Paul pursues the pelican vote. Rudy's marketing plan for the State Department. Tonight's CNN/YouTube mystery questioner.
The following piece was produced through the Huffington Post's OffTheBus. Edited by Richard Riehl and Denise Wheeler. Reported by Kirsten Anderson, Ken Bank, River Curtis-Stanley, Jodi Lampert, Julie Pierce, Debbi Plummer, and Theresa Weathers.
Ron Paul takes to the skies: In yet another maverick money-raising scheme, Ron Paul supporters have launched a push to raise $350,000 for the first ever Presidential campaign blimp to fly around the country in December. As of yesterday, more than $272,000 had already been pledged for the anti-neocon's latest weapon. Which might be the first Presidential blimp, but it certainly won't be the first blimp to get into politics.
Dennis puts the Constitution back on the table: In an interview in New Hampshire last week, Kucinich threw down the gauntlet--literally. "To say impeachment's off the table, to that I say, 'is the Constitution off the table?'" Slapping down his pocket-sized version of the document on the table in front of him, he added, "The Constitution's on the table. Now what?" We'd suggest people might want to pick it up and read it.
Would you buy a used country from this man? At a "Politics and Eggs" breakfast meeting in New Hampshire Monday, Rudy explained to a group of mostly business leaders, "The main purpose of an ambassador is to sell the United States out of the State Department." But wouldn't it help, in the words of Professor Harold Hill of The Music Man, to know something about the territory?
Is this an invitation to an Amway meeting or a presidential campaign? From Dennis Kucinich's latest email: "DOUBLE YOUR MONEY!" "REACHING YOUR GOAL!" "DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT!" "TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY!"
Citizen Dodd: In a desperate bid for publicity, Chris Dodd, the temporary Iowa resident, has submitted a question for tonight's Republican CNN/YouTube debate. We doubt his question will slip through to the candidates, but if it did, imagine what kind of response it would get: "Thank you, questioner from Connecticut. You seem to know quite a bit about government and current events. It's almost like you're a politician!"
Rudy slips on his bagel: While touting his qualifications at Suzie's Diner in Hudson, NH, one of the breakfast regulars asked Rudy when the troops are coming back from Iraq. The diner said we left 50,000 dead in Vietnam and didn't win, so what's Rudy's answer now? "It's time to focus on victory in Iraq," Giuliani replied, "to give our young troops a chance to have victory." He didn't say whether that would be before or after they wind up in a coffin.
Thompson's "Giving Day" a bust: Fred's copycat 24-hour money bomb initiative, which Fredheads promoted to be a "break out" moment for the Tennessee Stud, garnered a grand total of only 82 pledges. With a break-out like that, maybe it's time for Fred to break out of the race and go back to being an actor.
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Posted November 28, 2007 | 10:04 AM (EST)