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Obama Brushes Against The Third Rail
For the first time as a presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, posed a question about entitlement reform, said that "everything was on the table," except for private accounts, and in doing so, because the first top-tier Democratic presidential candidate to...
Posted on May 14, 2007 10:19 AM
The Daily Troika: Weekend Remainders
On Sunday, Sen. Hillary Clinton picked up the endorsement of SC State Sen. David Mack III. The last time we checked, Sen. Mack was a public supporter of Sen. Joe Biden. Mr. Mack is a talk show host and...
Posted on February 20, 2007 11:50 AM
The Daily Troika: Just Post The Correction
Seriously local politics: Sen. Hillary Clinton e-mailed Linn Co, IA residents yesterday to urge them to vote for Dem Joel Miller for state auditor. Writes Clinton: "Don't sit on the sidelines for this important election. Today and Tuesday, talk...
Posted on February 13, 2007 03:20 PM
The Daily Troika: Romney's Making Iowa ID Calls
Iowans, lend Mitt Romney your ears. On the even of the ex-MA Gov.'s announcement tour, the campaign has volunteer phone banks set up to tell Iowa Republicans about Romney's schedule -- and to see whether they'd yet made any...
Posted on February 12, 2007 12:14 PM
The Daily Troika: The Daley Trump Card
A short Troika today, with staff news only. Mark Daley, a former IA Dem party comm. dir, will serve as Sen. Hillary Clinton's communications director in NH. He'll work for JoDee Winterhoff, Clinton's state director. As state director, Nick...
Posted on February 9, 2007 11:39 AM
The Daily Troika: McCain To Iowa, And WV Dems Go Against The Grain
Sen. John McCain plans his first 2007 visit to Iowa next weekend, and there's scuttlebutt about plans for a New Hampshire and South Carolina trip around the same time. Is McCain preparing to announce his presidential candidacy (formally, offiically, and,...
Posted on February 8, 2007 09:50 AM
The Daily Troika: Oh, Gramm Mitt; McCain Has A Majority in SC
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) won't attend the Republican Study Committee's annual retreat in person Friday, but his campaign insists that it's not a deliberate snub. They're blaming overscheduling, and we';ve learned that they're sending a popular conservative in McCain's...
Posted on January 31, 2007 11:39 AM
The Daily Troika: The Bush-Clinton Dynasties
Keying off the NH Union Leader's announcement that ex-Presidents Bush and President Clinton would deliver a joint commencement address at the University of New Hampshire on 5/19, political sicentist and Hotline friend Dante Scala is quoted as saying that...
Posted on January 30, 2007 11:20 AM
The Daily Troika: Debunking More Rumors
Rumor: Sen, John Edwards's campaign is having trouble recruiting field staff in Iowa and New Hampshire, hasn't found a national communications director, doesn't have an ad maker, and is lagging behind his '03 pace in terms of fundraising. Fact:...
Posted on January 25, 2007 12:30 PM
The Daily Troika: Debunking Rumors
Rumor 1. Sen. John McCain nodded off during last night's State of the Union address. Fact: Not really. Like virtually half the chamber, he was reading a paper copy of the speech. We know because we saw glimpses of...
Posted on January 24, 2007 01:47 PM
The Daily Troika: The Iowa Republican Caucuses Are Neither Republican, Nor Caucuses
The McCain Inevitability Train rolls on. Today, the campaign announced that two very prominent Iowans had agreed to join McCain's team, although one of them defected from Gov. George Pataki's PAC a while ago. Ed Failor, Jr., the exec....
Posted on January 23, 2007 11:20 AM
The Daily Troika; Biden Time In South Carolina
As he prepares to formally announces his presidential campaign, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) is banking on a boffo showing in South Carolina. Why? Biden figures that, a year from now, Iowa and New Hampshire voters will divide the field,...
Posted on January 22, 2007 10:15 AM
The Daily Troika: News and Names Edition
Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA), the ranking member on the Ways and Means cmte, will be the chief House endorsement whip for Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney. Also endorsing Romney: Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) and Buck McKeon (R-CA). Another prominent social...
