DemNotes: "The future of Democrats in the West."
Christopher Walken: "Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral. We're outsourcing jobs, bankrupting social security, and losing lives at war. We need to focus on what's important-- paying attention to our children, our citizens, our future. We need to think about improving our failing educational system, making better use of our resources, and helping to promote a stable, safe, and tolerant global society. It's time to be smart about our politics. It's time to get America back on track."
Coyote Gulch doesn't believe this announcement. A real campaign would let you donate dough online. I hope they didn't harvest my email address for spam.
New West: "Los Angeles Times political writer Mark Z. Barabak weighs in today with a long profile of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. The very fact that the LA Times would do such a story suggests that Richardson's assumed run for the White House in 2008 is being taken seriously among people who worry about such things, and the headline-hunting Democrat is undoubtedly pleased. Beyond that, though, the story doesn't add much for those even a little familiar with the avuncular Richardson. He's down-to-earth charming, he's ambitious, he's experienced, he's part Latino, he's mean to those who cross him - and as part of the Brian Schweitzer/ Janet Napolitano Western Democrat axis, he espouses the kind of common-sense political philosophy that Democrats rightly see as their ticket back to power. But Presidential timber?"
Tom Tancredo spoke about immigration at a forum near San Diego last Thursday, according to the Rocky Mountain News [August 12, 2005, "Tancredo a hit at Calif. forum"]. From the article, "On Thursday evening, he attended a town hall-style forum in the northern San Diego County town of Carlsbad, where he poked fun at President Bush and derided plans for what he called 'disguised amnesty' for the millions of people who have entered the United States illegally."
According to the Rocky Mountain News Tom Tancredo is polling at 1% in New Hampshire [August 12, 2008, "Tancredo makes 'dent' in N.H."]. They write, "It's official: Rep. Tom Tancredo is a blip on the 2008 presidential radar. A new poll shows Tancredo, a Littleton Republican, pulling 1 percent of the vote in New Hampshire, home of the traditional first-in-the-nation presidential primary election."
Average Joe for President? From the Cortez Journal article, "Move over Hillary and Rudy - Joe Schriner's going to give you both a run for your money in 2008. Schriner, 50, is on the road to the White House as a stand-alone independent candidate for president, trekking across the nation in a 1971 Dodge Xplorer van with his wife and three children in tow."
Political Wire: "Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) plans to speak at 'a major gathering of Michigan Republicans next month, in his third trip since March to an early primary state that would be crucial for him if he runs for president in 2008,' according to the Boston Globe. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) 'is also scheduled to appear at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, where more than 1,000 elected officials, campaign contributors, conservative advocates, and candidates for a wide range of Michigan political posts will be gathering.'"
Political Wire: "Newt Gingrich's 'planned return to Iowa on Friday has more the look of an early presidential campaign than the book tour that brought him here in May,' the Des Moines Register reports."
Dean's World: "I begin to think there is a strong possibility that 2008 will see Giuliani/Rice running against Clinton/Obama. That would certainly be interesting, wouldn't it?"
Oval Office 2008: "They have a lot in common - moderate Midwesterners who've won solid blue majorities in traditionally red states. The Des Moines Register makes an attempt here to work out how to tell Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh apart."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
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