It’s primary day in the Sunshine State and Rudy Giuliani makes his case to Floridians one last time: he’ll cut taxes, he’ll reduce spending, he’ll back the National Catastrophe Fund, etc.
Archive for January, 2008
A soft-spoken Hillary Clinton channels Mother Teresa in this 30-second spot.
Sound Bite: “What I try to do every day is figure out to help somebody.”
Appearing on “The View” today, Al Sharpton has some succinct advice for Bill Clinton.
It was a liberal Democratic lovefest as three Kennedys — Caroline, Senator Ted and Representative Patrick — stood up for Barack Obama today. More here.
Ted Kennedy delivered an enthusiastic endorsement: “I feel change in the air . . . . It is time again for a new generation of leadership.”
Caroline Kennedy compared Obama to her dad: “There is one candidate who offers that same sense of hope and inspiration and I am proud to endorse Senator Barack Obama for president of the United States.”
Barack Obama returns the love. And why not? What Democratic candidate wouldn’t want to be embraced by the Kennedys and compared to JFK and RFK: “I know what your support means. I know the cherished place the Kennedy family holds in the hearts of the American people.”
Mitt’s a flip-flopper says John McCain in this 60-second web ad “A Tale of Two Mitts.”
John McCain is weak on economic issues says Mitt Romney.
Nothing makes Jackie Broyles happier than a Clinton losing an election. And after the South Carolina primary Jackie was so happy that he was actually singing Barack Obama’s praises: “He’s handsome. He’s a good speaker. Seems to be real smart. Yessir. I like that old Barack Obama.”
Dunlap is more concerned with how the former president is taking his wife’s defeat: “I’ll tell you where I wouldn’t want to be tonight Jackie, is in a 50-mile radius of Bill Clinton. He is mad and getting madder.”
The Obama campaign has done a masterful job of making Bill Clinton an issue as much as an asset. After Blll hints at dismissing Obama’s South Carolina victory by comparing it with Jesse Jackson’s win there, Obama hints that Bill is playing racial politics.
Mike Gravel lectures on religion and how efforts to teach creationism “corrupt” our youth. He warns that unless we keep church and state separate, we will combine the repressive nature of government with the repressive nature of religion “and that is the repression of human beings.”
After his big win in the South Carolina primary, Senator Obama delivers 15 minutes of thanks, inspiration, uplift and practical politics. (“We’re up against the idea that it’s acceptable to say anything and do anything to win an election.”) Like him or not, if you don’t think the man can lay down some words and move people, you’re not really listening.
Sound Bite: “In nine short days nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business as usual in Washington. We are hungry for change and we are ready to believe again.”
Sound Bite: “I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina.”
Sound Bite: “This election is about the past versus the future. It’s about whether we settle for the same divisions and distractions and drama that passes for politics today or whether we reach for a politics of common sense and innovation.”
Hillary Clinton made the rounds of the three network morning shows today. Here’s a nice compilation from Josh Marshall (Talking Points Memo).
Some Highlights:
- Viewer Discretion Advised: The scary cackle that sometimes interrupts an interviewer’s question has been found to cause auditory damage.
- On the photo of Hillary and Bill with “slum landlord” Tony Rezko: “I don’t know the man. I wouldn’t know him if he walked in the door.” More here.
- On Bill’s aggressive campaigning: “He gets excited . . . he gets really passionate about making the case for me.”
- Zen moment: ”I think all of us need to just take a deep breath here.”
No matter the language, the song remains the same.
In this 30-second spot John Edwards uses clips of Obama and Clinton “squabbling” during the last Democratic debate to make his point.
Sound Bite: “This is not about us personally. It is about what we are trying to do for this country.”
This “web ad” from John McCain says Mitt Romney “seems to change positions like the wind.”
“Mittsurfing”
Mitt Romney jumps on a John Kerry-type moment from Senator McCain.
“Waltz”
Ron Paul disagrees with the other candidates on, oh, every issue: “The Republican party has a problem because we don’t act like Republicans.”
