Subject: '08 Election Daily News Clips - 11/29
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:09:58 -0500

'08 Election Daily News Clips
November 29th, 2007

Candidate Tracking:

12pm Romney: Fundraiser in Coral Gables, FL
4:30pm McCain: Fundraiser in Estero, FL
6pm Romney: Fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fl
7pm McCain: Fund-raiser in Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL

News Clips:

CNN/YouTube Debate:
GOP debate turns volatile (Boston Globe 11/29/07)
WASHINGTON - The leading Republican presidential candidates last night  
ripped into one another on the GOP's signature issue, immigration,  
with Rudy Giuliani accusing rival Mitt Romney of running a "sanctuary  
mansion" by employing undocumented workers at his home in suburban  
Boston.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/29/gop_debate_turns_volatile/

GOP candidates under the gun in CNN-YouTube debate (News.com 11/28/07)
It's not everyday you witness a shotgun-wielding young man sidle up to  
a politician running for president and ask him at a formal debate,  
point blank, how he feels about gun control laws. Oh, and follow up by  
loading the rifle for emphasis and quipping, "Don't worry, you can  
answer however you like."
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825446-7.html?tag=nefd.top

Romney Battles, Huckabee Shines In GOP Debate (CBS News 11/29/07)
The questions in last night's Republican presidential debate may have  
come from ordinary Americans but most of the answers the candidates  
gave were aimed directly at their primary opponents. In the most  
contentious GOP debate thus far, Mitt Romney squared off in direct and  
contentious exchanges with the two candidates challenging his front- 
runner status in the first two states of the primary season.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/11/28/politics/horserace/entry3551763.shtml

Giuliani:
Comptroller questioned Giuliani's security spending (CNN 11/28/07)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The New York city comptroller's office in 2002  
raised red flags about former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's $34,000 in  
security and travel spending on trips to the Hamptons.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/28/giuliani/

Giuliani billed obscure agencies for trips (Politico 11/28/07)
As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens  
of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time  
when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife  
Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed  
government records.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7073.html

Poll: Giuliani a standout on terrorism in Florida voters' minds (CNN  
11/28/07)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rudy Giuliani, the front-runner in the Republican  
presidential race in Florida, is viewed by his party's primary voters  
there as the best candidate to lead the fight against terrorism, a  
survey released Wednesday says.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/28/florida.issues.poll/

Rudy Giuliani Criticized for Ad Using Image of Child-Care Worker  
Without Her Permission (Fox News 11/28/07)
A child-care worker in Harlem is criticizing Rudy Giuliani for using a  
photo of her and other caregivers in a new television ad without first  
receiving her permission.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313482,00.html

Romney:
Q&A: Romney on Iraq (Concord Monitor 11/28/07)
Does Mitt Romney think the war in Iraq was a mistake? The question has  
been asked many times. We took the question directly to the candidate  
earlier this month. Here is what he said.
http://www.yourconcord.com/primaryblog/q_a_romney_on_iraq

Romney Refuses To Call Waterboarding Torture, Says He’ll Consult With  
Blackwater’s Cofer Black (Think Progress 11/28/07)
I am not. I’m not going to specify the specific means of what is and  
what is not torture so that the people that we capture will know what  
things we’re able to do and what things we’re not able to do. And I  
get that advice from Cofer Black, who is a person who was responsible  
for counterterrorism in the CIA for some 35 years.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/28/romney-torture-black/

Giuliani and Romney Clash on Immigration (AP 11/28/07)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential rivals Rudy  
Giuliani and Mitt Romney scornfully debated immigration Wednesday in a  
provocative, no-holds-barred CNN/YouTube debate just over a month  
before the first votes are cast.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hk1jcRquYep7v7OeWiBKfBlfbCEgD8T736280

Countdown 2008: Meet Mitt Romney (Palm Beach Post 11/28/07)
A Nov. 11-14 Gallup Poll has Romney backed by 12 percent of the  
Republicans queried nationwide, ranking him fourth among GOP  
contenders... Romney, though, is polling stronger in the key early  
voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, where some surveys show him  
leading Giuliani. Romney leads all GOP candidates with $35 million in  
campaign contributions —- including millions of dollars of his own  
money —- and has $12.1 million of that in the bank, according to  
October filings with the Federal Election Commission.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2007/11/28/countdown_2008_meet_mitt_romne.html

Fact Check: Romney and the Crime Issue (AP 11/28/07)
BOSTON (AP) — As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney issued no  
pardons, limited lobbying by would-be judges and sought to create a  
judicial nominating process based solely on merit.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPjU8a03lsV5MLsBPqCQdf8XbC3gD8T6I78O0

Romney and Reagan (The State 11/28/07)
Be it a fashion trend or the concerns of the 2008 presidential  
candidates, history repeats itself. Some candidates want to be  
original. They talk about change. But for others, the past is  
attractive. They talk about their predecessors.
http://www.thestate.com/voices/story/242363.html

