Giuliani on Health Care

Giuliani’s goal is to give individuals more control over health care decisions and to encourage state officials to come up with innovative solutions. Key to his plan is a $15,000 tax deduction for families to buy private health insurance, instead of getting insurance through employers. Any leftover funds could be rolled over year-to-year for medical [...]

Republican Delegate Polling Results Update 7-30

Giuliani 17 states, 1016 delegates; Fred Thompson 6 states, 418 delegates; McCain 6 states, 241 delegates,;Romney 5 states (correction to map Iowa and New Hampshire are Romney states), 194 delegates; Brownback 1 state, 39 delegates; Huckabee 1 state, 34 delegates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2008   7-30-2007

Fundraising Results in Ohio

Romney continued strong fund-raising efforts in Ohio, raising $198,531.75 in the state during the quarter. Romney continues to dwarf all other presidential candidates in funds raised in Ohio with $701,662 raised, easily surpassing Obama and Clinton. Giuliani made a strong showing in Ohio as well over the quarter, raising $193,100 in the state.
http://campaignsandelections.com/oh/articles/index.cfm?id=384  Ryan Kelley  [...]

Fred Thompson on the Hazelton Immigration Decision

Fred Thompson said “Most Americans want something to be done about the illegal immigration problem we have in this country. They’ve been expecting the federal government to enforce the immigration laws already on the books. The federal government hasn’t done that, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the governments closest to the people [...]

More Resignations in the Thompson Camp

Thompson’s lead political advance operative, Sam LeBlond, quit after less than two weeks of working for Fred — and “associates of Thompson” said to expect more resignations before the end of the week.
http://race42008.com/2007/07/26/fdt-campaign-resignation-woes-continue/ MattC  7-26-2007

Trouble in the Fred Thompson Camp

Tom Collamore, the former Altria exec who had been running Fred Thompson’s campaign, has resigned and will be replaced by Randy Enwright. Enwright would serve as the day-to-day manager while Spencer Abraham would take more of a campaign chairman capacity. 
Collamore will stay on as a “senior adviser” to the effort, but with a diminished role.   Accounts [...]

Gingrich and Fred Thompson

Gingrich and some of his closest advisers have been meeting with — and, in at least one prominent case, going to work for Fred Thompson.  Gingrich’s former communications director, Rich Galen, has signed on as an adviser to Thompson’s campaign.
http://race42008.com/2007/07/25/fred-thompson-and-newt-gingrich-working-together/  Tommy Oliver   7-25-2007

Romney Has Most Of Bush’s Top Fundraisers

Mitt Romney has attracted more donations from President George W. Bush’s top fund-raisers than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney attracted at least 104 of the elite fund-raisers, compared with 70 for Giuliani and 60 for Arizona Senator John McCain.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a4zgFCkfsvcM&refer=us  David S. Rosen  7-20-2007

Whose Ahead in South Carolina?

Rudy Giuliani 28%
John McCain 20%
Fred Thompson 17%
Newt Gingrich 6%
Mitt Romney 4%
CNN Poll taken July 16-18
http://race42008.com/2007/07/20/poll-watch-cnn-gop-south-carolina-primary/ Aron Goldman  7-20-2007

Fred Thompson Staff So Far

Linda Rozett is Communications Director (from the Chamber of Commerce), Joseph Cella, social conservative outreach (from Fidelis, a conservative Catholic advocacy org) J.T. Mastranadi, Research Director (from NRSC)
http://race42008.com/2007/07/16/fred-thompson-hires-communications-director/  Tommy Oliver  7-16-2007
Bob Novak reports an all-star team of GOP operatives is gathering around Fred Thompson– Lawrence Lindsey, Ken Khachigian, Tim Griffin, Dave Bossie and Victoria Toensing.
J. [...]