Eric Florack on February 5th, 2008

I see Mike Allen at The Politico is reporting the existence of a letter from Bob Dole to Rush Limbaugh, scolding the latter over his insistence on ‘strafing’, as Allen puts it, of John McCain.

And you know, absent Mr.

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2008

Well, we now understand why William Kristol got hired at the leftist rag, called the New York Times He seems willing to tow their party line… and their endorsements.

This is an important moment for the conservative movement. Not because

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2008

Ron Coleman:

Here’s something … conservatives must understand if they don’t want to relegated to a fringe: The electorate is not all that conservative. We will not win the Presidency with a strong conservative candidate. You can’t deduce anything from

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2008

A while ago, while addressing a different (And very personal) topic, I wrote about change versus transformation.

If I take a rock, and in the other hand I take a large hammer, and I hit the rock with the hammer,

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2008

Lots going on as regards John McCain, and people’s perceptions thereof. I see Jonah Goldberg essentially saying ‘he’s not so bad’. I see also, by way of Billy Hollis at Q&O that he’s joined a group of folks saying

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davidl on February 2nd, 2008

Senator Arlen “Scottish Law” Spector in letter to N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to know why the league destroyed the evidence of the New England Patriot spying on the New York Jets, from brnaz, Empty Wheel:

“That requires an

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davidl on January 31st, 2008

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It is time that a voice be raised on behalf of the 73 million, pointing out that profit, property rights, and freedom are inseparable and you cannot have the third unless you continue to be entitled to have the first

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Eric Florack on January 31st, 2008

As I was growing up, one of the lessons I learned from my folks was that if you don’t lie, you do’t have to worry about who you told what, later. That lesson seems to apply well to John McCain.

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davidl on January 30th, 2008

Hugh Hewitt says it not over and will not be over even after Super Tuesday.   Now it is clear that Mike Huckabee is running to spoil Mitt Romney’s chances and to garner a shot at Veep.  While the Huckster is

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davidl on January 28th, 2008

I am impressed by the Michelle Malkin’s army.   One of Michelle’s readers nailed John McCain for having open borders and anti-security advocate Dr. Juan Hernandez on his campaign.

A few facts.

Dr. Juan Hernandez is a Mexican citizen. 

Hernandez is

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davidl on January 25th, 2008

“We must not only have a free flow of goods and services, but also start working for a free flow of people.”

So speaks, Dr. Juan Hernandez, John McCain’s Hispanic outreach director.   A free flow of people is what gave

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davidl on January 25th, 2008

Byran, Hot Air, points out that Mike Huckabee had an interesting point about rebuilding I-95 rather than sending out individual rebate checks:

Mike Huckabee makes some sense on the economic stimulus. He says, essentially, if we’re going to borrow

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davidl on January 23rd, 2008

Laura Ingraham  slams John McCain’s pro-life credentials, via Bryan, Hot Air:

The problem with McCain goes deeper than what he says about taxes and what he says today about immigration that contradicts what he said days or weeks ago.

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Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2008

James at OTB:

Radio talk king Rush Limbaugh told his audience yesterday that he might not support the Republican nominee for president this year. Rob Port has the audio and the relevant transcript:

CALLER: Earlier you had mentioned that when

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davidl on January 20th, 2008

Jeff Goldstein, Protien Wisdom:

I will not, will not, vote for John McCain.

I will not, will not, vote for Mike Huckabee.

I will not, will not, vote for Ron Paul – unless he runs for Fuhrer. In

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