Thompson:
Fred Thompson's Campaign Responds to Stem-Cell Challenge (Wired  
Science  11/28/07)
Fred Thompson's campaign responded to our challenge to provide a list  
of locations where Americans could receive cord blood or adult stem- 
cell treatments for the 73 conditions he referenced last week.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/fred-thompsons.html

West Virginia Pro-Life Group Endorses Fred Thompson for President  
(Lifenews.com 11/28/07)
Charleston, WV (LifeNews.com) -- Republican presidential candidate  
Fred Thompson has picked up the endorsement of another pro-life group.  
Two weeks after the National Right to Life Committee backed the former  
Tennessee senator, West Virginians for Life gave Thompson its stamp of  
approval as well.
http://www.lifenews.com/state2626.html

Huckabee:
Huckabee passes Romney in poll (Des Moines Register 11/29/07)
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has edged ahead of  
Mitt Romney in Iowa, according to a poll published Wednesday by  
Rasmussen Reports, a private public opinion research company.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/NEWS09/711290388/-1/caucus

Yepsen: Huckabee shows he belongs in top tier(Des Moines Register  
11/29/07)
There were three clear winners in Wednesday's debate among the  
Republican presidential candidates: John McCain, Mike Huckabee and  
Fred Thompson. All of them helped their candidacies, and they should  
move up in the polls as a result.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/OPINION01/711290401/-1/LIFE04

Mike Huckabee: Rudy Giuliani's New Best Friend (Daily Kos 11/28/07)
Rudy Giuliani has a new best friend.  With Mitt Romney holding twin  
leads in Iowa and New Hampshire and Rudy's former wingman Bernard  
Kerik now under indictment, Giuliani's position as the national GOP  
presidential front-runner seemed increasingly precarious.  Enter  
former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, whose surge in Iowa is just  
what the doctor ordered.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/28/131741/68

Huckabee's serious side and poll numbers (Concord Monitor 11/28/07)
Chuck Norris is nowhere to be seen in Mike Huckabee's new ad, which  
began airing this week in Iowa. It looks like the former Arkansas  
governor made good on his promise to air only "really serious" ads  
from now on.
http://www.yourconcord.com/primaryblog/huckabees_serious_side_and_poll_numbers

Snake hunting aside, the Huckabee surge continues (LA Times 11/28/07)
All praise is due the dynamic duo who pen the Washington Post's  
Reliable Source column, Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts. When an  
obvious follow-up was called for, they rose to the occasion.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/11/the-huckabee-su.html

Mike Huckabee's Fair Tax Friends Out Of Cash After Huge Spending Blitz  
(Fox News 11/28/07)
WASHINGTON —  A key ally of Mike Huckabee that "went for broke" in the  
presidential primary campaign has ended up nearly there. But Americans  
for Fair Taxation says not to count it out just yet.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313522,00.html

McCain:
There's life in the old dog yet as McCain climbs the polls in South  
Carolina (The Independent 11/29/07)
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John McCain has a spring in his step as he addresses a "town hall"  
meeting in South Carolina – the state where his last bid for the  
presidency came to grief amid rumours that he had fathered an out-of- 
wedlock black child. He is hoping that recent US military success in  
Iraq will lead to a badly needed surge in his campaign for the White  
House in 2008.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3204055.ece

McCain says not all illegal immigrants should be deported (AP 11/28/07)
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Suggesting compassion, Republican presidential  
candidate John McCain said not everyone in the U.S. illegally should  
be deported. "If you’re prepared to send an 80-year-old grandmother  
who’s been here 70 years back to some country, then frankly you’re not  
quite as compassionate as maybe I am," McCain said Wednesday in  
response to a question from a Clemson University student who described  
himself as the child of legal immigrants.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/politics/2008/view.bg?articleid=1047670

Play of the Day: McCain's Fashion Take (AP 11/28/07)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — If he doesn't win the White House, John McCain  
may have a new job: fashion police. When a Clemson University  
professor repeatedly asked the Republican presidential candidate  
whether he'd consider someone who researches Sept. 11 a terrorist,  
McCain instead offered a quick fashion check of the man wearing a gray  
sports jacket, pink knit shirt, jeans and tennis shoes.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyXVIfZ2F2CTuuxH3_93vuTP-ywwD8T6RT6G0

Q&A: McCain on Iraq, bin Laden (Concord Monitor 11/27/07)
"I promise you," John McCain told me today, "only the veteran  
appreciates how terrible war is, because of the horrible loss of  
comrades and the carnage that ensues. I will be keenly aware of the  
horrors of war before I send our nation into one." Of course we're  
already at war, and McCain, who just returned from another trip to  
Iraq to see how things are progressing, spoke to me by phone from the  
road in South Carolina:
http://www.yourconcord.com/primaryblog/q_a_mccain_on_iraq_bin_laden