Rudy Giuliani is taking fire from key pro-life organizations for his stance on the issue. Leaders of the movement are so threatened by the prospect of his nomination by the GOP that they would prefer a Democrat to take the White House before Giuliani. The founder of Operation Rescue, Randall Terry, believes that a win by Giuliani would set back 20 years of progress for the pro-life movement in the Republican party. read more »
The Federal Election Committee is reporting that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has only $1.6 million in cash and over $4 million in debts. The Democrats have over ten times that amount of cash. The NRCC is responsible for funding GOP campaigns. This is bad news for non-incumbents, who rely on the money for their nubile campaigns. read more »
Texas Representative Ron Paul leads a swelling phalanx of online lemmings toward a steep virtual cliff. Eighty percent of his campaign donations come from Internet users, whose political inclinations match the quasi-populist libertarian hype surrounding Web 2.0. Here's proof the great democratization of the Internet will sweep Paul into the brick-and-mortar White House of global power. read more »
A video submitted as evidence in a civil fraud suit against Senator Hillary Clinton and her husband shows Clinton discussing a $2 million fundraiser with Peter Franklin Paul and Stan Lee (pictured). Paul's lawyer, Colette Wilson, described the Hollywood event as the "largest illegal campaign contribution ever hidden by a Senate campaign." read more »
That's right. Fred Thompson and Barack Obama are currently the leaders in South Carolina's early primary poll. The survey, by Mason-Dixon, shows Republican Thompson (25%) leading Giuliani (21%) by 4 points, exactly 0.8 points less than the margin of error. Thompson, an actor and former senator from Tennessee, hasn't even declared his candidacy. read more »
