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The Iowa GOP Straw Poll
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- August 13, 2007
Romney had to finish first and did. For the also-rans, it was a decidedly mixed result.
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Rudy's the Parade King
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- July 19, 2007
The latest version of the Rudy Giuliani campaign's morning newsletter to reporters includes one stunning fact: He's the king of parades. In NYC alone he did 240. Plus, spokeswoman Maria Comella tries out a new title: The Giuliani Gaggle.
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Spice From Rudy & Mitt's PR Shops
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- July 18, 2007
They used to work together in GOP PR shops, he the boss, she the protégé. Now they're battling each other on the presidential campaign.
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Thompson Grabs No. 1 Spot From Giuliani
Michael Barone
- June 20, 2007
"Fred's Number One.".
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Out Loud: June 17, 2007
Washington Whispers
- June 17, 2007
"You've got to turn off the Spanish television set.".
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Polls That Move and Polls That Don’t
Michael Barone
- June 12, 2007
We've been seeing a lot more movement in the polls in the Republican race for president than in the Democratic. Stark evidence for that proposition comes from the Rasmussen Report's weekly updates.
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GOP Debate: Giuliani's Libertarian Health Reform
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- June 6, 2007
Are Americans ready for "real" health insurance? If Giuliani grabs the GOP nomination, we may find out.
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Startling Republican Numbers
Michael Barone
- June 5, 2007
There are some startling numbers on Scott Rasmussen's weekly national poll on the Republican race for president. Rudy Giuliani continues to be in first place, but with 23 percent of the vote, the lowest percentage he's gotten all year.
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Riding Shotgun: Rudy Over Hillary or Simon
Washington Whispers
- May 24, 2007
King of the roads mapmaker Rand McNally tells us, so it must be true: Americans would rather take a road trip with GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani than Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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The Republicans Debate
Michael Barone
- May 16, 2007
I share the widespread view that Rudy Giuliani and John McCain helped themselves in the Fox News debate last night. For links to many comments, see Real Clear Politics.
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Out Loud
Washington Whispers
- May 13, 2007
"Listen, if I had ill feelings towards everybody who has written books, it'd be a pretty long list.".
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Inside Giuliani's Economic Thinking
Capital Commerce
- April 16, 2007
One frequent criticism of Rudy Giuliani and his 2008 presidential candidacy is that "America's Mayor"–a total policy wonk when running New York–seems to be winging it on the stump and is a little light on details. So I was happy to have the opportunity earlier this afternoon to participate in a conference call with Michael Boskin, Team Giuliani's senior economic adviser and former head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George H.
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Talk of the Town: Giuliani-Thompson
Washington Whispers
- April 15, 2007
You've probably seen the "Clinton-Obama '08" bumper sticker proclaiming the Democratic dream team. Now on the GOP side we're hearing lots of buzz in political circles and among Republican congressional leaders of a Rudy Giuliani–Fred Thompson ticket.
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Out Loud
Washington Whispers
- April 8, 2007
"I would love not to have to raise money so I could spend all my time in town hall meetings."
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The Changing Republican Race
Michael Barone
- April 3, 2007
The possible entry of Fred Thompson into the Republican presidential race seems to have changed the standings. The USA Today/Gallup poll taken March 23-25 shows Rudy Giuliani with 31 percent of the vote, down from 44 percent March 2-4, and Thompson, a new name on the list, at 12 percent.
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How Giuliani Can Use Taxes to Win Over Abortion Foes
Capital Commerce
- April 3, 2007
Rudy Giuliani's strategy to win the 2008 Republican presidential nomination seems fairly straightforward: 1) use his 9/11 "America's mayor" reputation to win the national-security conservatives; 2) promote his record of reforming New York City--including cutting taxes and balancing the budget--to win fiscal conservatives; 3) make himself acceptable to social conservatives by promising to appoint Supreme Court justices like Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito who just might vote to toss out Roe v. Wade.
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Giuliani, Forbes, and the Flat Tax
Capital Commerce
- April 2, 2007
"I've talked to a few of the presidential candidates, and it just baffles me," Dick Armey told me last week. The Republican former House majority leader now runs Freedom Works, a small-government advocacy group.
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Will the District of Columbia Get Another Electoral Vote?
Michael Barone
- March 22, 2007
Yes, assumes political guru Larry Sabato, in a post where he takes a look at which states will likely gain and lose House seats and therefore electoral votes in the reapportionments following the 2010, 2020, and 2030 Censuses. Here is his analysis on this point:.
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A Look at the Polls of Mid-March
Michael Barone
- March 21, 2007
Let's take a look at the polls for the two parties' nominations and for the general election as of mid-March, based on the compilations in realclearpolitics.com.
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Donors Going to Bat for Giuliani
Washington Whispers
- March 11, 2007
It's not just spring training for baseball. On March 14, donors will be warming up for the New York Yankees' No.
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The Mardi Gras Primary
Michael Barone
- March 6, 2007
It seems likely that we're going to have something of a national presidential primary on Feb. 5, 2008, less than 11 months from today.
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The Latest on Rudy's Viability
Michael Barone
- March 5, 2007
In a typically thorough, fair-minded, well-written article, the Washington Post's Dan Balz examines the indications that despite many predictions, Rudy Giuliani has a serious chance to win the Republican presidential nomination. You might have read a similar though at the time necessarily more speculative analysis six months ago.
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The Numbers Aren't There
Michael Barone
- March 1, 2007
In the Los Angeles Times, Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations makes a point I have long wanted to make. But he has done what I haven't bothered to do, which is to gather the numbers that make the case.
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