comMITTed to Romney!

From cnn.

If Hillary Clinton and John McCain become their party’s presidential nominees, the general election race is likely to be a love-fest.

At least according to Bill Clinton.

“She and John McCain are very close,” Clinton said. “They always laugh that if they wound up being the nominees of their party, it would be the most civilized election in American history, and they’re afraid they’d put the voters to sleep because they like and respect each other.”

Sens. McCain and Clinton last met publicly at an ABC debate earlier January, when presidential candidates of both parties shared the same stage. The two were seen exchanging pleasantries, and a Clinton side said she told the Arizona senator he’d done a “good job” staging a comeback in New Hampshire. He asked that she say hello to Bill Clinton for him.

Come on Florida, we are counting on you! You’ve got to stop McCain! No wonder it was Romney who led the charge against Hillary in the debate last night. McCain didn’t want to offend one of his “very close” friends.

~Ryan Jesperson

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Governor Romney has his hands full in Michigan for sure. It will be an uphill battle there. However, I am confident he can make it happen there. I also have the confidence that the people of Michigan are thinking people and most are not lemmings.

Rush Limbaugh is not a talk show host I ever hear because of work constraints, but I have been told he refers to Huckabee supporters as the typical Democrat “identity voter” (lemming) — voters who vote for someone because they are a woman or because they are African American, evangelical, etc. It is just amazing that there so many lemmings in this nation.

So pro-Huckabee organizers say they are focusing their entire effort on turning out evangelical church goers. They plan to call every evangelical pastor in the state over the next few days. Those ministers can’t endorse any candidate from the pulpit — but they can tell their parishioners that “it’s their Christian duty,” to turn out on primary day, said Glenn. “And we know who they’ll be voting for.”

To help drive that message home, thousands of volunteers will be dropping leaflets and waving signs in church parking lots across Michigan this Sunday. Glenn says there will also be several news conferences across the state through the January 15 vote featuring groups of pastors announcing their personal support for Huckabee, an organized wave of callers into Michigan’s Christian radio stations, and phone trees targeting the state’s largest churches from within.

Huckabee sows seeds to steal Michigan from Romney — By Rebecca Sinderbrand — CNN Washington Bureau

Keep in mind that in both Iowa and New Hampshire, Governor Romney still got a large number of evangelicals to vote for him. Obviously, having all the preachers and Democrats in Michigan engaged in a major whisper campaign is a formidable obstacle for Governor Romney.

~ Vic

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This story goes right to what I wrote last night as “Financial Viability of Repbulicans” — Okay, let’s say Giuliani has $7 million on hand for the primaries (see below). That will last him about 4 days in the major primary states, his main strategic focus. He is effectively done. I seriously doubt he has raised any big cash since December 31st as nobody has even been thinking about Giuliani. Here is the brief article from CNN:

TOP GIULIANI STAFFERS GO WITHOUT PAY — CNN

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) — CNN has learned that top staff members of Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign were asked to work without pay for the month of January, and perhaps longer, so that campaign resources could be focused on the Florida Republican presidential primary.

Two sources in the campaign, speaking on condition of anonymity, insisted the campaign was not in dire financial straits. A third campaign source, however, said “things are starting to get tight” and that “it was more telling than asking” the senior staff to forgo paychecks beginning the first of the year.

Another source disagreed, saying it was a “voluntary” move by senior staff members “so all of our resources could be targeted toward Florida…Our campaign is not living hand to mouth right now…”

The officials did not immediately provide a number of staffers who were subject to the new policy. Nor would campaign officials disclose the amount of money the campaign had in the bank.

UPDATE: The Giuliani campaign reports as of December 31 it has $12.7 million cash on hand, of which over $7 million can be used for the primary contests.

My favorite quote from above? This one ——-> “Our campaign is not living hand to mouth right now…” If that were true, wouldn’t you NOT mention it? Wouldn’t you say something like, “We have plenty of money in the bank for the long haul and to execute our 30-state strategy.”? You would say that if that were the case. It is not. The simple, stark truth is Giuliani has not been able to compete in any of the early states for lack of money. He has had to preserve ALL his money for Florida. Even if he does well in Florida, it will be at the expense of most, if not all, of his treasure. Then what? Giuliani has a choice. He either goes all out for Florida, thereby blowing the wad, or he conserves the cash through Florida, raise some money, and end up with say $5 million (best) for the 28+ big states of February 5th. $5 million would last him about one day in 28+ states. What does Giuliani have? Not a lot of options.

Say what you want about any of the other four Republicans, their messages, and Governor Romney’s message (which is by far the most substantive and conservative of all) — They are all effectively out of money. Okay, they each might win a state (probably not Fred), but then what? When and where are any of the four of them going to raise serious money fast? I am not a prognosticator and great predictor, by any stretch, but Governor Romney’s competitors are running on fumes. He is not.

Great tip from reader SGS ——-> Marc Ambinder on Giuliani running on fumes

See related story here ——–> POLITICO

However, we need to give him more juice to finish them off down the stretch. If you want to help, please contribute to his campaign.

~ Vic

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I just loved the way this looked on —>CNN’s Political Ticker, so I decided, what the heck…lets just embed the entire thing right here. Isn’t the picture of Romney in the snow just delightful?

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From The CNN Political Ticker

If you’ll remember, I was a part of the Save The Debate Petition. Their website hasn’t been updated to cross out Governor Romney’s name, but according to the post above at The CNN Political Ticker Governor Romney has agreed to participate. I think this is great news, and I encourage all of you to record a video and submit it.

Thanks to all of you who helped make this a success!

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From: The CNN Political Ticker

I know we beat up on the MSM quite a bit (mostly justified), but they deserve a word of praise for this coverage. Although of course Obama would turn the gaffe into a political issue (as was expected). The MSM (CNN in this case) didn’t blow it out of proportion, and made it out to be what it was…a genuine mistake.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — It was only a slip of the tongue, but it’s hard not to notice when a presidential candidate is confused for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.

Giving a speech before the Chamber of Commerce in Greenwood, South Carolina Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney invoked Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s name when he apparently meant to say Osama bin Laden.

“Actually, just look at what Osama — Barack Obama said just yesterday,” Romney said, according to the Associated Press. “Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield.”

Romney campaign spokesman Kevin Madden called the remarks a “brief mix up.”

“Gov. Romney simply misspoke,” he said. “He was referring to the recently released audiotape of Osama bin Laden and misspoke when referencing his name.”

Meanwhile, Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama, said, “Apparently, Mitt Romney can switch names just as casually as he switches positions, but what’s wrongheaded is continuing a misguided war in Iraq that has left America less safe.

“It’s time to end the divisiveness and fear-mongering that is at the heart of Gov. Romney’s campaign,” he added.

In January, CNN made the same mistake, accidentally displaying a graphic that said “Where’s Obama?” during a report on bin Laden. Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy also made the same slip in a 2005 speech.

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