September 21, 2006
The Daily Troika: 2008 Buzz
Today, the Daily Troika becomes our respository of daily '08 related buzz, appended with our own reporting and analyses. We'll continue to focus on the three major early caucus/primary states.
SC: We speculated yesterday that David Wilkins, an ambassador and Bush SC '00 chair, is angry enough at Sen. Lindsey Graham's iconoclasm on detainee legislation as to be seriously considering a primary challenge. Wilkins told Dan Hoover, though, that he's staying in Canada until '09 and that his first loyalty is to Pres. Bush. A serious primary challenge to Graham would pose problems for Sen. John McCain in the state, and many McCain opponents are trying to gin one up. Stay tuned. Hoover's article makes window-pane clear that many GOP county chairs in SC are willing to support a challenge to Graham.
NH: Visiting the state over the next few days: Sen. Evan Bayh, Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner, Gov. Bill Richardson and Gov. Tom Vilsack. And Elizabeth Edwards stops by on 9/28.
NH: Sorry: "Restraining order against Bush denied" (Nashua Telegraph).
IA: Yes, the man still has national political ambitions. Ex-PA Gov/ex-DHS Sec. Tom Ridge (R) is scheduled to headline the IA GOP's annual Ronald Reagan Dinner 10/28 (Des Moines Register).
Posted at 10:46 AM
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Correction) Mr. Corker was Mayor of Chattanooga not Nashville.
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Eddie Davis | 09.21.06 03:23 PM
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