Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* The deadline for Wyoming Republicans who want to fill the late Sen. Craig Thomas’ (R) seat was yesterday, and 31 people submitted applications. Lynne Cheney, Dick’s wife, was not among them<\/a>. Next Tuesday, the Wyoming’s GOP Central Committee will winnow<\/a> the number from 31 to three.<\/p>\n * All of the Democratic presidential candidates will appear in an Univision debate in August, but the field will hear questions in English and English responses will be translated<\/a> simultaneously into Spanish. Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd, both of whom are fluent Spanish speakers, are disappointed. A spokesperson for the Richardson campaign said, “This is a disservice to Univision’s viewers. It is a Spanish-language network and candidates who speak Spanish should not be penalized because other candidates do not.” He added that doing the debate in English is a “new wrinkle” that “detracts from the original intent” of the event, and as a result, Richardson may boycott.<\/p>\n * Rudy Giuliani took an indirect shot<\/a> at Bush’s presidency yesterday, telling a Flag Day audience in Delaware, “What we’re lacking is strong, aggressive, bold leadership like we had with Ronald Reagan.”<\/p>\n * Speaking of Giuliani, the Jerusalem Post is going to stop distributing<\/a> fundraising mail for the former mayor’s presidential campaign.<\/p>\n * Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel appeared on the Laura Ingraham radio show yesterday, although he didn’t know it<\/a> at first. “He came on, and he thought he was actually on the Dr. Laura show,” Ingraham’s producer said yesterday.<\/p>\n