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Giuliani gets chairman in first state
By TIMES WIRES
Published January 30, 2007
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has recruited a recent New Hampshire Republican chairman, Wayne Semprini, to lead his political operations in the first-in-the-nation primary state. Giuliani - who has taken the initial steps in a presidential bid - announced the appointment Monday after a weekend visit to New Hampshire. WASHINGTON Oh say, can you carry a tune? For Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton the answer sounds like "no." The online world discovered that the former first lady had a hard time with a tough tune when someone posted a video Sunday of Clinton caught on an open MSNBC microphone singing an off-key rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner during a campaign event in Iowa. By Monday morning, the 1-minute, 8-second clip had been viewed more than 660,000 times. DES MOINES, IOWA $1.1M may sound like a lot ... Democratic presidential candidate Tom Vilsack raised more than $1.1-million in the last seven weeks of 2006, a total that puts him far behind deep-pocketed rivals for the nomination. Vilsack was one of the first candidates to enter the race.
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