Archive for May, 2007

Romney’s on a roll, in the money and the polls

Republican presidential contender leads in Iowa, N.H.
By Jill Zuckman
BOSTON — For Mitt Romney, the multimillionaire venture capitalist turned Olympic savior turned politician, all is going according to plan.
With an eye-popping $21 million raised in the first quarter of this year for his presidential campaign and a steady stream of television advertising, the one-term former governor […]

Digital divide separates GOP from Democrats

Republicans playing catch-up in Internet strategy as disparity grows
By Jose Antonio Vargas
When David All, a former Republican congressional aide, launched a blog recently that he hopes will spur his fellow Republicans to bridge the digital divide, he did his best to sound upbeat. “Today our Revolution begins,” he wrote. “Tomorrow we fight.”
But implicit in his […]

FOX News Poll: More Voters Believe Giuliani, McCain and Obama Say What They Believe

NEW YORK — A new FOX News poll finds that voters are focusing on Iraq, terrorism and health care as they consider their vote for president. Looking at the candidates, more voters think Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Barack Obama say what they truly believe, even if it is unpopular, while a majority thinks […]

Clinton, Obama back Iraq fund cutoff

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Tue May 15, 11:19 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Sens. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) and Hillary Rodham Clinton separately declared their support Tuesday for a March 31, 2008 cutoff in funds for the Iraq war, two Democratic presidential front-runners abruptly shifting positions on the issue at the heart of the […]

Romney Works to Put Skeptics’ Doubts to Rest

By MICHAEL LUO
Published: May 11, 2007
AMES, Iowa, May 10 — Bart Pals, a county chairman for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, had been given talking points to use when he introduced the former Massachusetts governor at an event in northern Iowa on Wednesday.
But Mr. Pals chose to depart from the script to assert that Mr. Romney’s […]