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Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from the state of New York. Formerly Mayor of New York City, Giuliani is currently seeking the Republican nomination for President. (More at Wikipedia)
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Paul speaks at WV convention
From NBC's Gabriel HermanRon Paul was the first Republican to speak this morning at the West Virginia GOP convention, which today awards 18 winner-take-all delegates. In his speech that stressed strict dedication to the US Constitution, Paul... (Read more...)
Media
Permanent link to MTA daily media news Cat’s Away, Mice Play (by David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo) While the nation is distracted by Super Tuesday elections tomorrow, the Senate will finally take up telecom immunity, which is expected to... (Read more...)
McCain criticizes Romney's Dole remark
From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy and NBC's Megan MarcusMcCain spent a few minutes before his plane took off this morning criticizing Romney over his comments about (Read more...)
McCain wets himself over Mitt's knock on Bob Dole; Update: "Bob Dole is an American hero," says Mitt
Smeared again. (Read more...)
A snapshot of Missouri's turnout
From NBC/NJ's Carrie DannST. CHARLES, MO -- O'Dark Thirty isn't too early for Missouri voters. At VFW Post 2866 in conservative St. Charles County, MO, voters were lined up outside before polls opened at 6:00 am local time to cast their votes. Since ... (Read more...)
Hillary votes in Chappaqua
From NBC/NJ's Athena JonesCHAPPAQUA, NY -- Hillary and Bill Clinton cast their votes near their home in Westchester County, New York this morning. Chelsea, who lives in Manhattan, accompanied them. The senator voted first. Afterwards,... (Read more...)
Laura Ingraham: Of course I'll vote for McCain in the general election
Plus: Bill Kristol on Limbaugh's McCain "derangement"! (Read more...)
First thoughts: A Super Day
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** A Super Day: It isn't always that reality lives up to the hype. But this election -- which for the last two years has been billed as the most wide open since 1928 or 1952 (take your pick) --... (Read more...)
Tsunami Tuesday
The New York Times’ primer on tonight: “Forty-three presidential nominating contests in 24 states. Channel (Read more...)
Super Tuesday Open Thread
Chat away... (Read more...)
Oh-eight (D): The choice card
CLINTON: One of the more under-reported campaign tactics that appears to be successful has been the ability of Clinton supporters to paint Obama as less than pro-choice. The (Read more...)
Oh-eight (R): Rush vs. McCain
MCCAIN: Is McCain's only chance of getting Rush on his side having Clinton a (Read more...)
...More Like "Super Loseday"
Or why I voted today. For Barack Obama. That's right. I voted to give the Big Mo to the Big O. I really didn't intend to do it, at first. As a conservative, I was going to vote for a... (Read more...)
Live from the Super Tuesday States: Special Correspondent Reports
Super Tuesday is not a national primary, but 24 separate states with differing concerns, outlooks, and demographics. Pajamas Media has assembled a crack team of on-the-ground correspondents to check in throughout the day to bring you l (Read more...)
GOP 2008: The State Of Play
There's much talk of Romney surging in California, which he appears to be. He's also doing much better in Georgia. This could be the result of his advertising and finally finding an effective attack on McCain: he's out of step... (Read more...)
Feb 3 - Feb 4 2008 - Giants and John McCain in NJ
Wow - that was two awesome days for me. First, watching the Giants beat the Patriots for my third Super Bowl win as a Giants fan and then to Hamilton NJ with my son Jacob to watch history being made... (Read more...)
Quote of the day
Beggars, choosers. (Read more...)
Hardball Power Rankings: John McCain Is MASTER & COMMANDER!
Download | Play Download | Play It’s no secret that Chris Matthews has a mancrush on Senator John McCain, but I think he needs to take a step back and look at reality — stat. During his Power... (Read more...)
Rudy Still Believes McCain Raised Taxes over 50 Times
Sweet Irony! HT to Devon Murphy for this link from Rudy’s website that is still active and still has lots of anti-McCain up. This one’s good enough that I’m going to post it en toto just in case Rudy realizes that he shouldn’t... (Read more...)
Obama Closes In on Clinton As McCain Lengthens Lead
On the eve of tomorrow's near-national contest for each party's presidential nominee, Democrat Hillary Clinton has lost much of her longtime polling lead over Barack Obama both nationally and in grand prize California, while Republican John McCain ... (Read more...)
THE NYTIMES PUSHES THE NARRATIVE THAT THE "WEAKER" DOLLAR IS BAD
The NYTIMES gives a big byline to a special report about the weak dollar and how it hurts (Read more...)
The God Factor
I just heard David Tyree on CBS news attributing his astounding catch to . . . God. I guess it's not really my place to say, but I always find this idea that God is intervening in the big game sort of bizarre. Beyond the theological implications, it'... (Read more...)
Anatomy of Bill Clinton's stump
From NBC/NJ's Carrie DannAfter a few weeks of crimson-faced outbursts and unambiguous wallops aimed at his wife's rival for the Democratic nomination, reporters have suddenly found themselves looking at a (Read more...)
Caucus Open Thread #1
Find your caucus... http://www.coloradodems.org/findmycaucus The show starts at 7pm tomorrow. Who cares about the President, Congress, and Assemblies... I want to see some good platform resol (Read more...)
"SUPER TUESDAY" - THE HERDING TECHNIQUE
By: Devvy February 4, 2008 In his Treatise on War, Sun Tzu, said: “Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.” It is this strategy in the art of war which we are seeing once again in a presidential primary.... (Read more...)
Plouffe Memo: We're The Giants, Baby (Marc Ambinder)
Marc Ambinder:< (Read more...)
The Clinton camp's expectations
From NBC's Mark MurrayOn the eve of Super Tuesday, the Clinton campaign held a conference call with reporters stressing: 1) that they expect to be ahead in total delegates (including super delegates) after tomorrow's contests; and 2) that the... (Read more...)
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- Dole scolds Limbaugh (linked in 35 posts)
- Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters (linked in 34 posts)
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- McClatchy Washington Bureau | 02/03/2008 | Clinton's '35 years of change' omits most of her career (linked in 32 posts)
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- Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times : Questioner calls Bush 'the bastard,' Hillary Clinton smiles (linked in 30 posts)
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