December 28, 2007
Odds And Ends ... With Six Days And Counting
Former New Hampshire First Lady Gale Thomson announced her endorsement of Mitt Romney today; Thomson is the wife of late Gov. Meldrim Thomson Jr., a prickly and quintessentially NH Republican. He hated taxes, loved guns and was a stalwart advocate for the state's "Live Free or Die" motto.
The National Troopers Coalition -- which has over 40,000 members throughout the nation -- endorsed Rudy Giuliani today. Meanwhile, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger reports that the Giuliani campaign circulated a new lit piece today, featuring a certain televangelist ...
Instead of the standard red, white and blue, Giuliani's latest pamphlet is gold, with "Shared Values Coalition" in bold letters at the top. And inside is Giuliani, side by side with Pat Robertson. It quotes his remarks on faith from the Value Voters Summit in October and other religious leaders. "Rudy Giuliani Shares Our Values" is in block letters along the top. It also includes a new set of "The Mayor's Commitments." It's not the standard "Twelve Commitments" Giuliani references on a daily basis. This set of ten includes supporting the Defense of Marriage Act, parental notifications for abortions and strengthening home schooling. The brochure looks to galvanize members behind a new, faith-based coalition, called the "Shared Values Coalition." This handout was nowhere to be seen in Florida the last few days, Berger reports.
ABC News reported that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are dueling for Iowa TV time the night before the caucuses:
On Thursday, Clinton's campaign announced that she would buy a two minute block of time on every 6pm newscast in the state.
Obama's camp countered by requesting either a two or five minute window of time during the stations' local newscasts, during the period between local news and primetime programming, or during primetime.
And they tried to one-up Clinton -- not only asking for more time, but asking if the Senator could make his pitch live via satellite.
And Ann Romney heads to Iowa tomorrow to campaign for her husband in Bondurant, Grimes, Waukee and Des Moines.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 08:16 PM
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