Archive for August, 2007

3 Democrats to skip rogue primary states (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Democrats Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden on Friday became the first presidential candidates to promise not to campaign in states that hold early nominating contests in violation of party rules.

Fundraiser turns himself in (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Norman Hsu prepares to surrender as he arrives with his unidentified attorney, left, and another unidentified supporter, right, at a San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.  Hsu, a top Democratic fundraiser wanted as a fugitive in California, turned himself in Friday to face a grand theft charge.  After reports surfaced this week of Hsu's fugitive status in California, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., joined other candidates in returning thousands of dollars he raised.     (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A top Democratic fundraiser whose criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates turned himself in Friday in California, where he had been a fugitive for more than 15 years.

3 Democrats to skip rogue primary states (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Democrats Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden on Friday became the first presidential candidates to promise not to campaign in states that hold early nominating contests in violation of party rules.

Iowa gay marriage ruling stirs 2008 race (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - An Iowa county judge’s ruling knocking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban stirred up the presidential race Friday as Republicans jostled to stake out a position with the state’s conservative voters in mind.

Fundraiser turns himself in (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Norman Hsu prepares to surrender as he arrives with his unidentified attorney, left, and another unidentified supporter, right, at a San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.  Hsu, a top Democratic fundraiser wanted as a fugitive in California, turned himself in Friday to face a grand theft charge.  After reports surfaced this week of Hsu's fugitive status in California, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., joined other candidates in returning thousands of dollars he raised.     (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A top Democratic fundraiser whose criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates turned himself in Friday in California, where he had been a fugitive for more than 15 years.

Ark. computers delete Huckabee criticism (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Internet criticism of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s involvement in the pardon of a castrated rapist and his heavy use of a state airplane disappeared with a mouse click.

Iowa gay marriage ruling stirs 2008 race (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - An Iowa county judge’s ruling knocking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban stirred up the presidential race Friday as Republicans jostled to stake out a position with the state’s conservative voters in mind.

Candidates connect to voters by phone (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - When she can’t be in New Hampshire to answer voters’ questions in person, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is phoning it in.

Ark. computers delete Huckabee criticism (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Internet criticism of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s involvement in the pardon of a castrated rapist and his heavy use of a state airplane disappeared with a mouse click.

Romney uses police escort in S. Carolina (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets a police escort as he takes his bus tour to the town of Newberry, S.C., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)AP - The motorcade of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney exceeded speed limits and went through stop lights Friday as local law officers escorted him, blue lights flashing, to campaign events in two South Carolina counties.