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Candidates promised to shut off their robo-dialers on Christmas to give households a few hours of heavenly peace. Beyond that, however, the few days left before the caucuses are too precious to go unexploited. Democrat Christopher Dodd is heralding his "12 Days of Results" tour, while Republican Mike Huckabee virtually wraps himself in swaddling clothes in an ad in which he reflects on "the birth of Christ," with a perfectly lighted set of shelves forming a glowing Cross over his shoulder...
...season for religious political ads. Conservative Evangelicals are a house divided when it comes to supporting a GOP candidate, but Mike Huckabee continues his efforts to win them over. In a new TV spot, the pastor candidate claims to put politics aside in the spirit of the holiday, announcing "What really matters is the celebration of the birth of Christ." His campaign insists X-mas isn't an event to spin, but with a tree in the background--and a cross, formed by the intersection of shelves--Huckabee is positioning himself as the friendly, faithful candidate, vs. Mitt Romney...
...original Hollywood superagents. Long before Mike Ovitz ruled, the gentler, more charming Freddie Fields succeeded in producing (American Gigolo, Glory) and in founding First Artists, one of the first talent-owned production companies. But his claim to fame was establishing CMA (Creative Management Associates) with David Begelman. Now part of powerhouse agency ICM, CMA was home to such A-listers of the 1960s and '70s as Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Steve McQueen, Woody Allen, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Fields...
...governor of a liberal state but opposed drivers licenses for illegal immigrants and instate tuition for illegal immigrants? at a time when they weren't issues on the national scene." As for why the endorsement came now, Tancredo admitted he hoped to hurt the chances of rivals Mike Huckabee and John McCain - both of whom he views as weak on immigration. "It was the rise of Huckabee in Iowa, that's what really was disconcerting, and McCain in New Hampshire." (The McCain campaign declined comment, while Huckabee spokeswoman Charmaine Yoest replied: "The governor has a really strong and tough stand...
...airplane, forcing him to cancel a rally and embark instead on a seven-hour drive around the Show-Me State. Then, after months of claiming he led all Republicans in preference polls nationwide, new surveys showed he had slipped into a dead heat with, depending on the poll, Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney. Finally, late last night, Giuliani checked into a St. Louis hospital with symptoms of the flu. He is expected to be released sometime Thursday...