Posted on January 17, 2007 09:14 AM
The Daily Troika: Romney's Big SHOT And S.C. Straw Poll Victory
Florida, Florida, Florida: Ex-Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) today will make the rounds of the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Orlando, FL this morning accompanied by ubiquitous Nat'l Rifle Assoc. exec. vice president Wayne LaPierre. Says an NRA...
Posted on January 12, 2007 10:46 AM
Daily Troika: Not Bucking Down
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM)'s speaking at the Second Annual Governors’ Appreciation Dinner in Greenville, SC on 1/13 (release). Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has picked consultant Trey Walker, who was with McCain in '00, to manage his presidential campaign in...
Posted on January 8, 2007 09:36 AM
The Daily Troika: Fear McCain
Richard Quinn, John McCain's top guy in South Carolina, might have written a better headline: "Big Money Backs McCain In South Carolina," but we're pretty sure he's pleased with the story splashed across the front page of The State...
Posted on January 5, 2007 09:12 AM
The Daily Troika: Giuliani's Insecurity
Although no one has confirmed who took ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 140-page presidential campaign strategy briefing, "suspicion ran high" 1/2 that Giuliani's documents were "swiped by aides to" FL Gov. Charlie Crist (R) while Giuliani "was helping him win...
Posted on January 3, 2007 02:15 PM
The Daily Troika: Rudy Batters Up
Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani will announce at the beginning of the new year that he has secured staffs in both Iowa and New Hampshire and planned trips to both states (Hotline sources, 12/19). Also, his fundraiser Roy Bailey said...
Posted on December 19, 2006 01:02 PM
The Daily Troika: Romney Announcement In Early January
Top donors and prominent supporters of Gov. Mitt Romney have been told to expect a formal announcement of his presidential candidacy on the 8th of January. They've also been warned that the date could change. (Hotline sources). This morning,...
Posted on December 14, 2006 12:12 PM
The Daily Troika: Hessburg To Nevada Caucuses; Staffing Updates Galore
The December rush to recruit top-level staffers for presidential races continues apace. But one Democrat with manifest Iowa experience will be headed to... Nevada. Jean Hessburg, the former exec. dir of the Iowa Democratic Party, has been recruited by...
Posted on December 12, 2006 10:29 AM
The Daily Troika: Romney's Conversion
As Gov. Mitt Romney shook off jet lag, his potential '08 opponents dutifully e-mailed thousands of Republicans on their respective supporter lists the news coverage of Romney's 1994 interview with Bay Windows, a gay newspaper in Boston, wherein Romney...
Posted on December 11, 2006 12:04 PM
The Daily Troika: McCain's New Book
Sen. John McCain and his long-time administrative assistant, Mark Salter, will spend part of the Christmas holiday completing a non-fiction book, their fifth, timed for a late August 2007 release. The book's working title is "Hard Call," and it...
Posted on December 6, 2006 11:13 AM
The Daily Troika: McCain's Christmas Party
Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk America PAC held a Christmas Party last night, and the highlights, aside from the uneasy interaction between McCain's media "base" and his new, Washington Republican donor base, was his whipper-snapper of a mother, Roberta. She's...
Posted on December 5, 2006 10:16 AM
The Daily Troika: Bayh's Cabinet / Miller Time In South Carolina
Get your Bayh sources while they're hot! For reporters and interested junkies, here's a look at the kitchen cabinet of Sen. Evan Bayh, David to Obama/HRC's Goliath. Tom Sugar -- Bayh's Senate chief of staff and gatekeeper. Was former...
Posted on December 4, 2006 10:30 AM
The Daily Troika: Obama's Secret Meet. / Popma Endorses McCain
Sen. John McCain has signed up an important evangelical activist in Iowa. Marlys Popma, a two time former exec. dir of the Iowa GOP and former presiden tof Iowa Right to Life, will join McCain's presidential exploratory committee. In...
