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Being fourth in the battle to win the Republican nomination, according to a Fox poll, I can imagine Romney is looking to gain some momentum going into the next quarter. One sure fire way to set yourself apart, or to take your opponent down a notch, is to question their record. Being at the top of the ladder, Giuliani should expect all the hits from the Republican candidates. Other than a couple comments here and there no one has really said anything against the other, perhaps it’s time that starts, otherwise the bottom candidates will fail to stand out from Giuliani and Thompson.

A news release from the Romney campaign is taking aim at Rudy’s spending during his time as mayor of New York. The headline reads, “Big City, Big Spender,” which drew attention to Giuliani’s fight to keep in place a commuter tax when he was City. The Romney campaign also announced it would be broadcasting a radio advertisement in the early voting state of New Hampshire, pointing out that Romney was the only Republican candidate who had pledged to oppose any attempt to raise taxes on Americans.


Romney, fourth overall, is doing rather well in Iowa where he currently leads. Caucuses for Iowa are in January and will be the first voting event on the long road to the November 2008 elections. Giuliani, however, is closing in on Romney in New Hampshire and leads all Republican candidates in national polls.

The Romney camp also released a column from Cesar Conda, a former domestic and economic policy adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, in which he points out that Giuliani has not ruled out higher taxes to pay for extending the solvency of the Social Security retirement system.

“Ambiguity on taxes is something Republicans cannot afford,” Conda wrote.

Republicans are alarmed at the failure of Washington politicians to rein in ever-growing government spending are searching for a fiscally conservative presidential candidate who can slow down the spending.

Giuliani also took fire from Democrat Hillary Clinton. The New York senator’s campaign began running an ad in Iowa and New Hampshire that seemed intended to steal some of Giuliani’s thunder as the city’s mayor during the September 11 attacks.

The ad, in which Clinton appears wearing a dust mask on a visit to the site of the attacks, says, “She stood by Ground Zero workers who sacrificed their health care after so many sacrificed their lives.”

Giuliani was criticized in August for saying he spent as much time if not more than rescue workers at the site of New York’s destroyed World Trade Center.

Clinton, herself was assailed by Democratic rival John Edwards who charged that her campaign strategist Mark Penn’s public relations firm, Burson-Marsteller, represented Blackwater USA, the security firm accused of killing Iraqi civilians.

In Iowa, Edwards likened Penn to President George W. Bush’s former political adviser, Karl Rove, and suggested a Clinton presidency would not bring the sort of change needed in Washington.

“I think it is important for Iowa caucus goers to understand the choices they have in this election. And it is the reason I continue to say we don’t want to replace a group of corporate Republicans with a group of corporate Democrats.”

Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said Penn did no work on the Blackwater account, Burson-Marsteller has cut its ties with the firm “and that was the right thing to do.” Source: Reuters.

While Rudy and Fred hold the top two spots, they have the most to lose over the next couple months. While they are forced to prove themselves in the light of publicity, lower candidates will be fighting for recognition. While Rudy is seen as the strongest candidate he has had recent trouble with rumors of the possibility of a third party conservative candidate running against him. Conservative critics have issues with his pro-abortion stance and voting record which he refuses to back down from. The question ends up being, how many will stand by their conservative views on issues and who will sell that out for the candidate who seems to be the most electable?

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