Subject: '08 Election Daily News Clips - 11/28
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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:07:43 -0500

'08 Election Daily News Clips
November 28th, 2007

Candidate Tracking:

9:15am McCain: Town Hall in Clemson, South Carolina
		- Tracking Scheduled
		- Silas Pearman Boulevard, Clemson, South Carolina
7pm Republican YouTube Debate in St. Petersburg, Fl
		- Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Fl

News Clips:

CNN/YouTube Debate:
GOP candidates to field YouTube queries with edgy race undecided (CNN  
11/28/07)
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (CNN) -- The Sunshine State takes center stage  
Wednesday night in the race for the White House as eight Republican  
presidential candidates face off in the party's first CNN/YouTube  
debate.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/28/debate.preview/

YouTube Debate Raises Stakes (Wall Street Journal 11/28/07)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Despite reservations, Republican presidential  
candidates will answer questions tonight from the public submitted via  
YouTube in a two-hour debate to air on CNN.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119621477700306096-4vj1gTnceN9i7kTRjHaCDbK2_X8_20071228.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

The Early Word: G.O.P.’s Turn for CNN/YouTube Forum (New York Times  
11/28/07)
“Sanctuary cities” – referring to towns that harbor illegal aliens –  
likely will be a hot topic tonight at the CNN/YouTube debate between  
G.O.P. candidates, who are looking to paint their opponents as soft  
conservatives, writes Peter Slevin of the Boston Globe.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/the-early-word-gops-turn-for-cnnyoutube-forum/

Giuliani:
Giuliani: Ramp up the military (Concord Monitor 11/27/07)
***Tracker video available for this event
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that the U.S.  
must expand its military to fight terrorism and prepare itself as  
China becomes more powerful.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071127/NEWS01/711270331/1322/NEWS97

Florida Republicans reveal views on issues, candidates (CNN 11/27/07)
[P]oll results released earlier Tuesday show Rudy Giuliani is the  
front-runner in the Sunshine State. If the Florida Republican primary  
were held today, the former New York City mayor would finish on top  
with the support of 38 percent of likely primary voters, according to  
the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/27/florida.gop.poll/?iref=hpmostpop

Surprise in Store in Giuliani Files? (Boston Globe 11/27/07)
To many unfamiliar with Rudy Giuliani's record as New York's mayor,  
"The Giuliani Files" might be something akin to "The X-Files. The  
truth is out there," Giuliani's critics are saying.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2007/11/27/surprise_in_store_in_giuliani.html

Romney: Giuliani Praised Clinton Plan (AP 11/27/07)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt  
Romney on Tuesday said rival Rudy Giuliani "had nothing but praise"  
when then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a universal  
health care plan.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jbtDCZlxmTie6JVMp4cG-s8ZzKVQD8T69HI01

Romney:
Romney Denies Vowing No Muslims In Cabinet (CBS 11/27/07)
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is facing questions about  
religion today. And for once, it's not his own. Speaking to reporters  
after a health care forum in St. Petersburg, Florida, Romney  
emphatically disputed a Muslim businessman’s account of what  
transpired at a mid-November fundraising event in Las Vegas.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/27/politics/main3544666.shtml?source=mostpop_story

Romney, for first time, backs nationwide abortion ban (The State  
11/27/07)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a new mail piece  
touting his support of a federal Constitutional amendment, but that  
has not always been the case.
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2007/11/romney-flyer-sh.html

Hatch: Romney should say he's his own man (AP 11/27/07)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney  
probably should give a speech to declare he's not a captive of the  
Mormon church, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said Tuesday.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-11-27-hatch-romney_N.htm

Romney mailing goes after rivals on gay marriage (Boston Globe 11/27/07)
The colorful brochure from Mitt Romney's presidential campaign looks  
like many of the political fliers flooding Iowa mail boxes this time  
of the year. But there is a difference. The piece is Romney's first to  
single out his rivals by name, a shift that shows him becoming more  
aggressive in the final weeks before the Jan. 3 caucuses.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2007/11/romney_mailing.html

Thompson:
Flat Tax Fred (Wall Street Journal 11/28/07)
Fred Thompson's Presidential campaign has been struggling, in part  
because of a sense that he lacks passion and an agenda. But late last  
week he unveiled a tax reform that is more ambitious than anything  
we've seen so far from the rest of the GOP field.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119620981461605916.html