Posted on December 1, 2006 03:34 PM
The Daily Troika: Romney Beefs Up
As we clumsily and incompletely hinted at yesterday, Gov. Mitt Romney is beefing up his campaign policy team, announcing today that R. Glenn Hubbard of Columbia and Greg Mankiw of Harvard will advise him on economics. Both men are,...
Posted on November 29, 2006 01:47 PM
The Daily Troika: Names Galore
Now that the open secret of Warren Tompkins' joining Team Romney has been officially confirmed by the Massachusetts Governor's Commonwealth PAC. Who's next? A Romney aide says to expect a few major policy advisers to reveal themselves today. Sen....
Posted on November 28, 2006 11:08 AM
The Daily Troika: It Begins
The first yard signs of the 2008 White House contest are in the ground in South Carolina. A Hotline spy tells us that close to 50 yard signs showed up between I-85 and Clemson University. The candidate: Attorney/'00 cong....
Posted on November 27, 2006 10:09 AM
The Daily Troika: It's Saul Over
MI district 3 chair Dave DiShaw ended his campaign for MI GOP chair this weekend as rival and current chair Saul Anuzis endorsed a semi-open primary. DiShaw sent a letter to GOPers saying that while "there was significant support...
Posted on November 20, 2006 11:34 AM
The Daily Troika: Who's In Rudy's Kitchen?
Alex Castellanos is now officially aboard Team Romney. A Commonwealth PAC official confirms that Castellanos, always quick with a pro-Romney quote, has joined as an adviser. If Romney runs for President, Castellanos will likely serve as his chief media...
Posted on November 15, 2006 09:48 AM
Daily Troika: Split and Run
In Iowa, the GOP suddenly seems divided. The Quad-City Times reports that "Defeated and divided" GOPers chose their leaders 11/10 "after a walkout by a disgruntled group of conservatives." Before re-electing Sen. Mary Lundby (R-Marion) as their leader, 8...
Posted on November 13, 2006 12:30 PM
Daily Troika: Showing Some Leg
Sen. Maj. Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) sent his VolPAC e-mail list an election post-mortem, calling Tuesday a "rough night" for all. Frist is "up off the canvass" and wants conservatives to "get back to work." TN's election of Bob...
Posted on November 10, 2006 12:12 PM
Daily Troika: You Anuz(is), You Lose?
In Michigan, allies of Sen. John McCain seems to be pushing a movement to oust party chair Saul Anuzis. The Lansing State Journal reports that "One source reports that west Michigan Republican Chuck Yob is quietly plotting to oust...
Posted on November 3, 2006 11:30 AM
Daily Troika: Romney's Letter To South Carolina
MA Gov. Mitt Romney, who campaigns in Greenville, SC for GOPers today, sent more than 1,000 Republicans in the state a glossy, eight-page brochure that reads like a campaign solicitation and lays out what amounts to a 10-point plan...
Posted on November 2, 2006 12:48 PM
Daily Troika: Election Night!!!
Where will your favorite '08 candidate be on election night? As we've reported, ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani will nestle up to Jim Nussle to watch returns from the gubernatorial and congressional races in Iowa. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) plans...
Posted on November 1, 2006 02:12 PM
Daily Troika: McCain Slams Kerry For Troops Comment
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) wants an apology from Sen. John Kerry for comments the '04 Dem nominee made yesterday in CA that appeared to suggest that U.S. troops were not hard-working and intelligent. Kerry, on 10/30: "You know education,...
Posted on October 31, 2006 12:00 PM
The Daily Troika: Et Tu, Duncan?
The world -- well, Fox News -- is abuzz with the news that the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Duncan Hunter (R-CA) plans to announce at 2:00 pm ET that he might run for president in 2008....
Posted on October 30, 2006 08:48 AM
The Daily Troika: Obama And Independents
Another feather in Sen. Evan Bayh's red state hat: News 8 Indiana found his approval rating is 64% statewide; 57 percent would vote him president. Speaking of polls, Fox News had some interesting head to heads in its national poll...
