July 15, 2006
The Saturday Brunch
Most Saturday mornings between now and the election, we'll bring you a buffet of the latest headlines, tell you what's crossing our transom, and end with a helping of the weekend's tastiest buzz. Thoughts? Comments? Coverage you want to see more of? Let us know.
WHAT'S BREWING
"I think I would answer that by telling you I don't think we're losing." That's Army CoS Peter Schoomaker, asked if the US is winning in Iraq.
With VRA renewal in hand, Bush might speak to the NAACP convention.
The DCCC has pulled the flag-draped coffin video, replacing it with a minumum wage ad. DCCC's Burton: "We're moving to another major effort that we're highlighting on our Web site."
Are border patrol agents routinely bribed?
The Boston Globe approvingly notes that Mitt Romney is now "in command" of the Big Dig crisis.
McCain, in Iowa for Whalen, is called the frontrunner by Mike Glover, brushes it off.
Second quarter FEC numbers: Bayh (D): $10.36M CoH in his Senate account; $1.30M CoH in his Leadership PAC. Romney: raises $1.08M, has $909K CoH.
MoveOn.org PAC has $1.1M on hand. See PoliticalMoneyLine.com for more.
'06 SENATE RACES
AZ: A Chuck Schumer influenced campaign "addition" for Jim Pederson (D-AZ): Ex-Edwards pol. dir. Sky Gallegos joins as campaign manager; Mario Diaz becomes campaign co-chair.
CT: Lieberman is up with a new ad that hits Lamont as a "flip-flopper." The ad notes his past support for Republicans, his decision not to release his tax returns and his pledge not to run negative ads. The visuals for the ad are very simple with just a photo of Lamont shifting left and right with the words the announcer saying be typed on screen using a very techy font. Are negative ads what really what Lieberman needs right now? Aren't voters looking for a reason to come back to Lieberman?
MN: Klobuchar (D) raises $1.83M, has CoH of $3.5M. Kennedy (R): raises $1.6M, has $4M CoH.
MT: Burns: raises $868K, has CoH of $2.2M.
MI: Stabenow (D): raises $1.3M; has $7M on hand. Bouchard: raised 600K, has CoH of $1.1M.
FL: Nelson has $12.1M on hand, having raised $2.5M. Harris (R) re-gives herself 100K to renovate her house. (AP). She has $2.6M on hand.
VA: Webb has $424K in the bank, compared to Allen's $6.6M.
'06 HOUSE RACES
FL 22: A "mountain of money" is waiting to be spent on Broward and Palm Beach Co. voters.
IA 03: Boswell has $1M+ CoH; Lamberti has $775K.
MI 07: Gingrich stumps for Schwarz; Walberg/Schwarz even in money as primary approaches.
NM-01: Wilson (R) has $2M on hand; Madrid has $1.8M on hand.
CO-07: O'Donnell (R) raises approx. $300K, has $856K on hand. Permutter (D) raises $300K, has approx. $1M on hand.
'06 GOVERNORS RACES
SC: Knotts is confident he'll have 10K+ signatures for a gubernatorial ballot slot.
WI: Bush, Giuliani, Romney will raise money for candidates across the state on 8/10.
FL: Anita Dunn: the image-polisher behind Jim Davis (D).
CROSSING OUR TRANSOM
Primaries in Georgia; Dems will winnow their GOV field to Cox or Taylor; in the GOP L.G. race, will any undecided Republicans choose Ralph Reed over Casey Cagle? …
In Washington, all stem cells, all the time. Debate begins Monday; votes expected Tuesday; on later on, expect a major signing/vetoing ceremony at the WH, where Pres. Bush will explain why he’s singing one or two of the bills and rejecting the third. The White House, knowing how big the issue looms, wants to go on the offense as much as possible ....
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)’s speech on the middle class Monday at the National Press Club – and then in Des Moines, Iowa. -- will offer a preview of Bayh’s ’08 presidential race message -- should he decide to run.
CHEW ON THIS....
This guy will drive Michigan Democrats nuts. Watch the last six minutes.
Four court victories for opponents of same-sex marriage. Kind of hard to gin up the base on the issue, if the base in fact gets ginned up by the issue.
Harry Reid's iron grip over his caucus gets props from Bob Novak.
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Comments
Connecticut For Lieberman!!!!!
Roberto | 07.15.06 05:34 PM
Connecticut for Lamont!!!!!!
fred | 07.17.06 12:44 PM
Half of the money Jim Pederson raised comes from his own pocket and now, Pederson has his third campaign manager in just seven months. Perhaps Pederson should understand that no matter how many staff changes he would like to make, and how much of his own money he would like to pour into his faltering campaign, he simply does not have the support of Arizonans. If the staff shake ups didn't gain him any support in January, I don't think they will work in July.
RedState | 07.17.06 03:04 PM
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