August 29, 2007

GIULIANI: 2/5 Or Bust

Race4'08s MattC links to reports of Rudy Giuliani's "FL is a firewall" Powerpoint and Politico reports that Giuliani's ad team is focussing on 2/5 states like IL, GA, and OK and concludes: "One of the most exciting and interesting things about this primary season are the completely different approaches the candidates are taking to it. Romney is focusing on all the early states (as shown in his recent campaigning in Nevada and Wyoming), Rudy is focusing on Florida and the February 5 states, McCain is focusing (partly not by choice) entirely on New Hampshire, and Fred Thompson well, who knows what Fred's plan is at this point."

NY Sun's Ryan Sager also picks up on the ad buy story and comments: "Just another data point going to show that the former mayor's campaign is focused on a national primary, significantly deemphasizing the traditional early states."

HUCKABEE: Game On

The Brody File is posting snippets from his interview with Mike Huckabee including Huckabee's thoughts on Larry Craig ("Frankly Americans will forgive us for being sinners") and on Mitt Romney's religion: "I think everybody's faith, their career, their family all of those things are part of what helps people to determine whether a candidate is acceptable to them and whether they want to support a candidate. Should it be the sole criteria? No, it shouldn't. Is it a criterion? It always has been for me in that people have looked at me and said 'do I want to support a guy who's a Pastor?'"

Meanwhile, RedState's Jeff Emanuel is not pleased with Huckabee's call for a federal smoking ban: "Ah, the nanny stater comes out in the second-tier candidate."

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 29, 2007 01:05 PM