So, Rudy Giuiliani is up on the air. The AP links these to Ames, but I wonder… Could these be linked to his falling poll numbers? Stay with me for a second. I have long thought that MItt Romney’s numbers in the early states are somewhat inflated because he is Read more
Details from Mike DuHaime on Rudy Giuliani: 60k donors. Thinks that this can grow. Lower than McCain’s and Romney’s. $33m raised for this cycle $11m spent in Q2 $18m CoH and $0 debt "Finance numbers catching up polling numbers" Campaign contnuing to grow: Active in 12 states "Only candidate who Read more
Update: $2m was raised for the general. That means that he raised $15m primary money in Q2 and has $16m in the bank for the primary. Details coming soon. This means that he spent $10m, about half of what Romney spent. And raised $4m more than Romney. And has $6m Read more
Pollster.com has the results of a 16-state survey of 2-way and 3-way matchups between Giulaini, Clinton, and Bloomberg. First, the data: 3-way 2-way Bloomberg Effect State Giuliani Clinton Bloomberg Giuliani Clinton From G From H Alabama 46 39 11 53 41 -7 -2 California 40 45 10 44 49 -4 Read more
When the good news is that you lose your Iowa campaign chair to the OMB, you know you had a bad day. But how bad? So bad that your South Carolina campaign chair is indicted for conspiring to peddle crack cocaine? (Another reason I’m happy I made phone calls in Read more
I have been interested in the whole "electability" question and general election matchups. I am fascinated by the numbers from the new Cook/RT poll. Clinton Obama All GOP Ind All GOP Ind Giuliani 0 +74 +4 0 +67 +7 Thompson 0 +78 +1 -7 +45 -13 Romney -7 Read more
Rudy Giuliani just announced his Rhode Island leadership team. One name struck me: Republican National Committeeman Robert Manning Why? Because Mitt Romney’s campaign claimed him as an early RNC endorser: Current And Former RNC Committee Members Supporting Governor Romney (Already Announced): … – Robert Manning, RI That the Romney campaign Read more
AmSpec’s Jim Antle said: I don’t understand the McCain camp’s insistence on focusing on the candidate behind them in most polls [Romney] rather than the candidate ahead of them in most polls [Giuliani]. The NYT’s Caucus blog has speculated on this too: The feud between Senator John McCain and former Read more
Rudy Giuliani talks about the debate. He said it was better. Challenging questions. He points out that they had time. Jennifer Rubin, from ABCNews.com (she gets around) starts with a question about the Senate vote on withdrawal. She notes that it was 29-67, with all the Democrats running for President Read more
The Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody has an interesting summary of a discussion that he had with an evangelical leader. There is lots of happy-talk about Fred Thompson. But, perhaps, the most interesting is the comment about Rudy Giuliani: As a matter of fact, he told me point blank, "Rudy Read more