Archive for September 13th, 2007
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
The Responses
Everyone has something to say. Everything will stay the same.
Edwards
Clinton
“Regrettably, the President did not seize the opportunity tonight to offer the American people a candid assessment of the challenges that we continue to face in Iraq, or offer a change in course to his failing strategy. Instead, he portrayed an unavoidable reduction in U.S. troops […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Sticks and Stones
I’m sorry, but this ad by a pro-Bush group would be much more effective a counter to MoveOn if it didn’t suggest that U.S. generals are afraid of “name calling.” Name calling!
MoveOn ran a bone-headed ad — calling Petraeus “General Delay Us” would have been just as effective from a rhyming and message perspective, but […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Giuliani Smears New York Times
Not a huge shock, I know, but Rudy Giuliani is now fundraising off of a false accusation against The New York Times, in continuing fallout from the MoveOn.org ad. The A.P. reports:
Calling the ad abominable, Giuliani said Clinton’s comments followed up on it “in a very, very coincidental way.”
He added, “What I don’t think should […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Likability
There’s this new narrative that’s been developing in the press that John Edwards is no longer running as the sunny, bright, optimistic candidate of 2003. I haven’t been sure that’s entirely correct, because even though he has been running a much more pointed and aggressive campaign than he did in 2003-2004, he never seems to […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
The Endorsement Race
If you had to guess which Democratic presidential candidates had been endorsed by the most Iowa legislators, you’d think John Edwards, the long-time front-runner in that state, surely would be in one of the top two spots. But, no, reports Iowa Independent today. Joe Biden is now in second place, with 8 legislator endorsements to […]
