The Republican Debate scheduled for May 3 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library as of Wednesday includes Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson. I would be surprised if Tancredo did not go as well, as we was even reported to be attending; he doesn’t have anything to lose by debating.
Chuck Hagel
Democratic Sen. from Nebraska Ben Nelson said he would like to see Hagel run, and that he would be a competant President, but that he can’t win the Republican nomination as an anti-war candidate. That’s definitely safe to say.
Duncan Hunter
NewsMax conducted an interview with Hunter about immigration, stem cells, the trade deficit, Iraq, and the status of his campaign. Pretty standard interview, nothing controversial or especially interesting if you’ve been following his campaign. More interesting is this video outreach to conservative bloggers pleading for support.
Hunter did not raise much money in the first quarter, less than $500,000.
It’s less than a month until Thompson makes an appearance in Orange County, and the ‘Draft Fred Thompson’ site has already re-launched in anticipation.
Some evangelical leaders think Thompson might be the answer to the lack of socially conservative candidates.
This Politico report indicates that Thompson has begun to assemble a campaign around him.
Another national poll shows Thompson doing exceptionally well, at 14%, taking most of his support from Giuliani.
Jim Gilmore
A rare look inside the Gilmore campaign. What a disaster. His staff buying beer at a liquor store minutes before hi CPAC speech? His campaign manager not playing the fundraising ‘game’? Considering campaigning in New Hampshire a “waste of time”? His numbers cannot change unless he shakes up his staff (and even then, don’t count on much).
John Cox
State chairs are leaving the Cox campaign, including this teenager who was his state chair in Wisconsin.
Cox vowed in an interview published with the Des Moines Register to stay in the race through January. He also talked about abortion (against it in all cases, including rape and incest), the FAIR tax, and supply-side economics - and his distaste with the Republican Party as it is.
John McCain
McCain will make a policy speech on Iraq this Wednesday at the Virginia Military Institute. The goal is to convince potential supporters that the war in Iraq is still winnable, and is essential to American’s security. This comes after clips of McCain saying he misspoke about Iraq (it’s not yet clear exactly what he said he misspoke about) on 60 Minutes, which will air in full this Sunday.
This article in the NY Times details how McCain is overhauling his fundraising to more mirror the structure Bush used. Also, McCain’s schedule is being loaded with fundraisers in the next few months and his campaign fundraising chair admits it’s a sprint, not a marathon (hear that, Mike Huckabee?)
McCain announced his ‘Sportsmen Coalition’ in New Hampshire, which will contrast starkly with the Romney hunting stories going around.
Mike Huckabee
Huckabee was interviewed by Hugh Hewitt, going in detail over his thoughts on immigration, guns, and his marathon times. Huckabee was asked about machine guns, to which he stated, “I’ve got friends who own them. They have the legal process to own them. But once again, I’m not afraid of a law abiding citizen owning anything. I’m afraid of a criminal getting his hands on a gun. That’s where the crackdown needs to be. This country’s gone crazy. It’s cracking down on law abiding citizens, and turning their heads at people who break the law. That’s the polar opposite.” Mike Huckabee has friends who own machine guns? More seriously, the long dialogue about his marathon times is one reason people might not take him seriously as a presidential candidate. It seems so trite for a presidential candidate in an interview to spend so much time talking about the marathon he ran in New York.
Huckabee answered ten questions posed by voters for Time. The answer to the first question is purely a cliche. I can’t imagine anyone would vote for him just because he says he’s the underdog. His answer regarding ‘accepting responsibility’ seems to end right in the middle.
Huckabee will be the guest at a luncheon in Iowa this Wednesday, the end of this article notes. It’s also mentioned that the Huckabee set a goal of only $500,000 for fundraisingin the first quarter. That’s either a complete lie, or the campaign from the beginning knew it would be running this far behind.
Mitt Romney
A lengthy write-up in the Boston Globe of the Romney hunting debacle. He does not own a firearm, despite claiming to earlier in the year. Read more here.
A Zogby poll taken in New Hampshire just after the April fundraising numbers came out shows Romney jumping up into a tie with McCain for the lead in the state, with Giuliani just behind.
Romney received some endorsements from Iowa politicians.
Romney is speaking to a Livingston County (Michigan) Republican dinner on April 27.
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich apologized for saying, “We should replace bilingual education with immersion in English, … so people learn the common language of the country and they learn the language of prosperity, not the language of living in a ghetto.”
On Tuesday morning, Gingrich will debate Sen. John Kerry on the environment and climate change. He is speaking at George Washington University on Monday.
Gingrich called for comprehensive health care reform, and focus on preventing health care through physical education in grade schools.
Gingrich is trying to create a massive movement behind his ideals. He’s holding ‘internet-based workshops’ in late September to try to create the massive network. The ultimate goal is for a candidate to embrace his ideals.
Ron Paul
Ron Paul will be campaigning in Iowa this coming Wednesday.
Paul wrote about his campaigning out west earlier this week.
Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani has drawn mild and scattered criticism for impersonating Don Corleone on the campaign trail. There’s a zero percent chance Giuliani will change based on this sort of criticism.
