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
* According to Rasmussen, 27% of Republican voters say they’d vote for a conservative third-party candidate<\/a> over pro-choice Rudy Giuliani. If GOP primary voters hear about this and believe it, Giuliani’s electability argument is no longer viable.<\/p>\n * Hillary Clinton has a powerful new TV ad<\/a>, which utilizes images from Ground Zero. It’s a clear reminder that Giuliani may claim 9\/11 as his own, but the junior senator from New York isn’t going to let him.<\/p>\n * Speaking of Hillary, Newsweek’s Howard Fineman had a piece<\/a> yesterday speculating on Clinton’s running mates — more than three months before a single vote has been cast.<\/p>\n * Barack Obama has a solid new ad<\/a> of his own, featuring retired Air Force General Merrill McPeak, who served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first Gulf War.<\/p>\n * Mitt Romney hit Giuliani pretty hard yesterday on taxes<\/a>, telling a New Hampshire audience that the former NYC mayor was wrong to oppose a presidential line-item veto, wrong to oppose a no-new-taxes pledge, and wrong to support a commuter tax on those who worked in NYC but lived elsewhere. * In Minnesota, Al Franken (D) raised more money<\/a> than incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in the third quarter.<\/p>\n * In New Hampshire, a new poll shows former Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D) leading<\/a> incumbent Sen. John Sununu (R), 54% to 38%.<\/p>\n
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\n* In New Mexico’s open Senate race, Rep. Tom Udall<\/a> (D-N.M.) is not running and Rep. Heather Wilson<\/a> (R-N.M.) is.<\/p>\n