Posted on 11/05/2006 4:46:27 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Claire McCaskill; Maryland Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., chairwoman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee; Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; and Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.; Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Vice President Dick Cheney, Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : White House press secretary Tony Snow; Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih; Reps. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., and Maxine Waters, D-Calif.; House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; ex-Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga.
I don't think you're wrong at all Sleuth - I totally concur w you.
BRIT UP!!
and campaigning for Pubbies and I think that's helped a lot.
He made seven stops Friday. Was on the front page of every paper in the Southern part of the State and the number one story on TV.
He draws big and enthusiastic crowds.
He was supposed to leave on a scheduled flight.
It changed as Santorum sent a private plane here Friday night to get him directly to PA.
Excellent point! I had briefly forgotten about that. I remember reading something on this a week or 2 ago, and, IIRC no Dims had been interviewed yet - if that's true, then I suspect that's another reason they don't want to bring it up. They've also seemed to quiet their harping on the culture of corruption when Reid's land deals and Mendendez's woes were made public.
I know she has been working day and night on this.Negron will win.
I sure hope he can help Santorum. As I've said before, it makes me ill that a good man and a good Conservative could lose. We really need him in the Senate - he's done a lot of good for a lot of people. F&F and/or E.D. and Jon Scott's show that follows has had various candidates on this past week or 2 (including Santorum and Allen's wives).
They made a statement each time that they invited the other candidate but they declined, said they had schedule conflicts (for 3 min?), or didn't return the call. Ford was the only Dim that showed up and he wasn't looking as easy and jovial as he was a few months back.
Sometimes political attacks backfire. I warned that there might be a backlash over the politically timed disclosure by a gay hooker of lurid charges against Ted Haggard (now fired from his position). (http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/03/a-fundamental-misunderstanding/)
That backlash, I argued, would not be the one the perpetrators of the attacks intended. That does indeed appear to be happening and even the Associated Press is noticing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_on_el_st_lo/haggard_election;_ylt=AlcyKqfSFIRgFlsGZTTF5UHMWM0F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-
Snip:
For instance, Vice President Dick Cheney visited Colorado Springs on Friday to campaign for Doug Lamborn, who is running a tight race against Democrat Jay Fawcett for a seat in Haggard's reliably Republican district. Rep. Joel Hefley is retiring.
A Denver man named Mike Jones last week publicly accused Haggard — who has now left the New Life Church and the National Association of Evangelicals — of paying him for sex, saying he was motivated by what he saw as hypocrisy.
Haggard has been a leading proponent of a measure to amend Colorado's Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, and has denounced homosexuality.
Lamborn draws heavy support from religious conservatives. Bob Loevy, a political science professor at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, said the disclosure's timing has all the earmarks of a last-minute political attack.
Religious conservatives, outraged by the way the accusations were made, could give Lamborn the edge he needs in his battle with Fawcett, a former Air Force officer trying to become the first Democrat to win the seat, Loevy said.
"I think there's a very good chance it may galvanize socially conservative voters to come out and vote for Doug Lamborn," Loevy said.
Said Kenneth Bickers, a political science professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder: "If it's going to have a big effect anywhere, its going to have an effect on the Lamborn race."
Bickers said the extent of the fallout would hinge on how many voters sent in absentee ballots or voted early before the news broke.
Lamborn's campaign didn't return a call Saturday.
Fawcett campaign spokeswoman Wanda James, while saying Haggard's ordeal wasn't a cause for joy, said it is just one more blow to Lamborn's party.
"You start to see clearly that (Fawcett) has been on the top of the pulse of the people," James said.
A recent poll showed Lamborn with support from 47 percent of voters and Fawcett with 40 percent. The survey of 400 likely voters was conducted last week by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. and had an error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
If that turns into a blowout for the Republican candidate, not only did it backfire, but it may have ruined the Dems chances to make gains in more than just Colorado.
http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/05/unintended-consequences-2/
It's making me big-time happy. I donated to him about two weeks ago.
LLS
Thanks for the link Snugs! Ohios words and the pictures are beautiful - gave me goose bumps!
Rudy has campaigned for Republicans right across the nation including Santorum, he is loyal and a asset to the party when it comes to attracting votes.
You are welcome, you guys will win it!
LOL...true!
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