Eric Florack on January 5th, 2008

I note with some amusement the flack Jonah is getting form the Left… such as Matt Stoller and Glenn Greenwald…for example, over this:

Imagine the Democrats do rally around Obama. Imagine the media invests as heavily in him as I

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davidl on January 5th, 2008

The Joe Gandelman, Moderate Voice has gone snarky:

It is often been said that former President Bill Clinton is Senator Hillary Clinton’s closest, best and most astute political advisor. If that’s the case and a recent statement he reportedly

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2008

We’ve already spoken to the Republican side of things, last night. So now on to the Democrats.

As we noted, the other night, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden dropped out of the race, not even bothering to wait for the

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2008

I get asked fairly frequently of late, what are you guys gonna do if one of the (current) frontrunners wins the Republican nomination? Aren’t you painting yourselves into a corner just a little by targeting the front runners? (Example, calling

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2008

OK, we’ll start out here with the fact that I like the Palm Pilot. I have had several; a III, an M-100, a 500 a 505 and most recently, an E2.

I love this E2. I keep several Ebooks in

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davidl on January 5th, 2008

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, is confused by what Mike Huckabee means by his term ‘vertical” politics.   Josh does a real good job documenting Huckabee’s use this baffling term.   In the end, Josh concludes

The more I look at

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davidl on January 5th, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonMatthew Yglesias, Atlantic,  seems as confused by Mrs. Clinton’s recent campaign maneuver as I am.    Mrs. Clinton has accused  Barack Obama of being too liberal.   Thomas Edsall, Puffington Post:

Hillary’s aides point to Obama’s extremely progressive record as

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2008

A quiet salute from here.

Background here

And here.

He even cached a final post, apparently.

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2008

Oh… Did you notice Norman Hsu trying to get his old conviction overturned?

And why would he do this? Because overturning that conviction will negate a longer jailterm for this more recent crime, involving Hillary Clinton and fund raising.

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2008

Was installing a new screen in my Palm Pilot, tonight. While working, I had a chance to mentally break down each candidate with respect to Iowa.

Some notes in no particular Order:

Mike Huckabee;

Huckabee did about as well as

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davidl on January 4th, 2008

Stephen Green, Vodka Pundit, asks a simple question:

Dear Iowa Republicans,

I’ll put this in language even your tiny little Iowa brains can understand: What the f*** is wrong with you people?

The news coming out of Des Moines

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davidl on January 4th, 2008

Danger extreme  hatred for the human race on display.  From Times Online(UK):

legg_sharon.jpgA married mother of three has won thousands of pounds in compensation from a gay nightclub that discriminated against her because she is heterosexual.

Sharon Legg, 33,

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davidl on January 4th, 2008

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“Iowa plays an important role, but look, fewer people participated in the two caucuses than the number of people who vote in Witchita, Kansas. Fewer people participated in the caucuses than vote in Dakota County, Minnesota, and I’ll bet most

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2008

Interesting story in the American Thinker by buddy Rick Moran, this morning. It seems that the number of people idetifying themselves as Republican has hit a two year high.

According to pollster Rasmussen, the number of Americans

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davidl on January 4th, 2008

The image Bitsblog has a special place, can’t say just where, for Keith Olbermann.   I have found another blog which holds Olberman in like regard:

Half of Keith’s audience watches him on Crooks and Liars. He’s got to stay in good with

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