Rudy Giuliani’s election strategy hasn’t really wavered since he entered the race for the Republican nomination ten months ago. The idea was that Rudy would let his competitors fight it out in the first four contests — Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina — and then he would render those early results meaningless by [...]
With the Iowa caucuses just two and a half weeks away, the candidates have pretty much taken up residence in the state, with one conspicuous exception. This morning will find Senator Chris Dodd on the Senate floor, where he plans to be staging a filibuster against the telcom immunity provision in the FISA bill. As [...]
A press release from the Democratic Leadership Council today: WASHINGTON, D.C. – In reaction Senator Joe Lieberman’s (ID-Conn.) endorsement of Senator John McCain’s campaign for president today, Al From, founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) released the following statement: “I am very saddened by Senator Lieberman’s choice, and profoundly disagree with it. [...]
In some ways, the most interesting endorsement news is that 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Lieberman will be endorsing John McCain today. This doesn’t do much for McCain in Iowa, where the caucuses are dominated by partisans, but it could give him a boost after that. In New Hampshire, independents–who can vote in either [...]
