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Fred Thompson, a Republican registering well in national polls as he flirts with a presidential run, is the talk of Washington D.C.'s political elite. It's a different story in early primary states where voters will choose the GOP nominee. "You really don't hear much about him at all from people around here," said Irene Blom, chairwoman of the Republican Party in Marion County, Iowa. Added Paul Hogan, her counterpart in Georgetown County, S.C.: "He's mentioned a little, but there's no crescendo yet." Should the actor and former Tennessee senator enter the race, he will be months behind his top competitors...

WASHINGTON – Hoosiers really like Rudy Giuliani, John Edwards, Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton. But the other front-runners in the presidential campaign – John McCain and Barack Obama – not so much. Since Jan. 1, Hoosiers have sent nearly $500,000 to 14 candidates who are running for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Only a tiny fraction of the state’s voters – about 300 – have weighed in on the process. Their favorites, measured by campaign contributions, are slightly out of sync with the rest of the country. Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney, for instance, raised more money than any other...

div class="centreblock"> National WaPo/ABC Primary Poll The bottom line (parentheses are from the last poll in February): Giuliani - 33% (44) McCain - 21% (21) Romney - 9% (4) F Thompson - 9% (-) Gingrich - 6% (15) T Thompson - 2% (2) Everyone else - 1% Undecided - 6%If Gingrich does not run: Giuliani - 35% (53) McCain - 22% (23) Romney - 10% (5) F Thompson - 10% (-) Gilmore - 2% (1) T Thompson - 2% (2) Everyone else - 1%The poll was of 1141 adults, not likely or even registered voters, so take it for what...

Young Americans have seriously embraced politics, according to a Harvard University survey released yesterday. Three-quarters of the 2,923 18-to-24-year-olds polled are registered to vote, and they prefer to talk up elections rather than celebrity gossip. A strong majority favor making English the nation's official language. "Political parties and candidates looking for success in the polls of 2008 should take notice," said Jeanne Shaheen, director of the university's Institute of Politics, which conducted the research. The days of Rock the Vote and other gimmicky forms of political involvement may be on the wane. "In the seven years we have been conducting...

Southside Virginia Republicans split their support for the 2008 presidential nonimation bewteen Arizona Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, according to informal straw poll last week. Both McCain and Giuliani received 22 percent of the vote taken on April 13 during an event sponsored by the Petersburg Republican Party. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore received 17 percent of the vote, as did former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney received 12 percent of the vote, while former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, California Congressman Duncan Hunter and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee all received...

Gallup's Pulse of Democracy Election 2008 There are clearly developed presidential front-runners within each major party. On the Democratic side, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is the clear leader, maintaining a double-digit lead over Sen. Barack Obama. On the Republican side, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as the front-runner -- although the lead he enjoyed in February and early March has diminished. Sen. John McCain remains in second place among the Republicans. There has been no significant sign of movement yet from the second tier of announced candidates in the Democratic Party. Former North Carolina Sen. John...

The welcome for Fred Thompson wasn’t just warm, it was effusive.The former Tennessee senator and actor is still weighing whether to run for the Republican presidential nomination but House Republicans who met with him Wednesday gushed over the prospects of Thompson candidacy.They called him presidential, a leader, a proven conservative, an exciting prospect and “a breath of fresh air.”“I wanted to come over and see some of my old friends and make some new friends and tell them what was on my mind and listen and to see what was on their minds,” Thompson said in a brief statement...

Sixty-three House Republicans attended a private meeting on Capitol Hill this afternoon with former GOP Sen. Fred Thompson, to discuss his potential White House bid.

Giuliani as Cartoon According to Parade magazine, Rudy Giuliani will be making a cameo appearance on The Simpsons next month. Said writer Al Jean: "The Simpsons has never had a sitting or retired U.S. President. We've had them as characters, but never the actual person. However, Rudy Giuliani is doing a cameo in May, so you never know. We may have a President after all."

