Presidential Campaign

RNC spokesman Danny Diaz tells Congress Blog editor Chris Good that Democrats have invested in failure in Iraq, and now that the tide may be turning are in a tough political position.

We’ve already heard about the massive amounts of money that will be raised and spent before voters choose their next president.  The figures are astronomical – even 50% more than was collectively spent in 2004. We are witnessing a veritable arms race for campaign money.  The system is obviously out of whack, and we must return it to sanity.

Both parties’ leading candidates are spending their valuable time raising money when they should be talking to voters – and they’d be the first to lament this fact.  The fact is in order to remain competitive in this high-stakes presidential election, the current public funding system is simply untenable.

Our proposal is simple: update the tax check-off, raise the spending limits, move up the release date, and create an ‘escape hatch’ that allows participating candidates to remain competitive even if a non-participating candidate out-raises them. Read more...

One day after trying to dispel concerns over his Mormon faith, Mitt Romney is attacking another one of his negatives with a new ad that starts airing in Iowa today trying to demonstrate that he took conservative positions that were not "politically correct" in liberal Massachusetts.

Staff Writer Sam Youngman tells Congress Blog Editor Andy Barr that Mitt Romney's speech on his Mormon faith is already paying dividends for his campaign.

In case you missed it, here is Mitt Romney's speech on his Mormon faith delivered earlier today.

Rudy Giuliani goes back to the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 as an example of how to deal with Islamic terrorists in his latest ad.

Mike Gravel defends his candidacy, to himself.

In a new ad that came out in Iowa Wednesday, former NATO Commander Gen. Wesley Clark quickly address attacks against Hillary Clinton before claiming that Clinton has what it takes to get us out of Iraq and to avert war with Iran.

Speaking to a crowded audience, Edwards targets Washington for being "corrupt" and "rigged" in a new TV ad for New Hampshire. He asks his audience if they really want to replace a crowd of "corporate Republicans" with corporate Democrats, then concludes, "This has to stop. It's that simple."

Rep. Tom Tancredo's (R-Colo.) second TV ad of the presidential campaign focuses on Central American gangs like MS-13.

The ad shows images of dead bodies lying in the streets of Honduras while a narrator says "mothers killed, children executed -- the tactics of vicious Central American gangs now on U.S. soil."

The narrator says Central American gangs are wreaking havoc in America "thanks to gutless politicians who refuse to defend our borders." Tancredo, according to the narrator, is the one man who dares to speak out for border security.