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Giuliani Weekly Update 4-15-07

THIS WEEK:

Rudy's fear-mongering

Obama's response

Earth Day and Oklahoma City comments

He side steps around Bush's Iraq policy

But then praises him in Houston...

More below the fold...

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Giuliani Weekly Update 4-18-07

Rudy responds with tact to the tragedy at Virginia Tech.  

And wins points for having been pro-gun control before it was cool.

But does Rudy hate America?

And will Thompson be Rudy's running mate?

Also....

Conservative extremists think Rudy winning the GOP nod is the worst case scenario.

Liberal extremists accuse Rudy of being a draft dodger and a vampire.

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Giuliani Weekly Update 4-11-07

Rudy's still ahead in the polls...

but there's a lot of debate over his stance on public funding for abortions.

And he may not do his own grocery shopping.

Does not remembering his position on Terry Schiavo make Rudy senile?

A bona fide flip-flop on his wife's potential attendance at Cabinet meetings...

and some fundraising stats.

Also, he's sticking up for Don Imus.  

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Giuliani Weekly Update 3-28-07

Rudy's still leading in the polls...

He wants us to give Gonzales a break...

He's getting money from Hillary haters...

His campaign is focusing on his economic policies...

Oh yeah, and Steve Forbes joined his campaign...

And the question that's on everyone's minds... What will Fred Thompson's impact be??

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Giuliani Citgo/Chavez Roundup 3-22-07

SPECIAL REPORT: GIULIANI & CHAVEZ?

-THE SKINNY: Rudy's firm (not Rudy, though) lobbied for Citgo in Texas, Citgo = Venezuelan state-owned oil company, Chavez = President of Venezuela, transative property of politics... Rudy + Chavez = partners

-Rudy's responses

-How people are responding to Rudy's responses

-How much do we really care? (not answered, but pondered)

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Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Citgo, Hugo Chavez, newspaper coverage, blogosphere

Giuliani Weekly Update 3-20-07

SUPER LONG CATCHUP ROUNDUP:

NB- All Citgo/Rudy/Chavez material will be dissected in a special report tomorrow, on my regular posting day.

-Rudy's new MySpace page and YouTube feed
-More of the same from social conservatives
-Rudy hates black babies?
-Rudy's son not campaigning, Rudy asks for privacy
-Kerick: Rudy's scooter
-Firefighters disagree with Rudy over 9/11
-CPAC fallout
-Some new polling data
-And much, much more...

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Giuliani Weekly Update 2-28-07

Rudy's "on a roll":

-The BIG QUESTION: Will evangelicals vote for Giuliani if he's nominated?  Why?  Why not?  Everyone has a different answer and a different reason for it.

-Rudy talks about his Democrat days and why he switched

-Adding more staff and setting up for Iowa

-Damaging DVD out -- but how much is spin and how much is reality?

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Giuliani Weekly Update 2-21-07

The news on Rudy this week:

-He's ahead of Clinton in the polls

-He doesn't have as many MySpace friends as his opponents

-Debate on whether his "repackaging" of his social views is working

-He praises conservative judges

-"Yeah, I guess" may not be good enough for a Presidential announcement

-CA primary may be his golden ticket

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Romney Weekly Update 2-18-07

Mitt makes it official...

...and gets heckled in Florida.

Romney accused of insensitivity towards the Jewish commumnity.

"Multiple Choice Mitt" vs. Redstate.

Mitt and Ann on ABC News.

Is Romney a hawk on Iran?

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Giuliani Weekly Update 2-14-07

New for Rudy this week:

-Rudy's leaked Vulnerability Study - and his "Weirdness Factor"

-Compares Bush to Honest Abe

-Still ahead in almost all the polls

-Shifting Language on Abortion

-Which Rudy are we seeing? -- The "Good Rudy" or the "Bad Rudy"?

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Giuliani Weekly Update 2-8-07

Big Issues for Rudy This Week:

-Almost/Sort of announced for the Presidency

-Is Rudy a real conservative? Too conservative? Not conservative enough?

-Rudy still ahead in the polls

-How much does the public know about Rudy's positions on social issues?  What difference will it make?

-High speech fees, money made from 9/11 experience may come back to bite him

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Mitt Romney Weekly Roundup 2-8

Mitt Romney, meet Facebook.

Is America ready for a Mormon President?

Possible flip-flopping on campaign finance reform?

Romney making headway in Iowa.

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Giuliani Weekend Roundup 2-5-07

Rudy Campaign Roundup:

Rudy Pulls Ahead of McCain (It's Now a Rudy Romp!)

New Position on Judges

NY GOP chair disses Rudy?

Is Rudy even a GOP candidate?

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What is the Audience Role in News Coverage?

Jon Tester (D) a serious Democrat challenger took on Montana Senator Conrad Burns in a Debate last Sunday afternoon in Hamilton, MT. For the newspapers the dominant player in the debates was not Tester or Burns, but rather the audience.  

The newspaper coverage in Montana while more diverse than three sources is nonetheless dominated by three: The Great Fall Tribune, the AP Capital Bureau and the Lee Newspapers (Billings, Helena, Butte, Missoula, etc.).

The pattern was a bit different for this debate with the Missoulian writing a long piece about the debate, being the newspaper of record for the Bitterroot Valley, whose heart is Hamilton. The Great Falls Tribune also ran a long piece and the Lee newspapers picked up the AP reporter's story.

I read the newspapers with interest, looking for indications that the debate was influenced by the day-before-coverage predicting that it would focus on US Policy in Iraq. Other than one truncated exchange buried both in follow-up reporting and the debate itself, the press predictions failed to materialize

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Tags: MT-Sen, Conrad Burns, Jon Tester, newspaper coverage, audience, hamilton