Tuesday's ctrl-c, ctrl-v

Tuesday's ctrl-c, ctrl-v

Who out there is a keyboard shortcut person and who's a toolbar person? Anyway, of note this AM:

Which of yesterday's two big endorsements is going to matter more? I mean, I like Gordon Fischer and all, and I'm sure he'll be of great backstage help to Team Obama, but does anyone outside the Des Moines beltway and Iowa blogosphere really care? Does the average caucus goer even know who Gordon is?

On the other hand, Evan Bayh is the most popular, powerful Democrat in Indiana and right now looks like Tom Vilsack's top competition for Clinton 44's running mate. Bayh could actually take a deep red state and turn it blue (I'm sure you all remember that map of Indiana counties on Election Day 2004 that Bayh's folks kept showing off during his abbreviated run last year).

Also, check the sidebar on that Register Gordon Fischer story. Ron Paul, showing his true colors, gets some hard right support:

Ivers, a research scientist from Webster City, joins Paul Dorr, Paul's Iowa field director, at the core of a largely volunteer campaign staff. Ivers was Iowa chairman for Pat Robertson in 1988 and Iowa chairman in 1996 and 1999 for Pat Buchanan.

The Buchanan tie makes sense, if you view Paul's war opposition as Buchanan-style isolationism and nativism. Throw in a strong dash of Christian right home schoolers: Dorr, of Ocheyedan, is best known as Iowa's top anti-school bond consultant.

Craig Crawford at CQ says early Florida, combined with the early state pledge not to campaign there that The Big Six all signed, locks the state in:

Clinton’s rivals will have no chance to undercut the New York senator’s runaway lead in Florida polls: She was ahead of the field by 29 percentage points in the latest Quinnipiac University survey released Sept. 13.

When an expected 2.5 million Democrats vote in Florida’s primary, it might be just a “beauty contest,” but it looks like Clinton will be its queen.

The New York Times looks at the city's former mayor and finds him, well, weird. The bit I have to share:

Giuliani used to begin speeches with raspy imitations of Marlon Brando as Don Corleone — as if everyone knew “The Godfather” as well as he did. Often enough, people wondered if he had a sore throat.

I would never do that outside of the Family, it would be disrespectful.

McCain sees himself as the Comeback Kid. Actually, the analogy is Kerry, not Clinton 42.

And I missed a city council forum last night. This PC article doesn't shed much light; candidates all agree assaults are bad, etc.