Wizbang Politics: August 2007 Archives

Four-star Veep?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (6)

Several current Republican Presidential candidates are considering General Tommy Franks as a running mate, reports Bill Gertz for The Washington Times: The choice of Gen. Franks as vice president would be a direct affront to antiwar Democrats, who plan to make opposition to the Bush administration's handling of the war... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Purple passion for Paul for President

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (7)

You have to give Ron Paul supporters credit for enthusiasm, if not sense. Grant Slater reports for the Associated Press: The Web fans for Paul's anti-establishment campaign run away with online polls and blanket Web sites with caps-locked, exclamation-point endorsements of the contrarian Republican, even though he measures no more... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

CNN: Craig to resign

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (2)

Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, immersed in a sex scandal, will soon resign, CNN is reporting: Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday. GOP sources with knowledge of the situation... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Thompson to enter race next Thursday

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (5)

Fred Thompson has told supporters he will enter the race for the Republican Presidential nomination next Thursday, according to Jonathan Martin at The Politico: Fred Thompson will formally announce his candidacy for president next Thursday night, September 6th via a webcast, political director, Randy Enwright just told supporters on a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (5 votes cast)

Hillary endorsed by another big union

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (3)

New York Senator Hillary Clinton won the endorsement of a second large labor union this week, as Sam Youngman reports for The Hill: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) won her second labor union endorsement of the week, announcing Thursday that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Some Thoughts About Why The Democrats Nominate Horrible Presidential Candidates

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (5)

Yes it's me again, and as usual I have been looking at some numbers and finding some interesting messages. It's no surprise that I said, and still do, that the GOP candidate will win the White House in 2008. The extended discussion of why that will be so, cannot be... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (7 votes cast)

Sen. Nelson: "Forget party rules."

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (3)

Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson calls upon the DNC to rescind its recent ruling "unseating" all of Florida's delegates to next year's National Convention because of the state's moving its primary date to January 29th in violation of party rules. Nelson writes in USA Today: The issue before us is... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Huckabee drawing more attention

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (5)

Following his surprising second place showing in the Ames Straw Poll, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is drawing bigger crowds and getting more free media, writes Jared Strong for The Des Moines Register: Mike Huckabee's meet-and-greet event on Wednesday - his first in Iowa since a strong finish in the... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Edwards targets other Democrats

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (5)

Languishing at the same third-place level in the polls all year, John Edwards is turning up the heat on his rivals, Michael Scherer reports for Salon.com: "The choice for our party could not be any clearer," he continued. "We cannot replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

ANOTHER Hillary donor on the lam

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (3)

My, my, my! Norman Hsu isn't the only major Hillary Clinton donor to be a fugitive from justice! Jim Hoft has more at Gateway Pundit: ABDUL REHMAN JINNAH , a major Hillary and democratic party donor, is wanted by the FBI. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Soros group hit with huge fine

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (3)

America Coming Together, the leftist group bankrolled by George Soros and other wealthy Democratic donors, has been fined for violating campaign finance laws, Kenneth P. Vogel reports for The Politico: The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the last cycle's biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Hillary giving some of fugitive donor's cash to charity

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 30, 2007 · Comments (2)

Hillary Clinton has run into a fundraising situation eerily reminiscent of Johnny Huang and Charlie Trie. You may recall, Huang managed to get dozens of people of ordinary means to donate sums presumably beyond their resources to Bill Clinton's campaign or the DNC, while Trie fled to China to avoid... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Warner retirement could give Virginia seat to Dems

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 29, 2007 · Comments (4)

UPDATE 30 August 1:06 p.m.: Warner's office is saying he will have an announcement on his plans at 2 p.m. tomorrow on the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, in the shadow of Jefferson's statue, according to Jonathan Martin at The Politico. Sure sounds like he is... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Edwards: sacrifice your SUVs

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 29, 2007 · Comments (8)

