Eric Florack on August 11th, 2007

—AMES, Iowa —AP— Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won an easy and expected victory in a high-profile Iowa Republican Party Straw Poll on Saturday, claiming nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival.

Is this the same Straw poll

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2007

CNN political ticker is reporting:

DES MOINES, Iowa —CNN— Rep. Ron Paul’s wife was hospitalized Saturday morning, the Texas Republican’s presidential campaign announced shortly before voting was to begin in the Ames GOP straw poll.

The campaign did not say

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2007

I pray I’m wrong, but it doesn’t look good.

Word on the live wire is that they’ve gotten into the area of the mine where they think the men are, and the conditions that are being reported do not appear

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2007

There is an old adage, which states that it is impossible to get ahead, if you spend all your time getting even.
James at OTB notes McQ’s rehashing of his take on the purposes, and utilities of ‘divided government, by

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davidl on August 11th, 2007

Eliot Spitzer

If Eliot Spiter were a republican in Washington,  the democrats would be talking impeachment.   As it is, Spitzer iis democrat in Albany.  But for how long?   Erick, Red State, has a laundry list of charges.

They should start yelling

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