Posted on 01/13/2007 5:38:49 AM PST by bushfamfan
The following is a roundup of candidate developments in the 2008 presidential race, from CQPolitics.com.
Debates to Spring Forth Early in New Hampshire: CNN and two prominent New Hampshire news organizations announced Friday that they will join forces to stage back-to-back presidential candidate debates this April in that crucial first-in-the-nation primary state.
Television station WMUR and the Union Leader newspaper both based in Manchester, New Hampshires largest city are partnering with the cable news network to produce the debates, scheduled for April 4 and 5.
Contenders for the Democratic nomination will meet in one debate, while the other will feature Republican hopefuls. Both debates will be televised live nationally on CNN and throughout New Hampshire on WMUR.
The debates are slated for the middle of Congress 2007 spring district work period better known as the Easter recess to encourage participation by the large number of White House hopefuls currently serving in Congress.
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Hunter, who chaired the House Armed Services Committee prior to the Democrats takeover in the 2006 elections, emphasized his strongly conservative philosophy and his focus on issues relating to national security in a statement announcing his campaign move.
America needs a way ahead in the ongoing war against terrorists and a policy of economic opportunity, with a reaffirmation of faith in the principles of our founding, said Hunter.
Hunters desire for higher office was virtually unknown until last October, when he called a press conference in his San Diego-area 52nd District to announce he would be forming an exploratory committee.
Hunter said then that his platform would focus on the need for a strong U.S. military. He made it clear Friday that he is continuing on that path: The slogan on Hunters press release about his exploratory committee was America: The Strength of Freedom.
Just sworn in for his 14th term, Hunter has been a member of the Defense panel since he was first elected to the House in 1980 and served two terms as chairman; he now holds the title of ranking Republican .
Unlike most members of the 110th Congress, Hunter has a background of military service, as a member of the Army from 1969 to 1971. He received a Bronze Star for participating in 25 helicopter combat assaults during the war in Vietnam.
He has been one of the strongest and most steadfast supporters of President Bushs policies on the war in Iraq. This week, Hunter stated his support for Bushs decision to increase the U.S. troop commitment to Iraq and declared he would oppose any Democratic efforts to block the presidents plan.
But Hunter enters his presidential exploratory phase as a distinct longshot, as he is known to few voters nationally outside his southern California base. He also faces the heavy weight of history: The last sitting House member who made the jump to the White House was Ohio Republican James Garfield in 1880
Duncan Hunter takes the next step.
Ping!
I look forward having to chose between Duncan Hunter, Frank Keating and Ron Paul in a primary.
Bump!
Ron Paul is for abandoning Iraq.
I look forward having to chose between Duncan Hunter, Frank Keating and Ron Paul in a primary.
Ron Paul did officially file yesterday.
Did you see this yesterday?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766757/posts
Court brief alleges crime by Hillary: Cites fed code that carries possible 5-yr prison sentence
I can't wait to see how that factors in!
I missed it. Thanks for the link.
I can't wait to see how that factors in!
Friend, don't hold your breath. Her name and her actions have been brought before the courts before. Before dismissal, the only place we read about it is on this forum.
I'm convinced that Hillary is untouchable, which is why she must be stopped....even if it disappoints satan.
Ron Paul did officially file yesterday.
Thanks for the info. I have no idea what is involved with filing.
I'm hopeful.
The MSM will never cover any crime attributed to Hillary. So it won't figure in at all.
That would clear both of their Congressional seats to be occupied by actually Republican patriots who understand the necessity of military action. A welcome relief.
I like Hunter and will support him throughout the primaries. But he has his work cut out for him.
The Arkansas Grifters have been untouchable up 'til now. They are like Teflon!
Feeling frustrated? Keep this handy:
http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html
Heh heh. I like your thinking, but aside from Reagan in '76, I don't think Presidential candidates announce their running mates until after they've got the nomination sewn up. For us to get Jones out of office, we'd have get Ron Paul the GOP nod.
The thing about Paul is alot of people here complain when some Libertarian canadidate acts as "spoiler" takes 2% of the vote in a race where the GOP candidate loses by 1%. They whine that if Libertarians really wanted to make a difference and enact small government reforms, they'd accept this is a two-party system and run from within one of the two major parties. Well, Ron Paul did exactly that. He couldn't get elected dog catcher as a Libertarian, so he ran as a "Republican" in order to get his agenda enacted. As Paul's record shows, Libertarian does NOT automatically = conservative, though I'd say he's alot better on economic issues than many Republicans. Either we have politicians who hold Paul's idealogy join the GOP, or they play spoiler in races and take votes away from the Republican. We can't have it both ways. Better a RINO who's a closet Libertarian than a RINO who's a closet Dem.
As for Walter Jones Jr., he strikes me as one of those finger-to-the-wind politicians who loves whoever happens to be in power at the time. Zell Miller and Congressman Peter King are likewise two "conservatives" who only seemed to embrace our "cause" once it was politically safe and advanteous to their career to do so. Walter Jones Sr., the current Congressman's father, had a solid voting record as a liberal Great Soecity LBJ type Democrat, and the Jones family was happy to support the Dems while North Carolina was solidly Dem. After the GOP started winning all the federal offices in the 80s and early 90s, and that district morphs into a big majority of GOP voters, along comes Walter Jones Jr. proclaiming to be a conservative Republican despite the family traditons. After 9/11, he runs around ridiculed France and calling for Freedom fries. Then once "the polls" say the war effort is no longer "popular", he jumps ship overright and starts spouting Democrat talking points about how Bush midlead him and how Iraq has failed, blah blah blah. Seems to me the Jones' of NC stand for one issue and that's being popular in the media.
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