SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY, CAROLINE KENNEDY TO JOIN BARACK OBAMA AT "STAND FOR CHANGE" RALLY IN WASHINGTON, DC
Chicago, IL – Tomorrow, Monday, January 28, 2008, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy will join Senator Barack Obama at a "Stand for Change" rally in Washington, DC at Bender Arena at American University.
FORMER AR FIRST LADY JANET HUCKABEE TO SPEAK WITH STUDENTS, TOUR ANTI-POVERTY RELIEF ORGANIZATION IN TWIN CITIES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008
Little Rock, AR - Former Arkansas First Lady Janet Huckabee, wife of Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, will visit the Twin Cities on behalf of her husband's campaign on Monday, January 28, 2008, it was announced today.
Mrs. Huckabee's visit comes a week in advance of Minnesota precinct caucuses on Tuesday, February 5. While in the Twin Cities, she will address students at Northwestern College in St. Paul and take a warehouse tour of "Hope for the City," an anti-poverty relief organization, in St. Louis Park.
Monday, January 28, 2008
11:00 a.m. CT - St. Paul, Minnesota - Hosts media availability following a classroom visit and address to students at a chapel service at Northwestern College.
2:30 p.m. CT - St. Paul, Minnesota - Tours the Hope for the City warehouse followed by media availability, 8003 Oxford Avenue, St. Louis Park.
LIZ CHENEY JOINS ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced that Elizabeth "Liz" Cheney will be joining the Romney for President campaign. Having most recently worked at the U.S. State Department handling Middle East policy, Cheney will serve as a senior foreign policy adviser to Governor Romney.
"I am proud to support Governor Romney. Throughout this campaign, he has distinguished himself as a leader who can guide our country with a clear vision for overcoming the threats we face today. Dedicated to the success of our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, Governor Romney is the only candidate who has outlined a comprehensive strategy for defeating the global Jihadist threat. I look forward to working with Governor Romney, because he is the leader our country needs," said Liz Cheney.
Making today's announcement, Governor Romney said, "Liz Cheney brings to our campaign years of experience helping to formulate America's foreign policy and to advance democracy and reform in the Middle East. She understands that to defeat this global Jihadist threat we have to help Muslim nations reject the violent extreme. I am honored that she will be joining our team."
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: NEWSPAPERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION ENDORSE GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Romney Rises As Republican Choice" (1/27/08)
"'To win the White House, Republicans need a nominee who can be competitive in states drifting Democratic – Ohio or Colorado, among others. Romney can,' the AJC editorial board notes in its endorsement in the Republican race."
"The qualities needed now in the Oval Office are business knowledge and experience, an understanding of economies and the imperatives of those who manage them around the world, an ability to problem-solve and to assess talent and to assemble the right team to accomplish a mission. What's needed, too, is a strong grounding in principle and steadfastness in the face of pressure and panic, but with the adaptability and flexibility to adjust to changing circumstances."
"But McCain does not have management experience nor wide-ranging expertise in business and economics. The Republican who best exemplifies all the qualities needed in a president is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a successful CEO and the target of Huckabee's populist broadlines."
"For Republicans, it's time to be realistic.
"And the reality is that the next president could be handed a Congress controlled by Democrats, as George W. Bush was in 2006. That demands a leader with experience in working with the opposition party."
"In addition to a pragmatism toward the opposition, another practical concern for Republicans is electability. To win the White House, Republicans need a nominee who can be competitive in states drifting Democratic – Ohio or Colorado, among others.
"Romney can. On policy matters, the great differences are between the two parties – not, frankly, the serious contenders in either field.
"It is for that reason that purists should recognize that the crucial test is which of these candidates can win in November. In all respects, Romney looks, sounds and acts presidential, projecting competence and the intelligence to deal comfortably with policy nuance and complexity. In a perilous world, whether the peril is terrorism, global competition or a tanking economy, Mitt Romney is the Republican who inspires confidence in his ability to lead.
"'I will not need briefings on how the economy works; I know how it works,' Romney said last week in Florida. 'I've been there. I think it's time to have a president who understands the economy, understands jobs, understands why jobs come and go.'
"That should be an appealing argument to Republicans."
Hartford Courant: "Mr. Romney For The GOP" (1/27/08)
"Mitt Romney's record while governor of Massachusetts was much better than he's given credit for. It's the record of an achiever.
"The Republican governor led the fight to control sprawl and bring more affordable housing to the Bay State with groundbreaking laws and a dramatic reorganization of state agencies. In 2003, he combined transportation, housing, environmental and energy agencies into a super-agency, charged it with stopping runaway suburban growth, then appointed a Democrat environmentalist to run it. By comparison, Connecticut is still nibbling around the edges of smart growth.
"The former venture-capital company CEO and rescuer of the 2002 Winter Olympics also worked with the Democratic legislature to stop job losses and reduce a projected $3 billion budget shortfall. He managed to balance his state's budget without sales or income tax or gas increases. And he streamlined other government agencies — all while maintaining the state's huge accomplishments from a decade of education reforms that put Massachusetts ahead of Connecticut on many academic achievement scores.
"Though some in his party abhorred it as 'socialized medicine,' Mr. Romney backed a bold state plan to cover the uninsured that required every Massachusetts citizen to have health insurance but provided aid for those who couldn't afford it. His business school case-method approach to health care – let states experiment; see who comes up with the best ideas – is the most likely to yield ingenious and flexible solutions to an increasingly worrisome national issue."
