republicans held the majority and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

McCain staffers tied to fired campaign manager leaving

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: July 16, 2007 · Comments (1)

The tone of the coverage of the departure of more McCain campaign staffers is that of everyone deserting a sinking ship, but the reality is nearly all those leaving are tied to Terry Nelson, former political director for the Bush '04 campaign, who was just fired by McCain last week... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

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