Elections Blog

…comes this ‘breaking news’: Rick Santorum will not run for President in 2008.
Wow, color me shocked!…

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The Republican race for the 2008 nomination just got a HELL of a lot more interesting…Rudy G. has seemingly answered months of on-again/off-again speculation with…it’s on, baby!

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a moderate Republican best known for his stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has taken the first step in a [...]

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It’s the smartest move of his political career…Senator Russ Feingold, no doubt internalizing the push to the center that brought the Democrats back into Congressional power, has taken his hat out of the 2008 ring:
Feingold, 53, conceded that he faced long odds of winning the nomination.
“It would have required the craziest combination of things [...]

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…John McCain is one step closer to declaring his candidacy:
ABC News has learned that Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his political team have decided it’s full steam ahead for his 2008 presidential campaign though he has yet to make the final, official decision.
Sources close to McCain say on Wednesday in Phoenix, he and a half [...]

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I’m not sure about the timing (people are sick of politics right now, I would imagine - he should have waited until after Thanksgiving), but the Democrats have their first declared candidate:
Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa, seeking an early jump on 2008, launched a long-shot bid for the White House on Thursday.
“Americans sent a [...]

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Confirming what was already pretty evident:
Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday he was considering a run for president in 2008, backing off previous statements that he would not do so.
The Illinois Democrat said he could no longer stand by the statements he made after his 2004 election and earlier this year that he would serve [...]

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