GraniteGrok: A quick look at the rest of the week.

We will be attending an "Ask Mitt Anything" event on Thursday. The setup is pretty much what other candidates call a "town hall" style campaign event– Mitt will probably start with a standard stump speech focusing on whatever the hot topic happens to be, followed by audience questions. I attended a similar event a while back right here in Laconia. Just like then, following tomorrow’s event, there will be no time allotted for the press to ask direct questions. Hopefully the audience will do a good job in their stead. It will be interesting to see if there’s any marked changes in the post- Iowa Straw Poll win Mitt Romney.

Friday we’ll sit in on another Rudy Giuliani "town hall" style meeting. It’s my contention that Rudy is the real front-runner of the moment and is therefore worth the close study we have been giving him. I have seen him three times now and each time, I have come away impressed. Can he withstand the never ending scrutiny? Can he maintain the pace? Does he, as many believe, myself included, have the most extensive record of actual management experience? Does his record as Mayor of NYC qualify him for the job of Chief Executive of the United States as much as say, a US Senator or state governor? We’ll see if we can discern the answers and share them right here on the ‘Grok.

On Saturday, it’s time for the radio program, Meet the New Press. Broadcasting and livestreaming from 11am till 1pm EST each week, the gang from the ‘Grok joins with Pat Hynes from AnkleBitingPundits to bring the best of the Blogosphere to the radio, complete with listener phone calls. This week, we are pleased to have with us for a segment, the SECOND place winner of the Iowa Straw poll, Mike Huckabee. He spent considerably less money than Mitt Romney did, and came in with a strong showing nonetheless. Some pundits believe he got votes that perhaps other candidates thought belonged to them. We’ll ask him what he thinks, and about the campaign moving forward.