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Sen. Hillary Clinton may have the biggest war chest for her presidential bid, but in Texas -- and Tarrant County -- former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the candidate with the money.Here, the Republican Giuliani outraised his rivals in both parties, drawing $2.1 million in Texas and $229,200 in Tarrant County, an analysis of new presidential fundraising data shows."The story here is the fading of John McCain," said Jim Riddlesperger, a political science professor at Texas Christian University. "It's very surprising because ... he was seen as the heir apparent."Now money is going to Giuliani. Giuliani seems to be...

OBAMA, GIULIANI LEAD PACK IN RACE FOR PRESIDENT AMONG 18-24 YEAR-OLDS, HARVARD POLL FINDS Foreign Policy Issues, Particularly the War in Iraq and Genocide in Darfur, of Top Concern to Young People Today Washington, DC - A new national poll by Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Senator Barack Obama as 18-24 year-olds' first choices for President in 2008 among likely young voters of both parties. Regarding the mood of the country, less than one-third (31%) of young people say they...

Seung-Hui Cho bought his first gun, a 9mm handgun, on March 13 at a Roanoke, Va. gun store, the owner tells ABC News. John Markell, the owner of Roanoke Firearms, said today that he had been interviewed by three agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms about Cho's purchase of a Glock 9 mm handgun. "I feel terrible about this," Markell told ABC News at his store today, which is part gun shop, part pawn shop on the outskirts of Roanoke. Markell said Cho's gun and a box of 50 bullets cost $571. He said Cho paid...

April 17, 2007 — Cho Seung-Hui, the 23-year-old student who killed 32 people and then himself yesterday, left a long and "disturbing" note in his dorm room at Virginia Tech, say law enforcement sources. Sources have now described the note, which runs several pages, as beginning in the present tense and then shifting to the past tense. It contains rhetoric explaining Cho's actions and says, "You caused me to do this," the sources told ABC News. Sources say Cho killed two people in a dorm room, returned to his own dorm room where he re-armed and left the note, then...

When it comes to collecting contributions from prominent Minnesota Democrats, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is leading the pack. New Federal Election Commission reports show Clinton raised raised $84,000 in Minnesota, more than all presidential hopefuls did in the first quarter of the same period before the last presidential election. Eleven of Clinton's donors gave the maximum $4,600 allowed under federal law for individual contributions to the primary and general presidential elections. >{? DFL'ers Lois Quam, Vance Opperman and Mike Ciresi have written some of the biggest checks to Clinton, helping her raise $3 for every $2 contributed to Senator Barack...

Democratic and Republican presidential candidates canceled their campaign events on Tuesday in deference to the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech. Republican hopeful Rudy Giuliani postponed a speech at religious broadcaster Pat Robertson's Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. The speech was rescheduled for June 26. "My thoughts and prayers continue to be with the survivors and the many friends, colleagues and family members of those who perished," the former New York city mayor said in a statement. Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama postponed his speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to April 23. Republican Sen. John McCain canceled...

Police have released the first photograph of the man who shot dead 32 people in the worst ever massacre on an American university campus.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain both gained support this week in the race for the GOP nomination. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney held steady and remain the only other Republicans earning double digit support.The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of the Republican Presidential Primary competition finds Giuliani at 33%, fourteen points ahead of McCain’s 19%. Thompson is still in third at 13% slightly ahead of Romney at 11%. For Giuliani, that’s his highest level of support in three weeks. It’s McCain’s best showing since early...

Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement on the tragic events that have taken place on the campus of Virginia Tech: "The entire nation grieves for the victims of this terrible tragedy that took place today on the campus of Virginia Tech. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the entire Virginia Tech community. Our full support is behind the law enforcement officials who are involved with stabilizing the situation and conducting an investigation."

Our thoughts and prayers are with Virginia Tech’s students, faculty and their families during this heartbreaking tragedy. There is far too much senseless violence in our schools and on our campuses, and we pray that we can come together as a nation to prevent such needless loss of life.