Posted on October 27, 2006 11:21 AM
The Daily Troika: Common Wealth
MA Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) "Commonwealth" PAC announced FL Gov. Jeb Bush fundraiser Ann Woods Herberger is joining their PAC as a National Finance Advisor. From '89-'91, Herberger served as the Western Regional Dir. for the RNC's major donor...
Posted on October 26, 2006 02:00 PM
The Daily Troika: Rudy In Iowa Election Eve
Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani will spend election night with IA GOV candidate Jim Nussle, following a break-neck week-long swing through the '06 battlegrounds. Giuliani will stump for Republican candidates in SC, PA, MI, FL, NJ and MD before ending...
Posted on October 24, 2006 09:52 AM
The Daily Troika: 2008 Buzz Of The Day
Oxygen is a scarce resource, and in the marketplace of presidential politics, it's hard for more than two candidates to breath that sweet air at once. So is Sen. Barack Obama really thinking about a presidential bid? Or does...
Posted on October 23, 2006 09:17 AM
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz Of the Day
On the web, Gov. Mitt Romney's partisans are still fixated on Sen. John McCain's verbal typo (vypo?) (talkpo) about gay marriage; McCain partisans are re-reading that Boston Globe story on LDS church political activities. On the latter, here is...
Posted on October 20, 2006 09:44 AM
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz Of The Day
Fact: the Boston Globe will cover Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign closer and harder than any other local paper will cover their favorite sons or daughters. (Just ask John Kerry, Michael Dukakis and Jim Jordan). Fact: the Globe's story...
Posted on October 19, 2006 11:41 AM
The Daily Troika: Daily 2008 Buzz
Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) was in Michigan yesterday raising money for the GOP. The state party chair, Saul Anuzis, writes on his blog that "Last week, RNC Chairman introduced Romney at a D.C. event and said he was the...
Posted on October 18, 2006 12:37 PM
Hotline's Daily Troika: Your Dose Of 2008 Buzz
29 NH Dem state reps affixed their names to this statement: New Hampshire Democratic Voters should decide, by mail-in ballot, the date for the 2008 New Hampshire Presidential Primary In essence, that would bind the NH Dem party to...
Posted on October 17, 2006 10:56 AM
The Daily Troika: 2008 Buzz Of The Day
A field without Warner prompts much speculation. Don't read much into it. Just know that his major donors are in demand, that Warner himself may endorse one of his former rivals (but not soon), and that Hillary Clinton's prowess...
Posted on October 13, 2006 09:35 AM
The Daily Troika: Your Home For 2008 Buzz
Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) announced "the latest editions" to his 21st Century Freedom PAC's state leadership team in NH. They include Alderman Mike Garrity of Manchester, Statham developer Renee Rydell, Hampton selectman Rick Griffin, St. Anselm college GOP chair...
Posted on October 12, 2006 01:33 PM
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz
SC GOPers and Dem leaders "have agreed to swap voting roles" to prevent people from "casting ballots in both primaries." SC Dem chair Joe Erwin: "I don't want people who have voted in their primary attempting to vote in...
Posted on October 11, 2006 10:24 AM
The Daily Troika: McMaster Wars Win DeMint In SC
SC AG Henry McMaster sent a letter to 10,000 Republican precinct officials in SC, disagreeing with Sen. Jim DeMint's letter of 10/1 urging GOPers not to endorse pres. candidates early and focus instead of the '06 elections. McMaster writes...
Posted on October 5, 2006 12:08 PM
The Daily Troika: Great '08 Endorsement Watch
In the Hotline and on On Call, we frequently publish the names of newly public supporters of the presidential bids of Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain. Occasionally, as we'll do today, we juxtapose the additions to Romney's...
Posted on October 4, 2006 11:34 AM
The Daily Troika: Endorsement Edition
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Iowa, Chris Rants, will join Gov. Mitt Romney's Commonwealth PAC as an advisor. The two will appear together in a nicely-staged news conference at about 12:40 ET, right after Romney finishes...
