Tracker Program Update 12/4

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is the latest update on the tracking program. Thanks, Tara *Tracker Program Update 12/4* *Program Update* *Staffing* We will be eight strong starting on Monday, Dec. 10 when our second DC tracker starts full-time. Given the current demands on our DC team, this is a much welcomed addition. One spot is still open on the team. *Equipment/Technology* No issues to report. All systems go! *Tracking System* Our team is fully acclimated to the equipment and video transmission process. Our conference calls are no longer dominated by tech. support questions. We've moved to a place where event details and campaign nuances are the primary focus of our calls. The largest problem facing the tracking system at the moment is the backlog of video that needs uploaded to a user-friendly viewing site like YouTube. The addition of another DC based tracker will help alleviate this strain. *Media Monitoring* Both a national and local media monitoring system is up and running. Every morning the DC based trackers send out news clips. Every Tuesday and Friday local news clips from our target states (IA, NH, SC) are sent out. * Rudy Giuliani * *Event Details: * - Campaigned in NH and FL this past week.** - His events in NH are not as well attended as the other candidates' events. Further, he does not receive as warm of a reception. Media is always present in force.** - In FL, he received a standing ovation at his campaign event, which is an anomaly compared to his reception in NH.** - One of our campaigners got a question about Iran asked at a town hall event in NH (question and answer below).** * * *Key Quotes:* *Q: *"I know one of the issues that is facing our country right now is Iran and they pose a clear threat to us and I would like to know what precautions you are going to take to protect our nation from a terrorist attack. How would you prevent us from becoming susceptible to that happening again?"** *A:* "It's gotta be very clear to Iran that we are not going to allow them to become a nuclear power. It is against the policy of the American government in my view, it should be, to allow Iran to become a nuclear power. Why? Because Iran is irresponsible. And the worst nightmare of the Cold War, for those of us who lived through the Cold War, the biggest nightmare of the Cold War was nuclear weapons in the hands of an irresponsible person or regime. And they fit both of those categories. *Ahmadinejad is an irresponsible person, the regime, has been an irresponsible regime at least since the late 1970's, taking hostages, promoting terrorism, engaged in terrorism, considered the be the biggest state sponsor of terrorism today *. What does it mean to be a state sponsor of terrorism? It means giving money and armaments to terrorists. We're not, you want these people to have nuclear weapons? If they're supplying them with conventional weapons, isn't there a risk they are going to supply them with nuclear weapons? Do you want them to have that kind of power? Do you want them, if they become a nuclear power to create a nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, which is what would happen if they became nuclear, well then who knows what Saudi Arabia would do, who knows what Jordan would do, or Kuwait, or maybe some combination of those countries that tend to be Sunni Arab countries, rather than Shiite Arab countries, which have its own set of problems. *So, there has to be a major commitment of the United States government, we are not going to allow them to become nuclear and we will take whatever steps we believe in are necessary to stop it*. And we should try to get the rest of the world to cooperate with us with the kind of sanctions that really work and that, uh, stop them from going there, but they have to know that we are going to back that up, that we are not going to walk away from our responsibility at the end or that they can talk us out of it, otherwise I don't think the sanctions work." *Clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ggo9qe9WyNE* * ***If you want to watch the selected tracker videos, you need to log on to the private youtube site for selected clips. Username: IssueAlliance Password: TomMatzzie On Iraq: "In an effort to try to achieve a successful result in Iraq, which, thank God, it seems like they [U.S. military] got a better chance of doing it now, *can't say absolutely they will*." * Mitt Romney * *Event Details: * - Visited NH and IA this past week.** - Events are well-attended but voters are not responding with the same enthusiasm as in previous weeks. He is NOT the inspiration candidate. ** - Has the "Kerry Syndrome" – i.e. gives answers to questions that situate him on both sides of the issue. ** - In IA, Romney emphasizes his opposition to marriage equality and a women's right to choose. In NH, he focuses on immigration and taxes. His mail pieces in each state reflect this message discipline: 1) in IA, he's sent out a mailer about a constitutional amendment to keep marriage between a man and a woman and 2) in NH, he's sent out a couple of attack pieces on Giuliani about immigration.** - One of our campaigners got a question about endless war asked at a town hall in Iowa (question and answer below).** *Key Quote:* *Q:* "Right Now Bush is in negotiations with Iraqi leaders regarding a long-term military commitment to secure both Iraq and the United States. My question is: do you support George Bush and his efforts to establish a long-term military presence in Iraq to keep us safe, even if it takes years?" *A:* "Let me tell you what I do believe about Iraq.