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9/6/2007 | Presidential Issues
GOP Candidates Debate Over the Iraq War
MyWayNews
In the Fox News Channel debate: _Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney thumped former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the "sanctuary" policy that stopped New York City workers from reporting illegal immigrants. Giuliani accused Romney of tolerating the same policy in Massachusetts cities while he was governor. _Huckabee called for a "human life" amendment to outlaw abortion. _McCain and Giuliani refused to make a no-new-taxes pledge, instead citing their records of supporting tax cuts. Thompson already has raised eyebrows on taxes; traveling last month in Iowa, he refused to rule out raising taxes. "You can't win a Republican primary for the presidency without clearly stating you're not going to raise taxes," said Pat Toomey, a former Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who heads the anti-tax group Club for Growth. "He's been able to avoid taking a lot of shots." Thompson's campaign also has stumbled, raising less money than expected and weathering a stream of staff departures amid grumbling about the active role Thompson's wife, Jeri, has played in the formerly unofficial campaign. "Let's say we chalk it up to working the kinks out," GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. "But they have to run a near-perfect campaign from here on out, because they've got a lot of catching up to do." Now the bar is set high for Thompson, who will be judged on how much money he raises, how his announcement goes and the kind of campaign team he assembles, Fabrizio said.
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Thompson to Announce Bid Sept. 6
Time
(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Republican Fred Thompson will officially launch his presidential bid Sept. 6 in a Webcast on his campaign site, followed by a five-day tour of early primary states. "I believe that there are millions of Americans who know that our security and prosperity are at risk if we don't address the challenges of our time; the global threat of terrorism; taxes and spending that will bankrupt future generations, and a government that can't seem to get the most basic responsibilities right for its citizens," the former Tennessee senator and "Law & Order" actor said in a statement Thursday that laid out themes of his campaign. Thompson, 65, is vying to be seen as the most consistent mainstream conservative in the race.
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Dems Get More Airtime on Morning News Shows, Watchdog Group Says
FoxNews.com
NEW YORK — A conservative media watchdog organization charged Wednesday that the network morning news shows have spent considerably more time this year on Democrats running for president than on Republicans. Network news executives rejected any suggestion of bias, and said they have a considerably harder time getting Republican candidates to appear on their shows. Through July 31, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning news shows devoted 284 campaign segments to Democratic candidates and 152 to Republicans, according to the Media Research Center. Another 81 stories discussed both parties or a possible independent run by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. • Get the latest campaign news in FOXNews.com's You Decide 2008 Center, learn about the candidates in the Eye on the Issues Center and read the daily Update '08 newsletter. "The double standard has got to stop," said L. Brent Bozell, the group's founder. "What you hope is that there would be fairness. If you are going to give that much coverage to the Democrats, give it to the Republicans, too."
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The Gonzales Replacement Dilemma
Time
After the Watergate scandal exposed how deeply the Nixon Administration had reached into the Justice Department to attack its enemies and strengthen its hold on power, President Gerald Ford appointed the career lawyer and academic Edward Levi to restore trust in the institution. With just over one year remaining in Ford's term, Levi instituted sweeping reforms, created the public corruption division and established guidelines to prevent the resources of the department from being used as a lever of power. With 16 months remaining in President Bush's term, some Democrats on the Hill are hoping the White House will look to Levi as an example for whom to pick to succeed Alberto Gonzales. "All we ask is that you choose somebody who puts the rule of law first," said Senator Chuck Schumer, who was the loudest voice among Democratic leadership calling for Gonzales's head. He then finished his thought with a thinly veiled threat: "We're not looking for confrontation here."
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President Bush Blames Mud-Slinging for Gonzales Resignation
FoxNews.com
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday faulted Democratic bloodlust on Capitol Hill for forcing the resignation of his longtime friend and ally, Alberto Gonzales, as attorney general. Speaking Monday before traveling to New Mexico, Bush expressed profound disappointment that his protége is leaving his job as top law enforcement officer in the U.S. after two and a half years. "After months of unfair treatment that has created a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales decided to resign his position and I accepted his decision," Bush said, reeling off a long list of policy Gonzales helped form as Bush's senior counsel at the White House and at the Justice Department.
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As states play 'Me First,' primaries fall into chaos
USA Today
CONCORD, N.H. — Don't be fooled by the mild manner and balding pate: William Gardner just might be the most powerful person in American politics at the moment. For three decades, the little-known New Hampshire secretary of State has had the sole authority to set the date of the Granite State's first-in-the-nation presidential primary — an early-in-the-year contest that has been the single most decisive event in determining who gets nominated. Now moves by Florida and other states to get the attention traditionally lavished on New Hampshire and Iowa, which holds the opening caucuses, has created a train wreck of an election calendar and a high-stakes political showdown. It also has increased the odds that the 2008 nominations for president could be decided before Valentine's Day.
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Bush's Iraq speech to hit on Vietnam
USA Today
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — President Bush plans to argue today that a hasty "retreat" from Iraq would lead to the kinds of bloodbaths that followed U.S. withdrawals from Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s. In a speech he is to deliver here at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention, Bush will also say that the recent increase of U.S. troops is producing military progress in the war-racked country. "Will their elected leaders in Washington pull the rug out from under them just as they are gaining momentum and changing the dynamic on the ground in Iraq?" Bush says in prepared remarks released by the White House late Tuesday.
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Rove makes a fiery exit
The Politico
WACO, Texas — A day after announcing he will leave government Aug. 31, an unrepentant Karl Rove said Tuesday that Democrats are headed toward repeating Vietnam-era mistakes that gave Republicans the upper hand on national defense for 30 years. “The Democrats have a problem with national security,” the White House senior adviser said. “Too many Democratic leaders are opposing policies that will lead to America’s success in the Middle East.”
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Karl Rove to Resign At the End of August
Wall Street Journal
Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime political adviser, is resigning as White House deputy chief of staff effective Aug. 31, and returning to Texas, marking a turning point for the Bush presidency. Mr. Rove's departure removes one of the White House's most polarizing figures, and perhaps signals the effective end of the lame duck administration's role in shaping major domestic policy decisions, where the former Texas political consultant was a driving force. Mr. Rove revealed his plans in an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page.
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