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...number of television ads run by Mitt Romney as of Sept. 30, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG. The ads--the most ever aired at this point in a presidential campaign--have appeared mostly in the early-primary states of New Hampshire and Iowa. Romney holds a notable lead in early Iowa polls...
...With just three months until the still first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, candidates for both parties' nominations are starting to sharpen their knives - and their one-liners - and look for the best place to stick both...
...Defcon 2: Full-frontal attack. This is a significant escalation. Mitt Romney launched one against Rudy Giuliani in Iowa this past August: "If you look at lists compiled on Web sites of sanctuary cities [cities hospitable to illegal immigrants], New York is at the top of the list when Mayor Giuliani was mayor. He instructed city workers not to provide information to the federal government that would allow them to enforce the law. New York City was the poster child for sanctuary cities in the country." Not wanting to escalate the confrontation any more, the Giuliani campaign responded strongly, using...
...Small additions from the endowment distribution could mitigate or eliminate tuition growth and substantially expand student aid,†Gravelle said in a report presented to the committee. She recommended tax penalties or a required annual payout to direct funds to tuition assistance. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Finance Committee, called on the top universities to rein tuition costs. “It’d be good to see the very elite institutions, with the richest endowments, take the lead and create a ripple effect throughout higher education to make college more affordable...
That is because the candidates are moving into the final quarter before the primaries and caucuses begin, an accelerated calendar that requires an arsenal of financial firepower unlike ever before. It used to be that a candidate who did well in Iowa and New Hampshire had a period of some weeks in which to use the good buzz to bring in new donors and contributions. But this time, big states like Florida and California will be holding their contests right on the heels of Iowa and New Hampshire, which means candidates must already have their operations in place...