Giuliani supports more oil drilling now as a bridge to renewable energy, saying, “Energy independence means everything has to be open for discussion. … The idea of having more oil under our command, so to speak, or within our orbit probably for some period of time is going to be important. The ultimate goal, however, should be renewable sources of energy.”
I do not agree with most of the criticism in this article, but I do agree that the Giuliani abortion speeches seemed to be handled sloppily. What I do not agree with is that his position will kill him. Perhaps in prior years, but not with the primary schedule being the way it is now.
Sam Brownback
A video interview with Sam Brownback on New Hampshire TV, discussing Iraq, health care, social security, and veterans hospitals.
Brownback is stumping in Iowa, attending multiple prayer breakfasts. He wants to economically incentivize poor people to marry.
Brownback raised $1.3 million in the first quarter.
Tom Tancredo
Tancredo is still optimistic about his campaign. His message is still the same, in case you wondered.
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson kicked off his campaign in Wisconsin and Iowa on Wednesday. His speech in Wisconsin reviewed his policy stances on all the important issues.
Thompson raised $400,000 in the first quarter, and has $186,000 on hand.
Newt Gingrich thinks that Thompson could surprise in Iowa, saying, “Given his small-town Wisconsin background, I think he’s going to be very effective in Iowa and very effective in New Hampshire.” He also said, “The truth is, he’s a character, but characters sometimes do very well in American politics. And I think if he relaxes and just is Tommy Thompson, he may do surprisingly well in Iowa and New Hampshire.”
George Pataki
Making a cameo appearance, Pataki appears by joing a NYC law firm to have decided not to run. He said he could support either McCain or Giuliani.
[...] our site today. He specifically mentioned my comments on his interview with Mike Huckabee, which I thought were too heavy on personal matters. This bit tells me that the writers really don’t know much [...]
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April 9th, 2007 11:41 pm
The usual tired Presidential candidates will line up, with their pockets full of the corporate CARTELS money. These politicians will spill their guts in the limelight of the TV cameras and place giant ads in the national newspapers. Many voters will believe their lies and spin on behalf of their wealthy sponsors.
America is ready for a Tom Tancredo (CO) as he is a man of THE PEOPLE. He does not dance on strings, manipulated by the corporate CARTELS as a profit puppet. He has already seen through the obnoxious (NAU) North American Union, evoke by a traitorous dog called Bush. His no longer secret agenda has slithered through our government channels, without even a murmur. This treaty to tread American sovereignty into the mud, was concocted in Banff, Canada in 2002, with co-conspirators of Canada’s previous Prime Minister Martin, the corrupt Southern neighbor of Mexico and the guy that I actually voted for. The first step was to swamp America with cheap, foreign labor to undermine American citizen’s wages, followed by the ramshackle convoys of poorly maintained Mexican trucks. Please don’t take my word for it, check for yourself. Start with the anti-ACLU (American Civil liberties Union–Called Judea Watch. GO here: http://www.judicialwatch.org. They are an All- American reputable organization against government corruption. More on the terrible ( NAU).
Remember this nightmare will merge our three countries together and will mean the destruction of the U.S. Constitution and our flag. This is an opiate dream of the wealthy elites, European banks and establishments like Wal-Mart and American Express. This is REAL! Already 17 State Congressional legislators have voted against any of this travesty of our laws. We THE PEOPLE haven’t approved it, nor has there been any Congressional oversight. The National media has been suppressed about it. But Tom Tancredoand Rep.Ron Paul no it exists. Small newspapers are aware and so are the nationwide blogs
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[...] our site today. He specifically mentioned my comments on his interview with Mike Huckabee, which I thought were too heavy on personal matters. This bit tells me that the writers really don’t know much [...]
The usual tired Presidential candidates will line up, with their pockets full of the corporate CARTELS money. These politicians will spill their guts in the limelight of the TV cameras and place giant ads in the national newspapers. Many voters will believe their lies and spin on behalf of their wealthy sponsors.
America is ready for a Tom Tancredo (CO) as he is a man of THE PEOPLE. He does not dance on strings, manipulated by the corporate CARTELS as a profit puppet. He has already seen through the obnoxious (NAU) North American Union, evoke by a traitorous dog called Bush. His no longer secret agenda has slithered through our government channels, without even a murmur. This treaty to tread American sovereignty into the mud, was concocted in Banff, Canada in 2002, with co-conspirators of Canada’s previous Prime Minister Martin, the corrupt Southern neighbor of Mexico and the guy that I actually voted for. The first step was to swamp America with cheap, foreign labor to undermine American citizen’s wages, followed by the ramshackle convoys of poorly maintained Mexican trucks. Please don’t take my word for it, check for yourself. Start with the anti-ACLU (American Civil liberties Union–Called Judea Watch. GO here: http://www.judicialwatch.org. They are an All- American reputable organization against government corruption. More on the terrible ( NAU).
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Remember this nightmare will merge our three countries together and will mean the destruction of the U.S. Constitution and our flag. This is an opiate dream of the wealthy elites, European banks and establishments like Wal-Mart and American Express. This is REAL! Already 17 State Congressional legislators have voted against any of this travesty of our laws. We THE PEOPLE haven’t approved it, nor has there been any Congressional oversight. The National media has been suppressed about it. But Tom Tancredoand Rep.Ron Paul no it exists. Small newspapers are aware and so are the nationwide blogs
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