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Report: Rudy Dropping In Florida Despite Sinking Big Money Into The State
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 22, 2008
It's bad enough that Rudy struggling in Florida, the state that represents his last hopes. Making matters worse still, it turns out this is happening despite the fact that he's sinking tons of cash into the state. Check out this little nugget buried in the New York Daily News:Giuliani's Florida decline comes as he has flooded the state with money and resources -- including having 50...
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Biggest Paper In South Carolina Endorses Obama
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 22, 2008
Ending the suspense around a question that preoccupied lots of people in Dem circles today, The State, the largest paper in South Carolina, gives the nod to Obama:The restoration of the Clintons to the White House would trigger a new wave of all-out political warfare. That is not all Bill and Hillary’s fault -- but it exists, whomever you blame, and cannot be ignored. Hillary Clinton doesn’t...
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Abdul-Jabbar: Hey, Magic, Obama Is No "Rookie"
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 22, 2008
... readers informed us, Johnson's captain during his "hyped" rookie year was none other than Obama supporter Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And now Abdul-Jabbar himself has weighed in on his onetime protege's claims about the presidential race in an interview with The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney."I don't think he's a rookie," Abdul-Jabbar said of Obama to HuffPo. "He's served as ...
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Obama: Hillary Voters Will Support Me When I'm Nominee
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 22, 2008
Obama expands a bit on his running argument that he's more electable than HIllary in an interesting interview with CBN News' David Brody:Brody: Will Hillary be a drag for down-ticket races as a presidential candidate?Obama: I think there is no doubt that she has higher negatives than any of the remaining democratic candidates. That's just a fact and there are some who will not vote...
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New Negative Hillary Ad In South Carolina Hits Obama For Calling GOP "Party Of Ideas
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 23, 2008
The Obama campaign has just sent out to reporters audio and script of a negative Hillary radio spot hitting him over that now-infamous interview in which Obama called Republicans the "party of ideas." Note that the ad uses Obama's own voice.VOICE-OVER: “Listen to Barack Obama last week talking about Republicans. BARACK OBAMA: “The Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long...
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Edwards, Hillary, Obama, And Rezko
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 23, 2008
Did Edwards tell a roomful of donors that Hillary privately told him after the last debate that there's more to come on the Obama Rezko story that has yet to be made public?An Edwards contributor tells The New York Observer that Edwards made the claim at a private fundraiser last night. The Observer paraphrases the donor's account as follows:He said that Hillary and Obama have true...
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Hillary's Talking Points For Surrogates On Obama Attack Ad
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 24, 2008
The Hillary campaign sent out the following talking points to surrogates this morning, instructing them on how to talk to the media about Obama's new radio ad attacking her as willing to "say anything" to win. A source forwarded them to us:Talking PointsSEN. OBAMA’S PERSONAL ATTACK AD* After months of telling Americans he would run a positive campaign, Senator Obama has launched the most...
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Obama Winning Spin War Over Who's Victim In Campaign
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 24, 2008
... Hillary's ad yesterday hitting Obama over his "party of ideas" comment is heightening "unity fears" among prominent Democrats. There's no mention in the article of the ad Obama released yesterday saying Hillary will "say anything" to win. The article also reports that top Democrats are concerned that Big Bad Billary's tactics could result in a "loss of black voters" in a general e...
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Hillary And Obama Campaigns Both Pull Their Negative Ads
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 24, 2008
A truce in the ad wars? For now, anyway. Earlier today CNN reported that the Hillary campaign has yanked their radio ad in South Carolina hitting Obama for saying the GOP is the "party of ideas." The Hillary campaign is claiming that it was scheduled to come down.Now the Obama campaign has responded in kind with their S.C. ad hitting Hillary for being willing to "say anything" to win. Obama...
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Obama: JFK Is The Reason I Stand Here Today
via TPM Election Central by Greg Sargent on January 28, 2008
... all addressed to colleges and universities across America, all filled with the hope of a young man who dreamed of more for his life. And his prayer was answered when he was brought over to study in this country.But what I learned much later is that part of what made it possible for him to come here was an effort by the young Senator from Massachusetts at the time, John F. Kennedy, and by a ...
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