The Week That Was: O Really?

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The Week That Was: O Really?

27 Jul 2007 04:23 pm

BIll O'Reilly did the Clinton campaign an enormous favor by deeming YearlyKos unacceptable for sober presidential candidates to attend. Clinton aide Howard Wolfson did his boss good by showing up and defending the Kossacks.

Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani is wrapping up a great month for the campaign, one where the Thompson Freeze and the McCain collapse have allowed him to fill some organizational gaps and concentrate on making his economic policy case in New Hampshire. On the other hand, the Michigan Republican Party might throw a wrench in his campaign's Feb. 5 strategy. We'll know more next week.

Bill Richardson is touting another poll showing momentum in Iowa. His debate performance was middling. It's just not his format.

Mitt Romney continued to draw contrasts with Democrats.

Monday's YouTube debate launched the Turning Point of the race so far, as Obama and Hillary engaged in a substantive debate (played out over three days and ending in some nanny-nanny boo-boo) about foreign policy. Obama showed he is capable of being ballsy. Clinton demonstrated that M. Albright and R. Holbrooke still won't get on a conference call together. Both sides proclaimed victory; the press deemed HRC the victor early and then changed its mind.

Jeri Thompson is guiding her husband's presidential quest. Deal with it.

John Edwards set the bar for Democratic economic plans; he's raise taxes on the rich and cut them for the middle class. Despite the hullabaloo over Obama-Clinton, Edwards managed some pretty good press from the MSM and Dems, and some pretty critical jabs from Republicans, which is exactly the right mix for him right now.

What's Next

August begins! Next weekend, the Dems do YearlyKos in Chicago -- it's a mile away from Obama's campaign headquarters. Republicans stump in Iowa ahead of the straw poll. They debate on "This Week" With George Stephanopoulos next Sunday. Fred Thompson hosts a fund raiser in DC.

The Atlantic's Boldest
(our corrections)

1. The name of the DNC's research chief is Mike G-E-H-R-K-E, not Gerkhe.

2. Sam LeBlond was not "the" lead political advance guy for Fred Thompson. He was "a" lead advance guy for Fred Thompson.

3. I made a reporting error.

Comments (14)

Jeri Thompson is guiding her husband's presidential quest. Deal with it.

I'm fine with it. Then again, I'm a Democrat.

Posted by goethean | July 27, 2007 5:49 PM

"Jeri Thompson is guiding her husband's presidential quest. Deal with it."

Stop spinning for Thomson campaign. Thomson campaign had a disaster this week. His Campaign Manager was removed and many other left the campaign. He also expected to raise only 3 millions instead of 5 millions that was expected. Fredo is sinking fast.

Posted by SpinDoctor | July 27, 2007 5:56 PM

The following is such a misleading line!

'Mitt Romney continued to draw contrasts with Democrats.'

Looks like Marc has become campaign spokesperson for Mitt.

The reality is that Romney tries to bark without making any sense and then the democrats respond to him by hitting it out of park. If Mitt barks Dems only need to say 'hey flipflopper, look into mirror'.

Just this afternoon Edwards hit Mitty so hard that it must be still hurting. Checkout Edwards statement:

"
Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Senator John Edwards released a statement today in response to Republican Mitt Romney's attacks on his tax cut proposal for middle and working class Americans. Yesterday, Edwards announced a plan to reform our tax code to reward work, not the privileges of the insiders, and help regular families get ahead.

"Every time another radical Republican running for president speaks, the American people are reminded of how out of touch with economic reality they are. Example A: Mitt Romney.

"Romney, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, should be ashamed for attacking my economic plan, but it's not surprising he is. I want to rewrite our tax code to make it fair and help hard-working Americans save some money to give them a better shot at the American Dream. Mitt wants to make sure that the wealthiest Americans just keep getting wealthier and let everyone else pick up the scraps. Mitt's all about more, more, more for the people who already have the most - and that's just wrong.

"The truth is Mitt Romney shouldn't pay lower taxes on the money he makes from his money than middle-class families pay on the money they make from hard work. Neither should I. We're both incredibly fortunate and we should pay our fair share.

"That's the big difference between people like Mitt Romney and me. Mitt Romney thinks he and his insider friends helped make America great, I think it's the hundreds of millions of Americans in the working class and middle class who make America great. It's these hard-working families who deserve a break and a chance to live the same American Dream as I have. That's what I'm fighting for, and that's what people like Mitt Romney have spent a lifetime fighting against."
"

Posted by Matt | July 27, 2007 6:02 PM

the media has not changed it's mind. they still cling to Hillary being fabulous and inevitable. they are still out there spinning feverishly because no one is buying their inside the beltway cluelessness. So, while the people are telling the media how out of touch they are and that they are lapdogs for refusing to ask the hard questions about her and giving her a free ride, they are trying to convince us that they know best.
Some have resorted to pointing to the column by major league neocon, krauthammer. uh huh.

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