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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.
"The last six polls, including this week's Time magazine, show that I beat John McCain by six or seven points."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 11, 2008
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 10, 2008 a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.
Hillary Clinton "starts off with 47 percent of the country against her."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 11, 2008
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on February 6, 2008 an interview on MSNBC
"I'm the only Republican who has gotten endorsements in this presidential race from major labor unions..."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 8, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 3, 2008 an interview on "Face the Nation"
In the Florida Republican primary, "we got a very large percentage of the, quote, conservative vote."
Mostly False
February 5, 2008
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
Citizens United Political Victory Fund
stated on February 1, 2008 a TV ad
"(John McCain) was even mentioned as a running mate with John Kerry."
True
February 4, 2008
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 24, 2008 a debate in Boca Raton.
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
False
By David DeCamp • January 24, 2008
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on October 30, 2007 a debate in Philadelphia
"The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her."
Mostly True
By David DeCamp • January 2, 2008
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 26, 2007 MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"This guy didn't even support Ronald Reagan."
True
By Shawn Zeller • December 11, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 14, 2007 interview on Fox News
MikeHuckabee.com gets "more hits than virtually any other presidential candidate."
True
December 3, 2007
John Edwards
John Edwards
stated on November 26, 2007 Nashua, N.H.
"I won the South Carolina primary in 2004, and I was way behind in the polls at this stage in 2004."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 27, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on October 5, 2007 an interview on CNN
"Going to public financing really disadvantages Democrats because you're not able to raise funds between the day you win the primaries and the time you're officially nominated."
Half-True
By Tom Tobin • October 26, 2007
Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
stated on September 21, 2007 Washington, D.C.
"With those first principles, it allowed a fellow like me to get in his truck and go from one end of the state to the other; started 20 points down and wound up 20 points ahead on election night."
True
By David DeCamp • October 2, 2007
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
stated on September 3, 2007
"Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary."
Pants on Fire!
September 10, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 2, 2007 a speech by husband Bill Clinton at a Concord, N.H. rally.
"In every single country, she had a majority of the vote -- or more of those who'd already made up their minds."
Mostly True
September 10, 2007
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 5, 2007 a comment by husband Bill Clinton on Larry King Live.
"In New York, when she ran for reelection, she carried 58 of our 62 counties. George Bush had won 40 counties in New York just two years earlier."
True
September 10, 2007
Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd
stated on August 29, 2007 an interview on CNN's The Situation Room
"John Kerry was at 4 percent in the polls in December of 2003...and he ended up becoming the nominee of the party."
Half-True
September 7, 2007
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 20, 2007 New Hampshire
If African-Americans vote their percentage of the population in 2008, "Mississippi is suddenly a Democratic state."
False
By Tom Tobin • September 4, 2007
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