While all the presidential candidates are talking about change, next spring might be just the right time for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to dust off an old strategy to demonstrate a fresh approach. Burdened with high personal negatives from the outset, Clinton may have an opportunity to improve her image and standing by embarking […]
By Stuart Rothenberg More than three months before the crucial Iowa caucuses, there are good reasons for treating national surveys with great skepticism and for placing greater weight on the candidates’ standing and strength in Iowa and New Hampshire. First, the candidates actually have been campaigning for months in those two states — meeting voters […]
More than three months before the crucial Iowa caucuses, there are good reasons for treating national surveys with great skepticism and for placing greater weight on the candidates’ standing and strength in Iowa and New Hampshire. First, the candidates actually have been campaigning for months in those two states — meeting voters and airing ads. […]
Political operatives from both sides of the aisle are buzzing about a GOP-inspired ballot measure in California that, if passed, would divvy up the state’s Electoral College votes by Congressional district, with only two electoral votes going to the winner of the statewide popular vote. If it passes, the initiative could give the 2008 Republican […]
After former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson acknowledged in mid-March that he was considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination, supporters of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were quietly acknowledging the obvious: Their candidate was political roadkill if Thompson entered the contest anytime soon. But things look very different now. Thompson’s decision to delay his […]
While many Americans are wrapping up their summer vacations and getting their kids ready for the upcoming school year, the 2008 presidential candidates already are thinking about third-quarter fundraising figures. The uncertainty surrounding the date of the Iowa caucuses increases the importance of those numbers, which constitute one of the few tangible measures of candidate […]
Each party has now had at least a handful of debates consisting all of the “credible” candidates, which means that the sponsors have been “fair” and given exposure to everyone. Now it’s time to be fair to voters, which means shrinking the number of participants in the next flurry of “debates.” In other words, it’s […]
By Stuart Rothenberg Each party has now had at least a handful of debates consisting all of the “credible” candidates, which means that the sponsors have been “fair” and given exposure to everyone. Now it’s time to be fair to voters, which means shrinking the number of participants in the next flurry of “debates.” In […]
“Score another big name endorsement for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign,” crowed CNN.com on July 5, the day the Clinton campaign announced that former House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt (Mo.) would serve as an economic adviser and co-chairman of the presidential hopeful’s campaign. That was the same day I received an e-mail from the Edwards […]
First there were four, and now there are three — three top-tier GOP presidential candidates, at least if you count a guy who still isn’t officially a candidate. Sen. John McCain now has the second tier all to himself. The shake-up at the McCain presidential campaign isn’t as much an answer to the Arizona Senator’s […]