I apologies for the complete lack of updates in the past month!! I am very sorry for this, obviously this blog isn’t working with my busy schedule. So, until further notice I will not update this blog until later this year (Nov -Dec?). If you are a political blogger and you are interested in blogging for this blog, contact me and we can go from there!
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Jayson
Well, that’s not exactly the message he sent to supporters yesterday. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in 2004, said yesterday that he won’t be seeking the presidency next year.
“I’ve concluded this isn’t the time for me to mount a presidential campaign,”
Kerry, said in an online video speech and press release. Kerry’s decision still leaves many Democratic candidates, including the top three: Senator Hillary Clinton, former Senator John Edwards, and Senator Barack Obama.
John Kerry’s Offical Statement: (below the fold)
The president, in his sixth State of the Union address, presses on to further his Iraq policies before a Congress dominated by Democrats.
For more on this click here.
Mitt Romney is apparently going to pick-up the endorsement of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, according to the Politico blog. They don’t come much more mainstream, middle-American conservative than Denny Hastert. But the Politico also argues that Hastert commands considerable good-will within the House GOP Conference, and thus should help Romney’s outreach to Republican House members.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Announces Presidential Campaign Exploratory Committee
Richardson has unparalleled experience and proven record of success as a Congressman, UN Ambassador, Energy Secretary, and Governor
SANTA FE, NM–New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced the formation of a Presidential campaign exploratory committee, with the clear intention of seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.
“I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage that’s been done to our country over the last six years,” said Richardson. “Our reputation in the world is diminished, our economy has languished, and civility and common decency in government has perished.”
“The next president of the United States must get our troops out of Iraq without delay. Before I became Governor of New Mexico, I served as Ambassador to the United Nations and as Secretary of Energy. I know the Middle East well and it’s clear that our presence in Iraq isn’t helping any longer,” said Richardson.
“Our next President must be able to bring a country together that is divided and partisan,” said Richardson. “It is clear that Washington is broken and it’s going to take a return to bipartisanship and simple respect for each other’s views to get it fixed. Most public policy solutions these days are coming from Governors and state government. On issues like the environment, jobs, and health care, state governments are leading the way. And that’s because we can’t be partisan or we won’t get our jobs done. That’s a lesson I’ve learned as Governor and that’s what I’ll do as President.”
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson intends to say today that he is taking the first step toward the Democratic presidential nomination, several officials with knowledge of his plans said Friday.
ARLINGTON, VA - U.S. Senator John McCain’s exploratory committee today announced that Stuart Stevens and Russ Schriefer of the Stevens & Schriefer Group and Fred Davis of Strategic Perception will join Mark McKinnon and the firm of Stevens Reed Curcio & Potholm as media consultants to the Arizona Senator’s exploratory committee.Russ Schriefer will oversee the day-to-day media operation and Davis will serve as the exploratory committee’s chief creative consultant.
Stuart Stevens has built his political career helping elect more governors and senators than any other Republican media consultant.
TOPEKA, Kan. - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today announced his candidacy for President of the United States. He delivered the following remarks from Heritage Hall in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas:
“I am declaring today my candidacy for President of the United States.
“Ours is a great nation and I make one pledge to you, to use our greatness for goodness.
“We are a great nation because our greatness is built on the foundation of fundamental goodness. If ever we lose our goodness, we will surely lose our greatness. Our purposes, from the time of our nation’s founding, have always been bigger than we are. They must be if we are to fulfill our destiny.
“But destinies are built on daily achievements. Inch by inch, step by step, we press on to our higher calling. Today I wish to state what I believe those next steps are, for our nation and for our people.
“Two hundred years ago this year, a little known British Parliamentarian by the name of William Wilberforce finally achieved success after a lifetime of effort to end the slave trade in the British Empire. A committed Christian who believed his faith should be a force for good in Britain and around the world, Wilberforce had two great passions: ending the slave trade and renewing the culture. Although his goals appeared impossibly lofty, both were achieved.
“He used Britain’s greatness for goodness.
“Our mandate today has a similar feel. If William Wilberforce were alive today, I believe he would be passionately fighting for the dignity of every human life everywhere, without regard to race, wealth, or status. He would also feel compelled to take up the vital cause of renewing the family and the culture.
Well it’s official. Sen. Hillary Clinton is a presidential candidate. She announced on her site. It’s not the best opening statement and it’s not the worst. It looked ‘middle ofthe road’ to me. She wants the ‘right’ end to the war, health insurance, energy independence, reduce the deficit, etc.
“I’m in,” she says in a statement on her new campaign Web site. “And I’m in to win.”
Mrs. Clinton, 59, called for “bold but practical changes” in foreign, domestic, and national security policy and said that she would focus on finding “a right end” to the Iraq war, expanding health insurance, pursuing greater energy independence and strengthening Social Security and Medicare
This will be a contentious campaign for Clinton as she had two easy elections in New York state. The first against Rick Lazio was a great example of the New York media treating her with kid gloves. The national media hopefully will not be so gentle.
The latest Zogby poll on Iowa:
WH ‘08 Primary Election Matchup:
(GOPers only) (Dems only)
R. Giuliani 19% J. Edwards 27%
J. McCain 17 B. Obama 17
N. Gingrich 13 T. Vilsack 16
C. Rice 9 H. Clinton 16
M. Romney 5 J. Biden 3
T. Tancredo 2 J. Kerry 3
C. Hagel 2 Other/undec 18
S. Brownback 1
T. Thompson 1
M. Huckabee 1
Other/undec 31