* I do not believe we should have a permanent military presence in Iraq.* I don't think we should announce to the world we want to have a permanent military presence in Iraq. We *have permanent military bases very close and in the region*. And we have such a base in Kuwait, Cutter, and there are other places from which we can defend our interests in the region but *I do not believe we should precipitously withdraw from Iraq.* And let me tell you why, for me the key in Iraq right now is making sure that Al Qaeda and people like Hezbollah and other groups like that do not establish a safe-haven or a base from which they recruit and finance and launch attacks against us… and our friends. And the surge is working to prevent Al Qaeda from establishing such a safe, safe-haven. As a matter of fact, as you are now reading and more & more people are learning, the Sunnis, a large portion of the population of Iraq, has been working with our military to help get rid of Al Qaeda amongst them. Al Qaeda over-played their hand, was too aggressive, too domineering, too demanding, and the Sunnis are rejecting them and working with us. This is a very positive development for their country and our success there, because we do not want to have, we don't want to have Al Qaeda in charge in a major region of the world. If they had a major piece of Iraq or all of Iraq, let me tell you, Iraq would make Afghanistan, and the launch of terror from that country look like child's play. And so it's important to me that we get the job done. *And I will not walk out of Iraq until the job is done*." *Clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_NkGhFIiYpI* **If you want to watch the selected tracker videos, you need to log on to the private youtube site for selected clips. Username: IssueAlliance Password: TomMatzzie * Mike Huckabee* * * *Event Details: * - Visited NH and IA this past week** - Met with overflowing crowds and press interest. Voters responded to him with standing ovations and applause.** - First response from trackers covering his events, "Gee, I really like this guy." ** * * *Key Quotes:* When asked about his recent surge in the polls, Huckabee responds: "I think the underlying reason is the same reason that a little boy fed 5,000 people with two fish and five loaves. There's no human explanation for it." *Clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JqSAiFtO-nE* * ***If you want to watch the selected tracker videos, you need to log on to the private youtube site for selected clips. Username: IssueAlliance Password: TomMatzzie *News Clip:* *The Real Secret to Huckabee's Rise in the Polls (ABC News 12/03/07)* Last Wednesday, speaking at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, former Arkansas Gov. and Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee said that "Divine *providence was responsible for his recent surge in the polls in Iowa*," as he noted that he "is the candidate with much less capital firepower than his rivals." http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2007/12/the-real-secret.html On Immigration: "And by the way, no disrespect, but let's not forget it was a, uh, Republican Senate and Ronald Reagan who actually signed the amnesty bill twenty years ago that helped create this mess. So we gotta get it fixed." "The Republican party is far from dead." * Fred Thompson* *Event Details: * - Thompson fundraised in California this week and appeared on Larry King Live.** - We attempted to track Thompson at an event in New Hampshire this past weekend but he did not show. This is likely the fault of the organizers of the event.** * John McCain * *Event Details: * - Campaigned in SC this week. - Events not as well populated by press compared to top three GOP candidates. - Events well attended – not the highest attendance of all the candidates, but his supporters are the most enthusiastic. * * *Key Quotes:* * *"[The troops] are succeeding. […] They are succeeding. And anyone who tells you anything different doesn't know the facts on the ground. And I'm here to tell you there are some democrats who have declared this war lost a long time ago. And if we would have done what they wanted to do seven or eight months ago, Al-Qaeda would be tellin' the world they beat the United States of America."** On Petraeus: "This is the right strategy, the right general." On the youtube debate: "There's a lot of things that need to be done in Washington today, my friends. And, in case you saw the debate the other night, we didn't address many of them. I'm sorry to tell you. I mean, getting questions from cartoon characters is all very interesting experience, but I'm not sure how illuminating [it is] to the people who are watching." On contractors and Rumsfeld: "I think it's unfortunate that we have to use these contractors *and it's directly related to Rumsfeld's failure* in not expanding the Marine Corps and the Army into a much larger organization so they could handle these requirements and responsibilities. And it's not a good thing that we didn't have enough members of the Army and Marine Corps. And one of the many mistakes secretary Rumsfeld made was not expanding the Army and Marine Corps to a point where they could take over those responsibilities. And I'd remind you that the Army and the Marine Corps are one-third smaller than they were at the time of the first Gulf War. They're the best military we've ever had there just aren't enough of them. And we're gonna have to recruit and enlist a lot more members of the military today."