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The Ultimate Team - Rudy and Hillary

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Notice how incredibly similar Hillary Clinton’s new ad blaming the Washington punditry (in post below) is to Rudy Giuliani’s ad blaming the Washington punditry when they said he was toast.

Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin get the credit for discovering the similarities.

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Elect Rudy - Get Your Social Security Check Two Months Late

As Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani could not effectively and efficiently manage a simple matter of his security detail’s travel expenses, which is in stark contrast to what Giuliani claims on his campaign web site (see video).

As Americans select the next president I believe they need a proven leader and problem solver. [...]

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Giuliani Shag Fund Excuses Highlight Poor Executive Management

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As everybody knows, Rudy Giuliani is plagued with account after account of corruption and scandal, which in turn requires numerous responses. Nobody — politician or otherwise — has an infinite supply of reasonable excuses and plausible deniability to defend a long-standing background of impropriety and corruption. When a cover-up strategy is [...]

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Bishop: No Communion for Giuliani

Roman Catholic Archbishop Raymond Burke denied John Kerry the sacraments of the church during his presidential bid in 2004 and intends to do the same with Rudy Giuliani.

Burke, the Archbishop of St. Louis, was asked by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch if he would deny Communion to Giuliani if the former New York mayor approached [...]

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Political Lunch - Greetings from Hillary

Today on The Lunch, Will and Rob tell tales of journalists led astray, our letter from Hillary, shifting polls, and the johnsons for Thompson.

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Political Lunch 10-1-07

With 400 days until Election ‘08, Will and Rob report on Newt’s political abstinence, Rudy’s moderate handicap, the power of McCain’s straight talk, a Desperate (Housewives) tour for change, and much more.

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(Ed. Note: Due to a very full schedule, this was not actually posted until 10-3-07)

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Today’s Lunch - Wrapping Up the Week

Today’s 10-in-3 episode gets you caught up with the week’s top headlines, including Christian martyrs, an NRA conference, Democratic mothers, Rudy’s headlines, and how Huckabee succeeds by grasping at straws.

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Today’s Lunch - Hillary’s ‘Burger King’ Health Care Plan

Today on The Lunch, Clinton unveils her much anticipated healthcare plan, and receives much criticism for being much like the Edwards and Obama plans. As for the GOP, McCain is rebounding and sinking at the same time, Romney has a painful trip to the hospital, and yet another horse enters the race.

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Rudy and the Iraq Study Group

Ouch!

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Eating steak, turning Baptist, and cleaning up the mess

For Lunch today, Iowa democrats serve up fried steak a la Tom Harkin, McCain gets pressed for a little straight talk, Giuliani tries to blend in (again) on race day, and we ponder the claims of Hillary’s healthcare critics.
You’ll enjoy Mitt Romney cleaning up and John “the Baptist” McCain.

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Pentagon Blowback on Rudy’s Ad

Rudy’s new ad attacking Hillary Clinton with Gen. Petraeus’ picture in it may have not been such a good idea.
Rudy’s new political ad attacking Hillary Clinton features multiple pictures of General Petraeus in uniform — but now the Pentagon says that the General “has not condoned” the use of his image in Rudy’s ad or [...]

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Giuliani’s Ad Is Swift-Boating

I find it hard to comprehend the level of debate over an ad almost rivals the debate over the war in Iraq. I’m not going to argue for or against the Petraeus ad, simply because I think it’s trivial when compared to other issues. (See update below.) On the other hand, based on the available [...]

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TPC Roundup - Troop Interruptus

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Bush Orders Withdrawal in Speech Filled with “Misstatements”; War Critics Not Amused
White House Issues Iraq Report
Key Sunni Leader Assassinated in Anbar
NJ Refuses to Obey Federal SCIHP Rules
Russia Confirms New Prime Minister
Giuliani Attacks Clinton over MoveOn Ad
Stevens Alaska Scandal Deepens

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GOP Candidates Take Pot Shots at Fred Thompson

Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. John McCain, and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani take pot shots at Fred Thompson for skipping tonight’s presidential debate in New Hampshire.

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A screwed up primary-election process is not an option

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I recognize this is not a 10- to 15-second-read post and some may not have the time or inclination to follow through the discussion. That notwithstanding, the issue at hand is important. My overriding concern is that many will reject the DNC’s (and RNC for that matter) sanctioning of states not following “the rules,” and [...]

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