Posted on September 27, 2006 10:35 AM
The Daily Troika: The Rath Of Cindy And Tom
We'll probably see more of this in South Carolina as the year progresses. "Brigham Young, who succeeded Smith as church leader, wrote that God put a curse on Cain — a “flat nose and black skin” — for killing...
Posted on September 25, 2006 09:43 AM
The Daily Troika: 2008 Buzz
Today, the Daily Troika becomes our respository of daily '08 related buzz, appended with our own reporting and analyses. We'll continue to focus on the three major early caucus/primary states. SC: We speculated yesterday that David Wilkins, an ambassador...
Posted on September 21, 2006 10:46 AM
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz
SC: Forget about the Dems. The real action in SC is now within the GOP. Almost sorta like the pre-civil rights South when the Dem primary was tantamount to election. Here's a good primer, courtesy of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal....
Posted on September 20, 2006 11:38 AM
The Daily Troika: Sanford's Priorities
Dueling headlines: --Sanford wants $400 million in new spending next year -- Sanford Sets Tight Budget Framework Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner was in Ottumwa. The coverage dutifully noted his gubernatorial accolades. Courtesy of RudyBlogger: will staunch conservative ex-Rep. Jim...
Posted on September 19, 2006 09:31 AM
The Daily Troika: Obamania Edition
Jeff Zeleny's good-bye article for the Chicago Tribune plays off Obama's 08 demurrals. (Not denials -- demurrals.) The Register coverage is all excitement/08, excitement/08, excitement/ 08. Still not sure what Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner was thinking: " Mark Warner,...
Posted on September 18, 2006 09:10 AM
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz From IA, NH and SC
Sen. Barack Obama will meet 2,000 screaming Iowa Democrats at Sen. Tom Harkin's annual Steak Fry in Indianola, IA this weekend. Accompanying him will be Steve Hildebrand, who helped Al Gore win the IA caucuses in 2000 and who...
Posted on September 15, 2006 12:23 PM
Hotline's Daily Troika, IA, SC and NH
NH 01 Dem candidate Carol Porter Shea took telephone calls from Sen. John Kerry, Sen. Russ Feingold and a gaggle of the usual suspects. No HRC, though. More NH officials join Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk America: They are:...
Posted on September 14, 2006 11:02 AM
2008: The Daily Troika: Pataki's Iowa Meeting
In Iowa tomorrow, Gov. George Pataki will convene a major strategy meeting with his top statewide advisers. His national consultants -- Rob Cole and Arthur Finklestein -- will also contribute. Also: Pataki has a new PAC press secretary, Alicia...
Posted on September 13, 2006 01:44 PM
2008: The Daily Troika
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Biden (D-DE) will speak today to South Carolina business leaders visiting Washington. The event is organized by the Greenville, Greer and Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce. A big weekend in Iowa. Sen. Tom Harkin's...
Posted on September 12, 2006 10:13 AM
The Daily Troika: '08 Buzz From IA, NH and SC
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), in IA, said the 5th anniversary of 9/11 will mark "the beginning of a bitter and divisive campaign" by the GOP (AP) SC: Rep. Tom Tancredo is "enormously disappointed" in Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). At...
Posted on September 11, 2006 10:31 AM
'08ers In IA and NH: The Hotline's Daily Troika
Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) will appear at the "Nashua Country Club" today (PoliticsNH). Sen. Chris Dodd's political team teleased his IA schedule for the weekend. He'll campaign for state reps Lisa Heddens and Beth Wessel-Kroeschell in Ames tomorrow, campaign...
Posted on September 8, 2006 10:41 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: Buzz From IA, NH and SC
We think that the DLC endorsing card check is significant, and we think that Tom Vilsack deserves props for brokering the truce. But the timing of the event (yesterday in Washington) doesn't do much for the media. There's so...
Posted on September 7, 2006 01:24 PM
On The Trail: Could Bush Drop Lower?
It's time to examine when we'll know how things are shaping up in the next 60 days and where we'll find the clues... the real danger for the party in power is that Bush's approval numbers can still go lower,...
