Presidential Campaign

Democratic Courage released the first group-sponsored, anti-Hillary Clinton attack ad of the 2008 presidential election Tuesday.

The group hopes to begin airing the ad in Iowa Friday but has yet to purchase air time. Democratic Courage President Glenn Hurowitz told The Hill Tuesday that his group already has enough money to make the purchase.

Democratic Courage says Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) routinely backs down from Republican opposition. The ad focuses on Clinton's proposal to give every child in America a $5,000 bond at birth; it shows Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) proclaiming victory over Clinton's proposal in a presidential debate.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) discusses immigration with action star Chuck Norris, who endorsed Huckabee for president Oct. 21.

Huckabee says border security should be America's first priority, and that it makes more sense to focus laws on employers than on "the people who are coming for the same reason that our own ancestors came."

In a new ad released today in Iowa, former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) says that this generation could fail its moral test of providing a better country for the next generation.

A new John Edwards ad that started airing in New Hampshire Monday blames oil companies and drug companies for problems with the American healthcare system. The ad shows Edwards speaking to a a crowded room. You "have to take [the oil and drug companies'] power away from them," Edwards tells the crowd.

A new Hillary Clinton ad released Thursday addresses the country's economic problems and fears of a recession. In the ad, Clinton promises to end corporate tax breaks and give a break to average citizens. Clinton also says she will create new jobs and cut the deficit. All problems the New York Senator says she'll be ready to solve "on day one."

Voters were able to see a clear difference between candidates in the most recent Republican debate.  While some candidates chose to throw jabs back and forth, Fred Thompson stayed focused on the issues.  His answers were both thoughtful and strong.  He offered specific plans on big issues facing our nation, such as social security.  Fred is running a campaign based on his core beliefs, beliefs that he has held his entire life and that was evident during the debate.

In a web video, John Edwards' campaign attacks Mitt Romney for saying, during Wednesday's debate, that "every time I listen to someone like John Edwards get on TV and say there are two Americas I just want to throw something at the TV. Because there are not two Americas, there is one America."

It's been a little while since throwing the rock into the lake, so Mike Gravel has come storming back with the an psychedelic experience saying, "power to the people, give peace a chance."

Congress Blog Editor Andy Barr and Staff Writer Sam Youngman recap the CNN/YouTube Republican debate.

I thought that Sen. McCain was the most dignified of the candidates up there, while the Giuliani and Romney teams went after each other. I thought he looked the most presidential.