The Weekend Roundup

Mayor Giuliani has registered his exploratory committee with the Federal Election Committee taking the next step after creating his state exploratory committee.

Ian Urbina and Christopher Drew of the New York Times write about the foibles of election technology and the possibility of the continued problems with voting irregularities and shutdowns might not be solved by 2008.
Comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken told Lou Dobbs he will decide this weekend whether he will challenge Republican Norm Coleman for his Minnesota Senate seat in 2008.

Russell Berman reports for the New York Sun that Mayor Giuliani received some unsolicited help from a radio spot in Iowa and New Hampshire.

This morning marked the second edition of the Sunday Chris Matthew’s Show Eight for ‘08 series looking at potential presidential candidates. The focus John Edwards. - In addition during the Tell Me Something I Don’t Know segment Michael Duffy of Time Magazine reported that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will indeed run for president but won’t announce until after Labor Day.

The Colorado project section of Media Matters for America looked into a recent assertion by radio host “Gunny” Bob Newman that Senator and potential 2008 candidate Barack Obama was involved in a “shady land deal”. The site finds no evidence to back this assertion and provides plenty of reason to counter it.

Ben Evans of the Associated Press writes In wake of Ford, Davis weighs 2008 Senate run against Sessions in Alabama hoping to become the fist black Senator elected from the South since reconstruction.

Radio Iowa is reporting the first big event for Tom Vilsack’s campaign will be a pot luck dinner this Wednesday night at Mount Pleasant Middle School. - Meanwhile Todd Dorman in the Globe Gazette reports about some challenges Vilsack’s campign could run into at home.