Posted on September 6, 2006 12:55 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: Buzz From IA, NH and SC
Rep. Jim Nussle's response to an abortion survey is the top political story in Iowa today. Even prominent Konservatives have questions. Krusty calls it a "huge gift" to Chet Culver (D). Iowa Republicans mourn the death of State Rep....
Posted on September 6, 2006 10:50 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: The Buzz From IA, NH and SC
10K unionized state employees in NH may break away from their parent organization, Foster's Daily Democrat reports. This, on the eve of a national labor coordinating committee being established by the Change to Win coalition and the AFL-CIO. Meanwhile,...
Posted on September 5, 2006 12:00 PM
The Saturday Brunch
Today: Ciro's back in ....Another House Republican turns on Rumsfeld.... Allan Litchman's "Letter From A Baltimore Jail"....and much more........ The Brunch is an exclusive Saturday political news digest and tip sheet from the editors of the Hotline. WHAT'S BREWING A...
Posted on September 2, 2006 10:44 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: The Buzz From IA, NH and SC
Are we misreading what David Broder means to say in his column about the primary calendar? "The Dem "version of affirmative action leaves a lot to be desired." Unions "are a major source" of Dem votes and money, so...
Posted on August 31, 2006 12:11 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: Buzz from IA, NH and SC
State Sen. John Courson, a major conservative figure in South Carolina, will co-chair Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk America PAC in the state. Courson was close to the late Strom Thurmond, has been a state legislator for 25 years,...
Posted on August 30, 2006 10:16 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: The Buzz From IA, NH and SC
Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner was in IA yesterday, where he shifted his position on Iraq. Warner: "My sense is we've got to make clear that we're getting out of Iraq. We've got to start a redeployment of our troops."...
Posted on August 29, 2006 09:43 AM
The Saturday Brunch
An exclusive Saturday political news digest and tip sheet from the editors of the Hotline. WHAT'S BREWING No one should be surprised: Republicans starting to feel queasy about the President's direction on Iraq and starting to endorse Democratic-ish plans...
Posted on August 26, 2006 10:24 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: What's Buzzing In IA, NH and SC
IA: Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) is in Western IA today and in West Des Moines tomorrow. IA: Is the CEITC investigation costing too much? What Democrat in his or her right mind would actually give voice to such a...
Posted on August 24, 2006 10:00 AM
On The Trail: The Second Democratic Frontrunner
The calendar changes, writes Chuck Todd, do more to cement Ex-Sen. . John Edwards's status as the alternative frontrunner than anything else. "Organizationally, Edwards is in the best shape of anyone in Iowa. His close ties to the hotel labor...
Posted on August 23, 2006 03:20 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: What's Buzzing In The Early Primary States
MA Gov. Mitt Romney's (R) CoS Beth Myers is "leaving state employment" to serve as dir. of Romney's Commonwealth PAC (AP). An internal poll for Dem Paul Hodes shows him essentially tied with incumbent Charlie Bass in NH's 2nd...
Posted on August 22, 2006 11:00 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: NH, SC and IA
And why not NV? Well, until the Republicans join in and until the '08 candidates begin to take the state seriously, NV remains a sub-troika state. The man who almost single-handedly convinced thousands of veterans not to vote for...
Posted on August 21, 2006 04:04 PM
The Saturday Brunch
WHAT'S BREWING Later today, the DNC will officially approve the addition of NV as an early caucus state, sticking it between IA and NH. The Union Leader is not happy about the new rule that would punish NH for...
Posted on August 19, 2006 08:15 AM
On The Trail: Borrowing From Democrats
It's no secret that the problems for the GOP stem from one issue: Iraq. It's the reason why President Bush's job-approval ratings haven't risen out of the 30s, even in a week when he and his chief global ally, British...
Posted on August 17, 2006 11:00 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: Calendar Wars Continue
This weekend, the Democrats will make official their primary calendar gamble, and the woman who holds all the cards is Carol Khare Fowler. Fowler wants to punish presidential candidates who "campaign" -- that word is defined specifically in her...
