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
* NYT reports<\/a> from the Sunshine State: “The Florida Democratic Party announced Sunday that it would move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party’s decision to block the state delegation from the 2008 Democratic convention. State party leaders said that even if none of the state’s delegates were seated at next summer’s Democratic presidential convention, the earlier primary would still help determine the nominee.” The DNC will almost certainly strip Florida’s delegates in response.<\/p>\n * The pressure seems to be pushing the House Republican leadership to the breaking point. Burdened by retirements and weak poll numbers, Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and NRCC Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) are apparently fighting vehemently<\/a> over the party’s 2008 strategy. Apparently, the two have been getting into shouting matches and Cole is threatening to quit.<\/p>\n * Hillary Clinton will pick up two big endorsements today — one from the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers<\/a>, and the other from Sen. Evan Bayh<\/a> (D-Ind.), who flirted with a presidential campaign of his own earlier this year. Speculation is already circling as to whether Clinton would consider Bayh as a possible running mate.<\/p>\n * Barack Obama picked up a helpful of endorsement of his own this morning, getting the support of former Iowa Democratic Party chairman Gordon Fischer<\/a>. On a conference call with Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, Fischer said Obama would attract more Republicans and Independents into the Democratic fold, which would help Dems “down the ballot.”<\/p>\n