"With the economy gaining on the war in Iraq as the leading worry for Americans, however, Mr. Romney's real-world grasp of economic principles, his real-world successes on both sides of the public/private-sector aisle, are increasingly valuable assets."
"He's believable when he promises to bring 'innovation and transformation' to Washington. He has done it.
"He is The Courant's choice for the Feb. 5 Republican presidential primary."
Salt Lake Tribune: "Executive Material: Mitt Romney Should Be The Republican Nominee" (1/27/08)
"When Americans go to the polls in November, they will be electing a chief executive of the United States. As we survey the Republican field of presidential aspirants in Utah's Feb. 5 primary, one candidate stands above the others as a talented chief executive: Mitt Romney.
"Utahns learned about Romney up close when the state's governor at the time, Mike Leavitt, tapped him in 1999 to rescue the scandal-plagued committee that was organizing the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. In the subsequent months, we watched him quickly assemble a top-drawer management team, impose financial discipline and turn a foundering ship around. He brought the Games in on budget, and brought the world a winter Olympiad of unrivaled brilliance.
"That's one reason Utahns admire Romney."
"No other Republican candidate, not even Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who guided his city through the 9/11 crisis, can match Romney's executive resume in both government and the private sector. That's a big reason why we believe he is presidential timber and deserves the support of Utah's Republican voters on Feb. 5." …
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC ENDORSES JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT
"[A]s a candidate who embodies the only characteristics of Ronald Reagan that really matter in these troubled times - personal integrity and commitment to principle - no other candidate comes close. Any comparison of the candidates that sets other attributes on the same plane as these is simply derivative." -- The Arizona Republic
Excerpts From "McCain Offers Integrity"
Editorial
Arizona Republic
January 27, 2008
THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ENDORSES JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT
"In many ways he was and is a typical Sunbelt conservative, an Arizonan with a lifetime voting record of 82 percent on positions favored by the American Conservative Union. What makes Mr. McCain different is that devotion to 'being constant to something greater than yourself.'" -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Excerpts From "John McCain: A Sense Of Duty"
Editorial
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 26, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES ENDORSES JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT
"For years, he has been one of the nation's strongest critics of pork-barrel spending and the abuse of earmarks in the federal budget. Refusing to pander for votes and sticking to his convictions are among McCain's greatest strengths. ... His honor, integrity and independence set him apart. Among the Republicans, he represents the best opportunity for changing the culture in Washington, repairing our reputation in the world and rebuilding the trust many Americans have lost in their government. The Times recommends John McCain in Tuesday's Republican primary." -- St. Petersburg Times
McCain For Republicans
Editorial
St. Petersburg Times
Posted January 25, 2008
Florida Republicans have an opportunity Tuesday to provide some clarity in a muddled presidential primary. With a win here, John McCain would build on his victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina and become the clear front-runner heading into the many contests on Feb. 5. The Arizona senator offers the best hope among the Republicans to bring change to the White House and restore America's reputation in the world.
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER ENDORSES JOHN MCCAIN
"Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the best Republican candidate for president. Experience? The four-term senator and Vietnam war hero has it all over his opponents. Character? Again, McCain wins hands down. ... McCain, 71, has personal bravery, political courage and a confident sense of how he would lead this country. He's the authentic candidate in a field of wannabes and flip-floppers." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Excerpts From "Inquirer's GOP Endorsement For President: McCain"
Editorial
The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 27, 2008
Sen. John McCain of Arizona is the best Republican candidate for president.
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ENDORSES JOHN MCCAIN
"To hear McCain speak of honor, of duty, is to wake up the echoes of John F. Kennedy urging Americans to ask not what their country can do for them. A President McCain would engage challenges domestic and foreign with the candid conviction that doing what's right may cost us. ... Mitt Romney has the skill set of a superb Treasury secretary. But, thus far, he hasn't convinced us he would be McCain's equal in confronting that dangerous world of 2008. ... [H]is constancy is that of a man grounded in crisp and clear principles that he doesn't exchange for the popular opinion du jour. ... We endorse him confident that as chief executive and commander in chief, he would meet the honorable standards he has set for himself and our country." -- The Chicago Tribune
Excerpts From "For The Republicans: McCain"
Editorial
Chicago Tribune
January 27, 2008
Edwards to Visit Minnesota to Discuss his Plans to Fight for Working Families and The Middle Class
Edwards will talk about his plans to fight for hard-working families like the ones he grew up with
On Tuesday, January 29th, 2008, Senator John Edwards will travel to St. Paul, Minnesota to meet with voters and discuss his plans to make sure our government works for working families and the middle class, not just special interests. From guaranteeing universal health care to creating good jobs and enacting trade deals that help workers, not just big multinational corporations, Edwards will take on entrenched interests and fight for working and middle class families.
"Powerful entrenched interests are standing in the way of the change our country desperately needs," said Edwards. "We need to stand up for the middle class and American jobs before it's too late. Saving the middle class is going to be an epic battle, and that's a fight I was born for. I know that if we stand together, we can take back our country. We can build the One America we all believe in."
The details of this event are included below. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP please visit the John Edwards for President web site at: www.johnedwards.com/stpaul.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2008
6:45 PM CT
North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters
710 Olive St
St Paul, Minnesota
