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June 29, 2007

Last Night's Debate: The "Experts" Weigh In
By webteam
Real Clear Politics has a good summary of the debate reaction. And that reaction pretty much fits the pattern of the previous debates. The "experts" give it to Hillary, with Obama a close second, and Richardson unimpressive as usual.
What's disturbing in all this is that one senses these "judges" are mailing in the scorecards.

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Democrats

June 29, 2007

The Democrat Who Benefited the Most from Last Night's Debate Was . . .
By webteam

The Democrat who benefited the most from last night's debate was . . . Deval Patrick.
People in Massachusetts have gotten used to his lofty rhetoric but it was one heck of an introduction.
Campaign 2016 isn't that far away.

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Democrats

June 28, 2007

Did You Know There's A Democratic Debate Tonight?
By webteam
It's a tribute to how mundane the debates have become that the Democrats hold their third such gathering tonight at 9 pm EDT and there is absolutely no buzz in political circles about the event. That's too bad because:
-- the event is on PBS, rather than a cable network, guaranteeing the Dems their largest audience of the season so far, and

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Democrats

June 28, 2007

Tote Board Column -- 6/28 -- "So You Want Fair and Balanced?"
By webteam
With the multiplicity of web sites and papers following the 2008 Campaign, this week's Tote Board column looks at the few sources a political junkie has to follow to really keep informed.
Briefly again they are:

NEWS SOURCES
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Press, Tote Board Archive

June 27, 2007

Ads Classfied: Obama Runs His First Commercials
By webteam
Barack Obama has begun his advertising foray, with two biographical ads, available here, running in Iowa. They stress what makes him different -- namely, his "togetherness rhetoric" (which first came to national attention at the 2004 Democratic convention) and his decisions out of school both to work as a community organizer and then serve in the state legislature.

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Ads Classified, Democrats, Obama

June 26, 2007

How Yesterday's Supreme Court Decision Loosening Ad Restrictions in The Campaign Finance Law Will Affect the Campaign
By webteam
Yesterday, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court (in the words of the NY Times) ruled that "the restrictions on television advertisements paid for from corporate or union treasuries in the weeks before an election amounted to censorship of core political speech unless those advertisements explicitly urge a vote for or against a particular candidate."

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Ads Classified, Democrats, Republicans

June 25, 2007

New Newsweek Poll Shows GOP in Trouble and Helps Hillary
By webteam
Newsweek came out with a new presidential poll over the weekend and the real news in it is that every major Democratic contender beats every major Republican contender handily, with or without Michael Bloomberg in the race. Early polls mean little in terms of their predictive value. But this poll, at least for now, is likely to bolster the campaign of Hillary Clinton, since one of the strongest arguments that her opponents have been using against her is that they are more electable than she is.

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Clinton, Democrats, Republicans

June 22, 2007

New Nevada Poll Good News for Romney and Clinton
By webteam
Nevada holds an early caucus this year -- the Saturday in between the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary in January. It's held on a weekend -- so it won't get tons of attention -- but it might provide a bit of spin for some candidates as they head into the key New Hampshire primary.
A poll out this week of likely caucus attendees from American Research Group Inc.

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Democrats, Republicans

June 21, 2007

Tote Board Column -- 6/21 -- Empty Pantsuit
By webteam

This week's Tote Board column, "Empty Pantsuit," looks at why the two new Hillary Clinton biographies elicit such yawns: So does their subject.

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Clinton, Democrats, Tote Board Archive

June 20, 2007

Well That Was Fast: Fred Thompson Leads GOP Field in Latest Rasmussen Poll
By webteam
Fred Thompson hasn't even formally announced and already Rasmussen has him leading Rudy Giuliani by a point in the newest Rasmussen poll.
It's obviously good news for Thompson, who's likely to find that the most popular thing to be in presidential politics is a candidate getting ready to run, as opposed to actually running.

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Republicans, Thompson, F., Thompson, Fred

June 20, 2007

Ads Classified: Mitt Romney -- A Profile in Courage -- Comes Out Against High Taxes
By webteam
Mitt Romney is back on the airwaves yet again with an ad, available here -- this time calling for lower taxes and smaller government.
You have to give the man credit: If there's a popular position to be taken, he takes it.

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Ads Classified, Republicans, Romney

June 19, 2007

Hillary Clinton Picks Celine Dion's "You and I" As Campaign Song, Thereby Alienating Millions
By webteam

Hillary Clinton's campaign has announced its official campaign song -- Celine Dion's "You and I."
The theme from Titanic might be more appropriate.
Nevertheless, the way the song was announced -- with a web video that spoofed "The Sopranos" -- was clever.

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Clinton, Democrats

June 19, 2007

Ads Classified: The Richardson Mini-Surge
By webteam
One of the more remarkable aspects of this campaign so far has been the performance of the Bill Richardson campaign. Many consider his debate outings to be the worst in the field so far. A recent appearance on "Meet the Press" was described by columnist Robert Novak as "perhaps the worst performance in the show's history."
Yet he continues to do OK in the polls, albeit below the three leaders.

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Ads Classified, Democrats, Richardson

June 18, 2007

New Polls Show Early SC Primary Has Potential to Shake Up Race
By webteam
For the last few weeks in the Tote Board column, we've been looking at the prospects for the candidates in both parties in the first few contests. Now, a new poll from Mason-Dixon shows that voters in South Carolina could add a new wrinkle to the race.
For the Democrats, South Carolina votes on January 29 -- after Iowa and New Hampshire -- but before the mega-states on February 5.

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Democrats, Republicans

June 15, 2007

Ads Classified: No More Product Ads to run in Iowa and NH between Now and January -- Romney Buys All Available Air Time
By webteam
Actually, that headline is a joke. But not that much of one.
The New York Times has rather frighteningly reported this week that Mitt Romney is stepping up his commercial bombardment of NH and Iowa voters via the airwaves.
So far, Romney has pretty much had the GOP airspace to himself, which helps explain why he now leads by substantial margins in the two earliest voting states.

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Ads Classified, Republicans, Romney

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