Fred Thompson Too Lazy, Listless, and Lame? (OutSideTheBeltway.com  
11/28/07)
In yet another sign of trouble for his much-hyped candidacy, longtime  
Fred Thompson backer Steve Bainbridge is stopping just short of  
withdrawing his endorsement — but only because he still thinks the  
other alternatives are even worse.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/fred_thompson_too_lazy_listless_and_lame/

Two new 'bio' ads from Thompson (USA Today 11/27/07)
Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson reminds voters that he  
helped "expose the truth during Watergate" and touts his credentials  
as a "true conservative" in a new TV ad going on the air in Iowa. In a  
second spot, also aimed Iowa caucus-goers and also largely a  
"biographical" ad aimed at telling his life story, a whistle-blower  
who Thompson helped 30 years ago in Tennessee says "he had the courage  
to take on my fight."
Article (Videos Embedded): http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/11/two-new-bio-ads.html

Huckabee:
In Iowa, Mormon Issue Is Benefiting Huckabee (New York Times 11/28/07)
The religious divide over Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith that his  
supporters had long feared would occur is emerging in Iowa as he is  
being challenged in state polls by Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist  
pastor who has played up his faith in his bid for the Republican  
presidential nomination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/politics/28repubs.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

Faith and politics mix easily for Huckabee (CNN 11/27/07)
RINDGE, New Hampshire (CNN) -- The Cathedral of the Pines is a rural  
New Hampshire jewel, a perfect spot for prayer or reflection, tucked  
into the rolling hills. And it's the perfect place for a preacher- 
turned-politician like Mike Huckabee to take a walk, and take a break  
from the rigors of the presidential campaign.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/27/king.huckabee/

Huckabee gets key Florida endorsement (PalmBeachPost.com 11/27/07)
ORLANDO — GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee picked up an  
endorsement from one of Florida's most influential conservative  
politicians this evening in advance of Wednesday night's Republican  
debate in St. Petersburg.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/nation/epaper/2007/11/27/1127huckabee.html

Huckabee And The Money-Cons (CBS 11/27/07)
Matt Yglesias notes that Christian conservative darling Mike Huckabee  
is gaining on Mitt Romney in Iowa: “In retrospect, it all sort of  
makes you wonder why social conservatives didn't just get behind  
Huckabee in the first place, rather than blessing Romney's  
preposterous conversion to religious right values and trying to drag  
Fred Thompson into the race. Sure, Huckabee's not well-liked by the  
economic hard-right, but cultural conservatives' objections to  
Giuliani didn't stop his backers from pushing him on the party.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/27/politics/animal/main3546403.shtml

McCain:
McCain Doubts Progress in Peace Talks (11/27/07)
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said  
Tuesday that progress in peace talks between Israeli and Arab  
officials is doubtful because Middle East terrorists don't want Israel  
to exist.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0_uqxtr2MTx8f5FVQYxyS4iIHmgD8T6B1A88

McCain leads Clinton in new poll, trails Obama (Phoenix Business  
Journal 11/27/07)
A new national poll shows Arizona Sen. John McCain ahead of U.S. Sen.  
Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., in a potential 2008 presidential matchup. The  
Zogby International poll gives McCain 42 percent of the vote, compared  
with 38 percent for Clinton. The Arizona Republican trailed Clinton in  
two previous Zogby polls.
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/11/26/daily27.html

The Green Gap: Republican Candidates and Climate Change (ABC News  
11/27/07)
At the end of last week, the presidential campaign of Sen. John  
McCain, R-Ariz., began running an unusual radio spot in New Hampshire.  
In it, McCain says: "I think the time is past when we argue about  
whether climate change is real or not. We have an obligation to future  
generations to take action and fix it."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3922730&page=1

No buildup in support for McCain (LA Times 11/28/07)
ANDERSON, S.C. -- Finally, nearly five years into the Iraq war, John  
McCain sees vindication at hand. More than any other candidate for  
president, McCain has tied his fortunes to support for sending more  
U.S. troops into the unpopular war. Now that violence in Iraq has  
waned after a troop buildup, McCain wants some credit.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mccain28nov28,0,3686487.story?coll=la-home-center