August 10, 2006
The Hotline Daily Troika: IA, NH and SC
The butter cow, the turkey, the beef, the presidential candidates and the journalists. All those parachusting national journalists hoping to catch the presidential candidates in their element. Yes, it's time for the Iowa State Fair. Pataki, Gingrich, Frist, (Vilsack), Bayh, Biden... Ex-Sen. John Edwards, btw, "plans to skirt the fair" and campaign elsewhere, according to the Des Moines Register.
Sen. Evan Byah will meet today with the 50 "Camp Bayh" graduates he's sending to work on campaigns across the country. 25 will go to Iowa; 15 to New Hampshire; 5 to Indiana; 3 to Nevada and 2 to South Carolina. It's the largest Leadership PAC staff deployment we've ever seen. (Hotline)
David Yepsen is sanguine about the chances for a Speaker Pelosi and other Dem wins in the fall. Notably: "Both Boswell and Braley must be considered favorites at this point."
Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR begins a four day trip to New Hampshire today. His band, Capitol Offense, headlines a pig roast fundraiser for Ray Weiczorek.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and John Sununu join to write an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union Leader on government safety regulation of cars.
South Carolina Atty General Henry McMaster joins Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk America as a senior adviser. (Hotline)
There are many legitimate issues in the SC governor's race. We're not sure that gift bags are one of them.
Posted at 09:12 AM
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Bayh with the largest deployment you have ever seen? What does that mean for 08?
Geoffrey | 08.10.06 09:53 PM
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