August 15, 2007

WH '08: You Don't Have To Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here

The crowded presidential campaign fields can be headache-inducing, and that has some political pundits wishing more candidates would make like Tommy Thompson and just leave.

Today, the National Review's Rich Lowry calls on Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback to pack his bags and go.

Calling Brownback's abortion platform "the very embodiment of a tendency toward impractical perfectionism among pro-lifers," Lowry points to fellow pro-lifer Mike Huckabee's surprise second-place finish at the Iowa Republican Straw Poll. "Huckabee has shined in the debates, is a natural orator, and has considerable crossover appeal to the media. None of this can be said of Brownback," Lowry scoffs.

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June 08, 2007

Dodd: Take That, MSM!

It's customary for campaign underdogs to complain about things like being left out of polls, debates and press coverage. But with the 2008 election's accelerated primary schedule expected to heavily favor the big shots, the little guys are doing more than just complain when they feel slighted by The Man. They are taking matters into their own hands.

Last month, GOP businessman John Cox attempted to sue FOX News Channel and the South Carolina Republican Party over his exclusion from a televised primary debate. Republican Ron Paul and Democrat Mike Gravel, meanwhile, have managed to squeeze enough controversy out of their sparse debate appearances to become the favorite underdogs of their respective races. Anyone who has ever written anything less than favorable about either candidate knows that they command a rabid legion of fans on the Web.

And then there's Christopher Dodd. The senior senator from Connecticut had a fairly impressive first quarter (subscription) in terms of fundraising and has been trying to raise his profile through advertising. Still, Dodd has barely moved in the polls since entering the race and failed to make a splashy impression in the first couple of debates.

Now, frustrated by the format CNN adopted in the recent New Hampshire debates, the Dodd camp is hitting back with a new feature on its Web site.

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May 11, 2007

Cox To FOX: Why Not Go To 11?

In the crowded 2008 GOP primary field, it's one thing to be considered the long-shot or dark-horse candidate. It's quite another to be the invisible man. But after his second exclusion from a nationally televised primary debate, John Cox is taking matters into his own hands.

Taking a page out of Ralph Nader's playbook, the Illinois businessman lodged a formal complaint yesterday against FOX News Channel and the South Carolina Republican Party, sponsors of next week's "first-in-the-South" GOP debate. Like last week's event hosted by MSNBC in California, the stage at next week's GOP debate in South Carolina will be filled with 10 presidential hopefuls, but not Cox, the first Republican to actually declare his candidacy in the '08 race (he filed with the FEC in February 2006) and the only one on the South Carolina ballot who won't be there.

The suit aimed to force the debate sponsors to either include Cox or cancel the event. But this morning, AP reports that U.S. District Judge Joe Anderson denied Cox's plea, ruling that state law allows party leaders to choose who gets to participate in political debates.

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