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ON THE PROWL Out of Control gies that would the legislative schedule in the fall. The decision came on the heels of a week that some time. and Majority Leader Harry Reid. and...
...Nebraska Attorney General Jon his upstart primary challenge to sitting Sen...
...Hagel’s network of donors, however, is so deep and organized that no one expects him to have any problem raising funds for a Senate re-elect if he decides to jump in...
...continues Husking Hagel Bruning continues to believe that will put him in the frontrunner position for higher office...
...THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR 15...
...It just wasn’t a priority...
...Former Gov...
...Obama Online Democrat consultants working for other campaigns have continue to attempt to monitor the sales from the Obama campaign’s online store, which has been the secret weapon to Barack Obama’s fundraising prowess...
...George Allen indicate that Allen might be open to seeking the governorship again, not another Senate seat...
...But Clinton herself is shifting mer Sen...
...Minimum wage was the biggest Democrats what was going to be the big success, the minimum wage would not have been at the top of the list six months ago,” says a House Republican...
...People who have spoken to former Sen...
...his own attacks on Clinton over Iraq and foreign policy...
...Tom Vilsack is now attacking Sen...
...And once they buy that $25 T-shirt, many show a willingness to contribute more...
...Shaheen lost a similar race to Sununu in 2002, but the Granite State’s political demographics have continued to shift enough downstate that Democrats believe Shaheen could easily win this time around...
...We were wrong, they were right...
...Jesse Jackson Jr...
...Bruning, a conservative who 14 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR SEPTEMBER 2007 House Democrat leaders have asked staff to begin drafting parliamentary strateallow the majority in the House to “better control” to “strategize” saw both houses of Congress break down in pushing, shoving, and name-calling at a rate not seen in In early August, Capitol Hill observers were treated to a dustup between Sens...
...Nancy Pelosi that so little of her majority party’s agenda was addressed, and an let her know about it...
...Jim Gilmore has hinted that he might be open to a run, though he is not viewed as the conservative choice, given his iffy positions on tax policy and life issues...
...And if they are buying in bulk, or buying more expensive items, it allows us to get back to them for a larger donation...
...Hillary Rodham Clinton essentially pay off his presidential camendorsement, former Democratic spending his time Barack Obama for who will be viewed as a dark horse vice presidential candidate when Clinton when he was seeking the really reflects the continuation of a position...
...Lee Terry over rules of how a health-care bill would be debated, presaged the total breakdown of the House on August 4, on the heels of an agriculture bill that saw Democrats literally steal a vote ing the employthe agriculture industry...
...Edwards’ campaign is showing signs of wear and tear, with talk inside the campaign of slowdowns in political contributions...
...John Warner decide to retire...
...and from Republicans that would have blocked federal taxpayer dollars from underwritment of illegal aliens working in itself outmaneuvered by or lack of experience or lack of Speaker was irked unhappy liberal wing of the caucus thing we did, and if you asked In Her Debt Big surprise that after having Sen...
...We had people telling us we’d be wallpapered with subpoenas and we either didn’t believe them or just ignored them because we thought we knew the Democrats better,” says a current White House aide...
...He’s the guy we should’ve had two years ago...
...SEPTEMBER 2007 One of those people warning the White House, according to current and former aides, was presidential counselor Ed Gillespie...
...After the 2006 election cycle, it never took the threat of investigations by the Democrat-controlled Congress seriously...
...Meanwhile, conservatives in Virginia continue to look for a candidate to support for 2008 should Sen...
...The fact is, kids would rather own an Obama T-shirt than a Hillary T-shirt,” says an Obama adviser...
...We’ve stymied them, and we’ll keep doing it...
...We’ve had too many of these votes where our leadership found Republicans, or at least shown up,” says a House Democrat leadership aide...
...And it’s paying off...
...In Senate Re-election News One goal for the fall congressional session among Republican senators is helping New Hampshire Sen...
...Patty Murray David Vitter, followed by a fingerpointing lecture of Vitter by Senate A scuffle between Reps...
...Even if they try to play the rules against us, we’ll find a way...
...It was incompetence, not criminal,” says a former White House staffer...
...It’s not clear if it’s the issues, focus, but we have to contain these guys if we want our agenda to get through next session...
...Chuck Hagel the GOP Senate nomination next year, in part because, as Bruning has been telling friends, he believes Hagel will probably retire or seek supports the Iraq war, isn’t raising millions of dollars, but points out that neither is Hagel, at least for ON THE PROWL his Senate re-election...
...Tom Davis, a moderate from Fairfax County, has been attempting to clear the field for himself should Warner decide not to seek another term next year...
...John Sununu in his re-election effort...
...It isn’t a coincidence that our messaging has been sharper in the past few months that Ed has been on board,” says another current White House staffer...
...The Waxman Cometh Expect another ramp-up of attacks and further hearings this fall on Bush White House political activities among Cabinet-level federal departments...
...Leveraging the data and sales information from those sales, according to another Obama insider, often means an additional $10 to $50 in contributions from an individual purchaser...
...Obama’s people cracked the code better than any other campaign when it comes to sorting through the data their online sales provide them...
...Chuck Schumer’s senatorial campaign committee...
...and Majority Leader Harry Reid...
...Talk of Hagel sharing an independent ticket with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has died down considerably from earlier this summer...
...As bad as the Democrats make it look, this has been a highly ethical White House and administration overall...
...But the White House has created many of its own problems...
...He’s been targeted by the Democratic National Committee and Sen...
...Vilsack, the time comes, wasn’t so kind to job she’s still in the race to win...
...Vilsack is now seen as the critical cog for Clinton in Iowa, where forJohn Edwards to outpoll her...
...What Obama is doing is essentially what companies like Amazon and even mail order companies from years ago have been doing,” says a Republican political consultant...
...House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman is looking to push out final reports on what he terms “destroyed e-mails” in the White House and the Republican National Committee, as well as other reports he has had his bulked-up staff working on for months...
...Schumer has been recruiting still-popular former Gov...
...According to Republican committee staff, as well as White House sources, the bulk of the email was simply not retained by the White House for any period of time...
...But now it’s too late...
...ON THE PROWL Out of Control gies that would the legislative schedule in the fall...
...It failed policy,” Vilsack said last January of Clinton’s Iraq policy her Iraq position very carefully, with cover from her surrogates, particularly in early voting states...
...The decision came on the heels of a week that some time...
...paign debt in return for an Iowa Gov...
...Jeanne Shaheen to run against Sununu...
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