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WASHINGTON -- Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who has nurtured her husband's legacy, will share the limelight Thursday as Republican presidential candidates try to lay claim to the Reagan mantle. Nancy Reagan, 83, will be in attendance but is not expected to speak at the GOP candidates' first debate of the 2008 primary at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., according to library officials. "Ronnie always hoped the library would be a place where policymakers will debate the future," Nancy Reagan said in a statement announcing the debate in February. "This presidential debate provides the opportunity to...

Calif. -- Though it's tough to spoil anything in sunny Southern California, the DNC will do their best to rain on the GOP parade here tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, they will release a research packet on the Big Three titled, "The Real Republicans."  The document, obtained by Politico, says Giuliani, Romney and McCain are "[o]ut of step with the mainstream of their party, out of step with the American people and even out of step with their own previous positions and public records.  Passing out the oppo on site at the Reagan Library will be DNC staffers Mike Gehrke and Karen...

2007-05-02 19:17:23 - WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Latino Coalition (TLC) announced the results of its 2007 Presidential Preference Straw Poll. The straw poll was conducted in connection with the organization's Small Business Economic Summit in Washington, DC. "It is clear from the results of the straw poll that Mayor Giuliani's hopeful message of empowering individuals and expanding economic opportunities for all Americans is resonating with Latino business leaders," said TLC President Robert G. Deposada.Of the 415 ballots cast, 58% cast ballots for a Republican candidate. Among Republicans, Rudy Giuliani captured a commanding 64% of the votes. Giuliani addressed...

Why Vote When You Can Bet? Slate's guide to all the political markets. The idea behind political prediction markets is simple. Lots of people wager on the outcome of political campaigns: Who's going to be the Democratic presidential nominee? Will the Republicans take back the House? And when the votes are counted, the winning bettors collect. The thrill of prediction markets for political junkies is that they harness "the wisdom of crowds." A single person's bet on an election outcome isn't very good, but thousands of bets, with real stakes, are more likely to predict the correct result than even...

Does Fred Thompson Have The Work Ethic He Needs To Be President? A week or two ago, I was having a conversation about Fred Thompson and the person I was talking to said something like, "So, with all the columns he's writing and his admission that he has cancer, he's definitely running right?" I told them that if I were betting, I'd say that he was running, but that there was a more significant chance than you'd think that he won't. Why? Well, look at it from Fred Thompson's perspective. He has a reputation as a guy who doesn't particularly...

For a native New Yorker mounting a first bid for national office, Rudolph W. Giuliani has shown an impressive ability to raise money in Texas, where his Republican presidential campaign collected $2.2 million in the first quarter of the year, far more than any other candidate. Mr. Giuliani has drawn support from Texans who were notable donors to President Bush, including a former Enron president, Richard D. Kinder, and business executives who direct many of the nation’s oil, gas and energy producers. And a good part of this success, analysts say, stems from his affiliation with a well-established and politically...

WASHINGTON -- Everybody said Rudy Giuliani would be about as appealing in the South as a three-day-old bagel.The former mayor of New York is a Yankee who has been married three times and supports gay rights and abortion rights.But he drew an "overflow" crowd when he spoke to the Alabama Legislature last month, according to The Associated Press. He's campaigning in Georgia and South Carolina and dropped by a conference in North Carolina last week. He's going back to Alabama May 9.On Giuliani's Web site, joinrudy2008.com, there's a link to a blog by David Brody, a political reporter for...

May 01, 2007 Yes, Obama, Too, Thought The Mission Was Kinda Sorta Accomplished From a birdie with a different song: All of us are relieved that the worst of the fighting is over. All of us commend our troops for their skill and their courage. The initial fighting, however, is the least of our challenges with President Bush having embarked on this military action without broadbased international support. Winning the peace is going to be the major issue," said Obama. [Chicago Defender, 05/03/03]

Do you want to know why some Evangelicals will support Rudy Giuliani in 2008? One word: LEADERSHIP. And guess what? Giuliani's campaign has a quick video out today about that very topic. Click here to view. For those who think Rudy support from conservative Christians will begin to fall off when they begin to hear about some of his more liberal social views, I'm not so sure. The feedback were gettting here at The Brody File is more positive than I thought. When I talk to just ordinary Evangelicals, they always ask me to breakdown the presidential race. But I...

CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will attend the first Republican presidential debate at the Reagan library on Thursday. There are plans to introduce him to the audience before the debate begins.

Organized labor has long been a political ally of the Democratic Party, but that didn’t stop two potential candidates for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination from meeting with one of the more influential unions Monday. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia and Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska met privately in Washington with the executive committee of the Service Employees International Union, a 1.8 million member union that endorsed Democrat Howard Dean during the 2004 presidential contest. The SEIU’s executive committee has already met with the Democratic candidates seeking the party’s 2008 nomination and has invited the Republican candidates to...

OKLAHOMA CITY --Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he is still eyeing a run for president and can't explain polls that show him ranked near the top-tier candidates for the Republican nomination although he has not formally announced."It's sort of frightening sometimes," Gingrich said. "Sometimes the guys who aren't running are doing better than the guys who are running. Why would you want to start running if you're doing better by not running than you would if you were running? I can't explain it."Polls in some states show Gingrich, speaker from 1995 to 1999, running behind former New York...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani remains on top in the race for the GOP nomination and now enjoys support from 30% of Likely Voters. That’s more than twice the total of any other candidate. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and Arizona Senator John McCain are tied for second at 14%.  Thompson has been in the 12% to 14% range for each of the five surveys since his name was floated as a possible candidate.  McCain, once considered the dominant frontrunner, has struggled in recent months. His support among Likely GOP Primary voters has fallen eight percentage points since...

Earlier, Mark Kilmer wrote about a Daily Telegraph article that appeared yesterday - focusing on very complimentary things that Mike Deaver had to say about Fred Thompson (which, by the way, I circulated to the RedState contributor list without actually checking with Mike, which was pretty dumb)Since this article has been swirling around, I talked with Mike about the news. He asked me to post this note, crystal clear: “Fred Thompson is a great guy, but I haven’t endorsed anyone in the Republican primary, and don’t intend to.” FWIW, the article was written based on a video that Mike recorded...

April 30, 2007 Inside the Republican Vote for President Giuliani's support highest among moderate and liberal Republicans by Frank Newport GALLUP NEWS SERVICEPRINCETON, NJ -- Republican presidential candidates square off in their first official debate on May 3, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. The basic structure of the Republican race has been fairly fixed for several months. Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is the frontrunner, Arizona Sen. John McCain is in second place, and there is a rough three-way tie for third place between announced candidate Mitt Romney and unannounced candidates Newt...

Since we can't post from the Des Moines Register - you can read the article here Presidential Candidates Get Graded On Their Public Speaking Abilities Here are the scores: 1. RUDY GIULIANI: 55% 2. HILLARY CLINTON: 54% 3. MITT ROMNEY: 51% 4. BARACK OBAMA: 36% 5. JOHN EDWARDS: 34% 6. JOHN MCCAIN: 24%

Some nine months before Alabama's Republican presidential primary, U.S. Sen. John McCain and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani are in a dead heat at the head of a crowded pack, although other candidates remain within striking distance, the results of a new Press-Register/University of South Alabama statewide poll suggest. Among 402 likely GOP primary voters surveyed by phone, 23 percent said they would most likely back McCain, who represents Arizona, while 22 percent favored Giuliani, a one-time federal prosecutor who led New York City for eight years. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney garnered 12 percent, followed by two prospective contenders who...

April 30, 2007 -- Rudy Giuliani for president. That's amore! A Post review of campaign filings reveals Republican Giuliani is igniting ethnic pride and support from many of the nation's 25 million Italian-Americans, including national leaders and business titans hoping to elect the first president of Italian descent. Home Depot founder Ken Langone is the campaign's New York City finance chairman, a key player in raising millions of dollars in cash. Former New York Stock Exchange head Dick Grasso is also a Giuliani man. Eight officers or board members of the influential National Italian American Foundation have contributed more than...

« Previous | Home | Next » Sunday, April 29, 2007 Gary Hart’s ‘Open Letter’ to Rudy Giuliani By James Joyner Former Senator Gary Hart writes an “open letter” to Rudy Giuliani on the Huffington Post blog. (You’d think someone of his stature could get op-ed space somewhere, no?) His beef is that Giuliani says Democrats aren’t serious about terrorism yet Giuliani did nothing to stop the 9/11 attacks even though Hart put out a white paper in January 2001 saying there was a threat of a terrorist attack in the United States. The George W. Bush administration did nothing...