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The Campaign Spot
Election-driven news and views . . . by Jim Geraghty.
 
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Fred Thompson Found a Republican He Doesn’t Prefer
Last week, I noted the upcoming special House election in New York, where no date is yet set but some conservatives are preferring Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman to Republican . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Meanwhile, Out in Colorado . . .
A new poll out in Colorado puts Obama’s approval/disapproval split at 48 percent/47 percent, in a state he carried 53 percent to 44 percent last year. A couple other interesting . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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How Dare She Not Vote!
Dan Balz of the Washington Post seems to think that California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s sparse voting record — there’s some dispute as to whether she was registered to . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Obama’s No-Time-for-Olympics-Trip Pledge Reaches Its Expiration Date
As far as expiration dates go, this is small potatoes, but it illustrates that a strongly held position can change quite quickly in this White House:
The president said in a . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Where Are All the Complaints About Negative Campaigning?
As I noted on Twitter, the two Democrats running for governor this year, Jon Corzine in New Jersey and Creigh Deeds in Virginia, have run almost entirely negative campaigns since . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Jon Corzine Borrows Ed Schultz’s Cancer Accusations
The campaign of New Jersey governor Jon Corzine will be a useful lesson for Republicans running in 2010, to tell them what to expect when things look dire for an incumbent . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Rasmussen Sees Lower ObamaCare Support and Cowbell Deficiency
I know there are those who are skeptical of Rasmussen’s robo-pollsters, but for what it’s worth, their latest poll puts Obama’s health-care plan at its lowest yet – 41 percent support, . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Something About That Surname Reminds People of Heated Bread
It makes me, and a couple other football fans with long memories, chuckle when we hear a Democratic state senator calling New York governor David Paterson “toast,” because the first . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Did Anti-Joe-Wilson Protesters ‘Move On’ to Something Else?
The president of the Hilton Head Republican Club tells me that yesterday’s event featuring Rep. Joe Wilson was a huge success:
Before his speech, Wilson told club members he had a “town . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Robert Gibbs Watches, But He Doesn’t Necessarily Listen
I was a last-minute guest on Howard Kurtz’s “Reliable Sources” this weekend, and I thought this anecdote from CNN’s Ed Henry was intriguing:
HENRY: Sometimes, and I’ll give you one quick . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Did We Say a September Deadline? We Meant October-ish
The news from Obama in July: “President Obama had more harsh words for Iran Friday in the wake of its contested election, warning the government in Tehran . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Culture of Corruption, Part Forty-Three
I am not sure if this is pure, ipso-facto corruption, but it certainly smells funny:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated procedures last year when it approved a knee repair . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Does Joe Biden Dream of Unemployed Electric Sheep?
Yesterday, “Vice President Joe Biden delivered a rousing review of the government’s economic stimulus plan in a conversation with the nation’s governors. ‘In my wildest dreams, I never thought . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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The Baron’s Horsemen Will Be Coming Around to Collect Your Gold Coins Soon
Remember Archduke Czar Viscount Earl Pasha Baron Hill, the Indiana Democrat, who wanted those peasants to remember he’s doing them a favor by lowering himself to meeting with the unwashed?
Student: . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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Maybe We Can Get Houck to Talk to Deeds
Virginia Democratic state Senator Edd Houck, in an e-mail to constituents this week: “Fortunately, Governor [Tim] Kaine’s proposals contain no tax increases… With salaries remaining stagnant or worse individuals losing . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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The Corzine Campaign Messes With Joe Biden
The fact that Jon Corzine’s campaign is putting up billboards in Trenton saying “KEEP IT GOING: OBAMA CORZINE” is one of the sadder things I’ve seen in politics.
I wonder how . . .
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Horserace, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin, Something Lighter, Tommy Thompson
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