Presidential candidate Mike Gravel has announced that he’s leaving the Democratic party. In his statement he said that the Democratic party no longer represents his hope for America, so he’s switching to the Libertarian party. He’s apparently in this for the long haul. I can’t say he’s my favorite candidate, but I’ll give him credit for staying in the fight.
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OK, so is it me or does it seem that Hillary is grasping at straws to build her delegate count? As soon as Obama pulled ahead of her in the count, she started calling for the Michigan and Florida primaries to count. If it’s truly important to her, she should have been calling for it earlier while she was still ahead in the count. Or even better she should have tried to convince the Democratic party in those states to follow the rules so that their votes would count when the primary dates were being set. They all knew going into those primaries that the votes and delegates wouldn’t count, but she couldn’t be bothered with it until she fell behind.
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Rudy Giuliani announced this afternoon that he is formally withdrawing from the presidential race. Rudy had spent several months and millions of dollars in Florida, pinning his campaign on a strong showing there. Between his campaign’s financial trouble and last night’s third place finish sealed the deal, there was little chance of a recovery.
During his statement he also endorsed Senator John McCain, but the real news of the day is his withdrawal. Rudy’s endorsement may help McCain in New York, but that’s not a lock by any means and it will likely mean little otherwise.
Florida, you have my sincere gratitude for helping to bring Rudy’s self aggrandizing 9/11 rhetoric to an end.
In other news, Democratic candidate John Edwards also withdrew today.
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The primaries started with a bang, didn’t they? Huckabee winning the Republican side isn’t too surprising, but beating Romney by eleven points is. Iowa was Romney’s strategy, win big early and build from there. The other candidates have already been spending time in the other primary states, so Romney is now playing catch up. This early upset can’t be good for him.
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Have you noticed that all of the recent press coverage has been about Obama, Clinton, Romney and Huckabee? The other candidates are getting very little press. Just a moment ago I realized I haven’t come across Rudy Giuliani’s name in almost a week. That’s a nice trend. I know this is a short break, he’s going to be all over the media when the New Hampshire caucus draws near. Still, how awesome is it to have a short break from being constantly reminded of him?
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With the primaries approaching competition among the candidates has been heating up. Just as you might expect, the candidates are busy slinging mud at one another in an attempt to swing the polls in their own direction. This is all fine and good, but there have, however, been a few statements made which are pretty alarming. I’m not talking about slinging mud, this is politics so that’s to be expected. I’m talking about campaign promises and stretching the truth.
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Forbes just published a breakdown of where each of the major candidates stands on the issues of foreign trade, domestic economy, social issues, foreign policy and environment & energy. The candidates are measured on a scale of 1 to 10. Lower numbers are more liberal and higher numbers are more conservative. The information is presented graphically and even includes a total, which makes it concise and easy to understand.
For more depth the website On the Issues is a good source of information. They cover a wider variety of issues and also provide more depth. There you can see voting records, quotes and clips from newspaper articles.
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You may have read in the news today that some of the nation’s most politically influential conservatives are considering backing a 3rd party candidate for the Presidency. According to the Associated Press this group convened over the weekend to discuss backing Richard Viguerie. Having never heard of him before, I decided to do a little research.
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You’ve no doubt heard Presidential hopefuls thrash Dubya about the war in Iraq for the past couple of years. They’ve been shaking their fingers as long as we’ve been there. Now that they’re getting serious about taking over the oval office, the top three Democratic candidates concede that they can’t promise a complete exit from Iraq. In a New Hampshire Democratic debate held on Wednesday night, candidates Clinton, Obama and Edwards each stated that they could not commit to a complete troop withdrawal within their first Presidential term. Two candidates did, however, promise a complete troop withdrawal in the debate, Christopher Dodd and Bill Richardson. Its very curious that the top three make no guarantees.
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Now that we’re several weeks into the primary and caucus season and the voters are having their say, candidates are beginning to drop. Within the past week Dennis Kucinich, Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson have each announced their withdrawal from the race. I don’t know enough about Hunter or Kucinich to say anything meaningful, but I was sad to see Thompson drop. I definitely understand, but I like him as a candidate.
Ron Paul seems to be inching upward ever so slowly, though it seems he hasn’t been able to convert his online popularity and fanatical supporters to a victory in the polls. Ever the optimists, Rudy Guiliani and Mike Gravel march on in spite of having three percent or less of the vote. I presume that they’re hoping super Tuesday will breathe life into their campaigns.
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