Posted on August 17, 2006 08:30 AM
The Hotline's Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he bypassed IA in '00 because "I was very confident that my chances were not good" (Des Moines Register). More coverage of McCain in IA here, here and here. Caucus Cooler has a round...
Posted on August 16, 2006 09:20 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika
Sen. John McCain raises money for South Carolina Adjutant General Stan Spears in Columbia Thursday night. Spears helped organize veterans for George W. Bush in '00 and managed to split a good chunk of the vet vote from McCain....
Posted on August 15, 2006 02:00 PM
The Saturday Brunch
WHAT'S BREWING Pres. Bush's conversation yesterday with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to negotiate the coming cease fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon was the two leaders' first conversation in a month. We are shocked, shocked, that the two...
Posted on August 12, 2006 10:14 AM
Politiscope: Too Right or Too Left, There A'int No In Betweens
Tuesday's results put faces on voters' anti-incumbent mood, John Mercurio writes, and revealed that Democrats aren't the only ones being pulled to their extremes All of which must concern a moderate incumbent like Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R), who faces a...
Posted on August 10, 2006 01:21 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
The butter cow, the turkey, the beef, the presidential candidates and the journalists. All those parachusting national journalists hoping to catch the presidential candidates in their element. Yes, it's time for the Iowa State Fair. Pataki, Gingrich, Frist, (Vilsack),...
Posted on August 10, 2006 09:12 AM
On The Trail: Something About August....
Has any other primary night (in a non-redistricting year) ever produced three incumbent losses before? Chuck Todd looks at Lieberman's defeat. The search for the elusive swing voter has kept the political consulting world in the money for years. And...
Posted on August 9, 2006 05:43 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH, SC
As we first reported last week. Sen. John McCain has signed ex-AG Charlie Condon and ex-Carroll Campbell CoS Bob McAlister to co-chair his Straight Talk America PAC. Condon was a co-chair of Bush's '00 campaign and McAlister was a...
Posted on August 8, 2006 10:48 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: NH, SC and IA
SC's Chief Economic Adviser thinks that GOP treasurer candidate Thomas Ravenel would be a poor steward of the state's finances and is only running to give himself a platform for a primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in...
Posted on August 7, 2006 10:00 AM
The Saturday Brunch
WHAT'S BREWING The 9/11 Commission's chairmen -- Kean and Hamilton -- considered probing the Pentagon and the FAA for "possible deception." And " ... that their panel was too soft in questioning former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani -...
Posted on August 5, 2006 10:13 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
Nevada's David Yepsen, Jon Ralston, takes on Iowa's David Tepsen, David Yepsen, in response to Yepsen's column blasting NV as a place of brothels, prostitutes and casinos. Writes Ralston: "Good advice. The Democrats should keep a system that has...
Posted on August 3, 2006 09:00 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: SC, NH and IA
As we've been saying for a while, there's nothing that says NH Sec/State BIll Gardner can't and won't move the state's primary to 2007. IA Gov. Tom Vilsack gets the Coos Co. Democratic Dinner invite on 9/23 in NH....
Posted on August 2, 2006 09:05 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
Get ready for some Straight Talk, Iowa style. Supporters of Sen. John McCain have a new Iowa blog. We're not sure who's behind the blog and don't know whether they have official McCain connections. STIS joins Iowans for Romney,...
Posted on August 1, 2006 09:26 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: SC, IA, NH
Bill Gardner is the most powerful man in New Hampshire. Iowa's David Yepsen bashes Nevada, drops the B-word (brothels) and the G word (gambling). Also: NH papers don't think NV's ready for prime time, either. The Portsmouth Herald bashes...
Posted on July 31, 2006 08:32 AM
The Saturday Brunch WHAT'S BREWING The Hastert/Frist Midterm Gamble: At 1:30 in the morning, the House passed a minimum wage hike (to $7.25 by '09), set the the estate/death tax exemption at $5M (by 2015) and extended business tax...