Speaking in Florida, John Edwards calls upon Americans to sacrifice, reports the Associated Press: The former North Carolina senator told a forum by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, yesterday he thinks Americans are willing to sacrifice. Edwards says Americans should be asked... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.9/5 (7 votes cast)

Hillary nabs 1st big labor endorsement

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 28, 2007 · Comments (6)

Senator Hillary Clinton has won the first endorsement from a major labor union in the Presidential race, reports John Whitesides for Reuters: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton picked up the first national labor endorsement of the 2008 White House race on Tuesday, winning the support of the 125,000-member United Transportation... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (3 votes cast)

Prayers for a fellow blogger

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 28, 2007 · Comments (3)

We've often depended upon The Florida Masochist for news and tips on developments in the Sunshine State. A registered Democrat, Bill also skewers the ridiculous of all political stripes with his "Knucklehead of the Day" feature, so his blog is always worth a read. Last week he underwent surgical tests.... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (6 votes cast)

DNC slaps Florida Democrats

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 28, 2007 · Comments (2)

The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to follow through on its threat to strip Florida Democrats of their delegates to the 2008 National Convention because of their moving the primary date to January 29th. The Miami Herald scoffs at the idea: In taking a hard line toward Florida, the DNC... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Fred fails to impress

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 27, 2007 · Comments (10)

For a professional actor, Fred Thompson doesn't always come across so well in public appearances, in contrast to, say, Ronald Reagan or Charlton Heston (to name two actors who took an active role in politics). Combined with his lack of executive experience, this makes one wonder about just how formidable... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (4 votes cast)

Edwards lashes out at Hillary, Obama

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (14)

Signaling the increasing desperation of his campaign, former Senator John Edwards is stepping up his rhetoric with thinly-veiled slaps at Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as Philip Elliott reports for the Associated Press: "Real change starts with being honest, and I want to say something again: The system in... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (8 votes cast)

Will Obama's Cuba stance hurt or help him?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (10)

Senator Barack Obama has pledged to overturn the tightened economic restrictions imposed by the Bush Administration on Cuba, a matter of some controversy in the key state of Florida, as Tim Padgett reports for Time: Why, in a Tuesday op-ed piece in the Miami Herald, would he challenge the Cuban-American... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (6 votes cast)

Bloomberg: "Nobody's going to elect me President"

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (8)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he isn't running and can't win, according to the Associated Press: Mayor Michael Bloomberg said -- again_ that he's not running for president, adding in a television interview that he wouldn't win anyway. "Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States,"... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Richardson rising? Part Two

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 23, 2007 · Comments (5)

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has the most varied pertinent experience of any Presidential candidate, yet his campaign has begun shakily, and his debate performances have been disappointing. Why, then, are his poll numbers rising in key early states? NRO's Jim Geraghty takes a look: So Richardson should be toast,... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (5 votes cast)

Purge, Comrade?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 22, 2007 · Comments (7)

Prominent leftist bloggers Matt Stoller and Chris Bowers are compiling dossiers on Democratic members of Congress they consider insufficiently "progressive," as Joe Tobacco notes at Cadillac Tight: We want to put a stop to the embrace of conservative values among House Democrats, and make sure that when Democrats are elected,... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (8 votes cast)

Hillary pulls ahead in Iowa

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 22, 2007 · Comments (2)

Another poll, the NewsMax/Zogby outfit, has found Hillary Clinton ahead in Iowa, reports Jennifer Jacobs for The Des Moines Register: But the poll made public Tuesday shows Clinton is supported by 30 percent of Iowa Democrats likely to attend their precinct caucuses next January. Edwards receives 23 percent support, and... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (3 votes cast)

Rudy and Fred mix it up

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 22, 2007 · Comments (6)

Crossfire has been minimal in both parties' primary races so far, but Fred Thompson "the not-yet candidate" fired a volley across Rudy Giuliani's bow yesterday, and took heavy return fire. Jonathan Martin reports at The Politico: In a post on his blog today that reads a lot like the radio... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

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