SubscribeElsewhere on The Teleprompter: Mitt Romney | Hillary Clinton | John McCain | George W. Bush | Michael Bloomberg | Fred Thompson |
# 2 News Source
The Carpetbagger Report
The Carpetbagger Report (www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com) has great Rudy Giuliani news, photos, videos and more
Sunday, Jul 20
What Obama’s ‘50-state strategy’ will look like
Back when Rudy Giuliani was a presidential candidate, he used to knock his Senate rivals, in both parties, for never having “run” anything. People like John McCain and Barack Obama, Giuliani said, had been lawmakers, not executives.
Wednesday, Jul 16
Obama, McCain, and redefining the word ‘offense’
In his speech yesterday in DC, Barack Obama did a very good job of trying to change the discussion, and explain why the political establishment has been thinking about these issues the wrong way for too long. Obama said, for example, that George Bush and John McCain “label any timetable to r...
Friday, Jun 20
Republicans’ bizarre rediscovery of Osama bin Laden
But that was then. Now that it’s time for the general election, the GOP has rediscovered OBL. Yesterday, for example, John McCain posted this item on his campaign blog: Note to McCain: you’ll need different scare tactics. These don’t make any sense.
Wednesday, Jun 18
McCain picks the wrong surrogate on the wrong issue
But Rudy’s emergence begs a serious question: How much authority will the national press accord Rudy as a voice on terrorism during the general election? Second, maybe the McCain campaign can take a moment to explain why it’s asked Giuliani to be a leading surrogate on counter-terroris...
Monday, Jun 16
McCain-Giuliani ‘08?
Oh, I don’t know, David, if McCain picked Giuliani for the ticket it would enormous fun. Frum believes Giuliani could help McCain win in New Jersey. Not only do I think that’s false, I’m quite confident Giuliani wouldn’t even move the needle in his home state of New York.
Saturday, Jun 14
Giuliani wants to help GOP candidates — for a price
With the Republican Party in need of money for the November elections, former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has offered to appear at fund-raisers around the country for G.O.P. candidates. But there is a catch: He wants some cash out of the deal.
Thursday, Dec 27
Scarborough explains international terrorism and U.S. politics
“You know, in the past, uncertainty on the international stage has usually helped Republicans in general elections, but since we’re talking about primary battles, the question is how this event is going to change these contests. On the Republican side, you’ve got the press release from...
Tuesday, Nov 20
Opinion: Tuesday’s political round-up
A new AP poll gauged which candidates are the most likable: “On the Republican side, Giuliani gets the nod, both from GOP voters and among voters overall. None of the Democratic candidates has a clear advantage among Democratic voters, with Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards running...
Thursday, Nov 8
Opinion: Giuliani tries, fails to defend Robertson’s sedition
OK, now we’re getting somewhere. The Republican presidential hopeful running on a 9/11 platform is perfectly comfortable with Pat Robertson’s anti-American lunacy because Robertson “explained” his comments “a long time ago.”