Posted on July 29, 2006 08:29 AM
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
In an interview before his upcoming IA trip, Senate Maj. Leader Bill Frist said: "You can be pro-life and support stem cell research" (Quad-City Times). Also in IA this weekend: Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and MA Gov. Mitt Romney,...
Posted on July 28, 2006 09:06 AM
Politiscope: A Rude Homecoming
Amid the deceptive silence of August, as candidates enter the crucial weeks leading up to Labor Day, writes John Mercurio, incumbents on both sides of the aisle will head home armed with talking points on a long list of issues....
Posted on July 27, 2006 03:50 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: NH, IA and SC
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) spokesperson Dan Pfeiffer said Bayh would only "explore" campaigning in NV if it receives final approval from the full DNC (New Hampshire Union Leader). John DiStaso's column today also has news about Republicans aiming their...
Posted on July 27, 2006 09:13 AM
On The Trail: '08 Isn't Enough
A handful of 2008 presidential prospects have a lot on the line in the 2006 midterm elections, writes Chuck Todd, and some have a little less to gain or lose, so now is as good a time as any to...
Posted on July 26, 2006 01:40 PM
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
Will he or won't he? Gov. Mitt Romney's slated to be the star of a major IA GOP event, but his office is tight-lipped about whether he'll actually attend. Did Chet Culver (D) get a primary bounce? Don't worry,...
Posted on July 26, 2006 09:18 AM
The On Call Daily Troika: NH, SC, IA
New Hampshire prepares to fight; BIll Gardner is prepping to move the primary to as early as Jan. 7, if not earlier. Republicans in the state are trying to make the DNC change a political club for use on...
Posted on July 25, 2006 09:30 AM
The Saturday Brunch WHAT'S BREWING We're not just rhetorically with Israel. The "made in the USA" label will be on some of the precision bombs Israel plans to use in the next few weeks. Not every WH '08 spouse...
Posted on July 22, 2006 08:25 AM
On The Trail: Sleepless In Washington
What about this election cycle keeps Hotline editor-in-chief Chuck Todd up at night? Could it be the fed-up voter, immigration, or the legacy of Terri Schiavo? Here's number one -- The Democratic GOTV machine. This is at the top because...
Posted on July 19, 2006 05:18 PM
The On Call Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
Why did State Sen. Jake Knotts spend all that time gathering ballots, all that energy criticizing Sanford, drop all those trial ballons -- all of that -- if he didn't consider the time it'd take to raise $2M. Now...
Posted on July 18, 2006 10:16 AM
The On Call Daily Troika: SC, IA and NH
A brief digest of what's buzzing in IA, NH and SC... a semi-regular On Call feature. And when the nomination calendars get set, we'll add more states. VP Cheney raises money for Lamberti and Whalen in Ankeny and Davenport....
Posted on July 17, 2006 08:50 AM
The Saturday Brunch
Most Saturday mornings between now and the election, we'll bring you a buffet of the latest headlines, tell you what's crossing our transom, and end with a helping of the weekend's tastiest buzz. Thoughts? Comments? Coverage you want to...
Posted on July 15, 2006 11:00 AM
The Weekender: Two Theories Of The Democratic '08 Field
Welcome to the Weekender. Each Friday, we'll end the day with a post that probes an idea or a contested race or a political development that fascinates us. Last week, we looked at two models for left-wing internet donations, and...
Posted on July 14, 2006 04:00 PM
The On Call Daily Troika: Updates from IA, SC and NH
A brief digest of what's buzzing in IA, NH and SC... a semi-regular On Call feature. And when the nomination calendars get set, we'll add more states. Phone jamming is big news in NH, with major Republicans like Ed...
Posted on July 14, 2006 09:10 AM
The On Call Daily Troika: Updates From IA, NH, and SC
A brief digest of what's buzzing in IA, NH and SC... a semi-regular On Call feature. And when the nomination calendars get set, we'll add more states. Sen. Evan Bayh will pop into Des Moines, IA on Monday to...
Posted on July 13, 2006 08:04 AM
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