They release before Romney, indicating that they don’t want a separate story of their own. That’s the high end of Hotline’s estimate. I assume that he’s not looking for a big comparison to Romney. Apparently only $1m is general election money. COH total of $10m, after transfers. My sense is Read more…
Did the Club for Growth just applaud Rudy Giuliani’s pro-choice statement? That might be a big deal.
A while ago, I advised Mitt Romney’s campaign not to attack Rudy Giuliani with sludge. I also suggested that politicizing families is wrong. However, in their desperation, they didn’t take my advice. Instead they blundered and personalized the attack by sending the candidate himself to be the attack dog. Veep-picking Read more…
I meant to write about this but got distracted. Dan Gerstein has, I think, the proper rebuttal to the guys at the Politico. Perhaps the GOP bad poll numbers are just about Bush? And the correction to Bush lies with a Rudy Giuliani or John McCain, wo fairly different approaches.
Jonathan Martin has a point… Meanwhile one of the Arizona Republic’s blogs is playing interference for McCain…
Well, people are certainly throwing trash out. Why? You better make your opponents stink before the Club for Growth meeting… The problem for the Club for Growthers is that they are going to have to choose between Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. Both of these have gotten smeared with economic Read more…
This is interesting… Can McCain be far behind?
Marc Ambinder (welcome back!) has the story about Rudy Giuliani hitting the road. I am really looking forward to seeing how this goes. One of my big questions is how well New York City will play in Iowa and New Hampshire. Question for the road, will the Forbes team help Read more…
This is a big deal, and Ryan Sager has it.. Rudy Giuliani was endrosed by Steve Forbes today. Forbes ran in 2000 and performed well, 30%, in Iowa, and so-so in New Hampshire. But what Forbes has is a network and lists. One of my persistent criticisms of the Giuliani Read more…
And turns him into a communications director? These guys really are running an unusual campaign. But Mike DuHaime is smarter than I am…