New voting dates shift GOP tactics

Candidates forced to remain flexible

By Scott Helman, Globe Staff June 10, 2007
As the 2008 Republican presidential race heads into the summer, the campaigns are constantly reassessing their tactics as they wrestle with an unsettled primary calendar, a front-runner who is testing conventional wisdom, and the emergence of a new, high- profile contender.

With states still moving up their primary dates, what will the voting calendar look like and which states will carry influence? Can Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor leading most polls, win by de-emphasizing traditionally decisive conservative primary states? Will Senator John McCain of Arizona meet the fund-raising goal his campaign set for the second quarter, and what happens if he doesn't? And will the candidacy of former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson change the race or be a footnote?

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