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Massachusetts: Rudy Giuliani

May 15, 2009 - 10:42 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

GOP '12 Notes

By David S. Bernstein

Here are a few items of interest about some of the folks on my latest Top 25 ranking of GOP 2012 Presidential Nominees. (Also, please note that my latest rankings cleverly included two #18s, but no #23. Oops. Please mentally renumber to compensate.)

--USN&WR's Washington Whispers informally surveyed Republican leaders for long-shot 2012 nominees, and gave a top four of my #1 Tim Pawlenty; #3 Mark Sanford; #7 Jon Huntsman, and #13 Eric Cantor. Also mentioned: #5 John Thune, #21 Jeb Bush, and unlisted Richard Burr.

--#2 Jim DeMint and #10 Rick Perry held what they dubbed "Tea Party 2.0," via teleconference yesterday... which is kind of like if the colonists had protested by sitting in their homes spilling tea on their floors.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 16:09

Vt. Gov. Douglas boosts Palin, McCain in speech to Mass. delegates

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1055|title=Vt. Gov. Jim Douglas|desc=Politicker Photo|link=none|align=left|width=400|height=243]BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Republican Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said Thursday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin nailed her speech on Wednesday night, and that the GOP ticket national ticket this year provides an opportunity Republican candidates in traditionally Democratic states.

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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 14:23

Romney wrote speech from beginning to end, RNC had little input

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

ST. PAUL -- Former Gov. Mitt Romney wrote his primetime speech from beginning to end and the Republican National Committee did not change much in the vetting process, according to Romney's staff.

Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for Romney, told PolitickerMA.com that Romney drafted the entire speech himself. The speech was submitted to the RNC for review, Fehrnstrom said, but they did not make any "substantive changes."

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Tue, 08/19/2008 - 18:57

Romney to join GOP's Denver party-crashers

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=744|title=Ex-Gov. Mitt Romney (R)|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|url=undefined|align=left|width=175|height=204]The Associated Press reports that one week from today, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Belmont) will join other prominent Republicans in taking part in counter-efforts to the Democratic National Committee Convention in Denver, Colorado.

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