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
* “Democratic National Committee officials ruled [Saturday] that Florida’s Jan. 29 presidential primary is in violation of party rules and gave Florida Democrats 30 days to find a solution or be frozen out of the nominating convention next year,” the Boston Globe reported<\/a>. “The near-unanimous vote threw the already contentious primary season into further turmoil, setting up a showdown between the states and the national party, which is desperately trying to quell the rush toward early primaries that could determine the nominee before spring.”<\/p>\n * Fred Thompson’s still-unannounced campaign continues to hemorrhage staffers<\/a>: “Linda Rozett, the communications director for former Sen. Fred Thompson’s (R-Tenn.) presidential bid, has left the campaign, according to an internal e-mail obtained by The Fix. ‘It is my duty to let you know that Linda Rozett is no longer with our committee,’ wrote campaign manager Bill Lacy. ‘I will have to make a lot of tough decisions to make our venture successful, and this was one of them. Linda is a talented, professional and gracious lady who will be missed…. But in the limited amount of time we have I feel it critical to have a communications point person with significant campaign experience.'”<\/p>\n * Rudy Giuliani unveiled the basics of his tax plan<\/a> over the weekend, which includes reducing corporate taxes, eliminating the inheritance tax, and making Bush’s reckless cuts permanent. The former mayor also compared Dems’ opposition to Bush’s tax cuts to their opposition to Bush’s Iraq policy. “When it’s working, let’s change it. Isn’t that a brilliant philosophy? It sounds a little bit like Iraq,” Giuliani said. (No, the poor guy isn’t very bright.)<\/p>\n