The former mayor of New York City is now...a Red Sox fan?? The NY Daily News say's Rudy has "jumped the shark":  read more »

What's Sam up to?  read more »

From Lifenews:  read more »

In reality, it's past Time for some candidates to pack it in, but this is as good an occasion to point it out again as any:  read more »

Finally... After dancing around the edge of being a candidate, then finally getting into the ring, we were finally able to see Thompson on stage w/the rest of the guys. For my part, I'll have to say I wasn't that impressed, especially considering he's a guy that's supposed to be used to the camera...but then again, maybe that's only when he has a script.

At any rate, here's a sample of some of the coverage:  read more »

There's a special election on deck in Massachusett's 5th district, and the Repubican is actually within shouting distance. Use the widgett at the top of the page and give a helping hand to a Republican in a deep blue state.

h/t Patrick Ruffini

This is interesting:  read more »

There's a new poll out of Michigan Republicans and, like New Hampshire and Iowa, it has Romney out to a big lead among GOP primary voters. From the Free Press:

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has surged to become the clear GOP front-runner in Michigan, his native state, a new poll shows.

When it rains...well, look at this:  read more »

It seems Fred Thompson has received enough backlash about his delays on getting into the ring that he's having a conference call today with his supporters to tell them that he's going to officially announce on Thursday, September 6th - one day AFTER the next scheduled GOP debate. (Wayta' duck another debate there Fred). I'm sure the folks in New Hampshire (see post below) will be pleased.

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