Tag search result for: Joe Trippi

Group targets Burr over 'rape' vote

bniolet — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:47:22 -0500

Sen. Richard Burr is the target of a new Internet ad campaign that seeks to tie his political contributions from the defense industry and the Chamber of Commerce to his vote on a bill involving how overseas American contractors handle allegations of rape.

Senate hopeful hires Trippi

janestancill — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:31:21 -0400

Durham attorney Kenneth Lewis announced that he had raised $109,513 for a U.S. Senate bid next year.

Lewis has hired Joe Trippi, a veteran national media consultant who most recently had run the presidential campaigns of John Edwards in 2008 and Howard Dean in 2004, reports Rob Christensen. Trippi will be overseeing the launch of Lewis’ online fund raising, Lewis said.

Trippi: N.C. could be the end

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:05:55 -0400

Joe Trippi says North Carolina could be the decider.

In an article in USA Today, the Democratic political consultant says that he believes the state's May 6 primary could be the end of the presidential race.

Edwards not on N.C. ballot

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:33:59 -0500

North Carolinians will not get a chance to vote for John Edwards.

State Democratic chairman Jerry Meek excluded the name of Edwards from a list of candidates he submitted Tuesday to the State Board of Elections for the May 6 primary. Democrats included on the ballot are Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. Mike Gravel, Rob Christensen reports.

Trippi: Obama, Clinton seeking endorsement

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:25:48 -0500

One of John Edwards' top advisers says his rivals are now seeking an endorsement.

Joe Trippi told a reporter for the Talking Points Memo that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are already trying to get him to endorse them.

Edwards targets 10 Super Tuesday states

bkrueger — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:46:29 -0500

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards will focus his campaign dollars, staffers and personal visits on 10 of the 22 states coming up in next week’s Super Tuesday primary.

A few other states will see resources in key congressional districts, but overall, Edwards’ campaign strategists want to continue the delegate-gathering journey that they see as their best hope for winning the Democratic presidential nomination, reports Barb Barrett.

Edwards asking for S.C. money

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:24:49 -0500

The John Edwards campaign is asking its supporters to raise $1.8 million between now and the South Carolina primary on January 26th.

"John Edwards is taking his campaign to South Carolina, Nevada—and on to the Democratic Convention, the nomination and the White House," writes Joe Trippi, the chief strategist for the Edwards campaign in an e-mail solicitation on Thursday. "It's a fight we’re going to win—and I'm asking you to help."

Trippi: It's a three-person race

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:09:31 -0500

MANCHESTER, N.H.—John Edwards campaign strategist Joe Trippi doesn’t see an Edwards-is-out storyline in tonight’s third-place finish.

"Honest to goodness, there are three people in this race, just as there was in Iowa," Trippi told reporters.
"We're now in the process where we’re going to South Carolina," he said. "The local media are going to see the campaign is three people."

The delegate count, per Trippi

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:07:18 -0500

The Edwards campaign has been saying they’re on a marathon—not a sprint—to round up delegates. Senior strategist Joe Trippi predicts the numbers will fall out this way after tonight in New Hampshire:

Barack Obama, 22 delegates
Hillary Clinton, 21 delegates
John Edwards, 17 delegates

Edwards: Iowa results in new cash flow

bkrueger — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:08:05 -0500

The conventional wisdom may be that John Edwards didn't get the results he needed in Iowa.

But the Edwards folks say their fundraising doesn't reflect that.

The campaign says that contributions over the Internet have been pouring in since Edwards' second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses yesterday.