Eric Florack on January 10th, 2008

Little Green Footballs notes:

The Only Man Who Can Save America tries to save himself from The New Republic’s article: Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters.

“This story is old news and has been

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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 December 24th, 2007

Mrs. William ClintonIn 1992, B.J. Clinton campaigned on a “Middle Class Tax Cut.”

In 2000, John Edwards promised to make Christopher Reeves walk again.

Now Michael McAuliff, Daily News(NY), reports Mrs. William Clinton is promising “Elect me and oil prices

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2007

There’s an interesting discussion going on and just now a cross blog discussion about religion and politics.  The interested parties I’ve noticed thus far are Cassandra over at Villainous Company, and Bruce McQuain over at Q&O. In turn, the discussion

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davidl on December 8th, 2007

Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta, former Carter adminstration stooge, and full time fool, has come out with the strangest endorsement I have ever heard.  Basically Young endorsed Mrs. Clinton because her husband, B.J. Clinton, diddled more black women than

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davidl on December 6th, 2007

AlfI really like Alf   However I would never vote for Alf.   Likewise Mike Huckabee might be a likable person, but his most definitely not qualified to be President.    We live in a dangerous world and Huckabee is simply too naive

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davidl on December 4th, 2007

Paul Mirengoff, Powerline, chides Mike Huckabee for foolishly comparing himself to Ronald Reagan.   Paul suggests a far better analogy:

When it comes to foreign policy, Huckabee more closely resembles another former governor, Jimmy Carter. It was Carter, not Reagan,

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davidl on November 30th, 2007

And to think this idiot thinks for some strange reason he is qualified to be president.  Adam Leech, Seacoastonline:

“The President has no authority to unilaterally attack Iran and if he does, as foreign relations committee chairman, I will

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Eric Florack on November 25th, 2007

Dan Riehl observes:

The DesMoines Register discusses the pros and cons of Bill Clinton’s role in Hillary’s campaign. What Brazile alludes to warrants fleshing out. It may set the stage for some real fun, provided Hillary gains the nomination.

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Eric Florack on November 22nd, 2007

An amusing article, from Gene Lyons, which was reprinted in the Northwest Arkansas News this morning…

It’s no exaggeration to say that the establishment media’s initial response to the blogosphere was panic. The idea of mere citizens talking back to

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davidl on November 15th, 2007

carter-peanut.jpg Sarah el Deeb,  Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Gaza’s Hamas rulers issued an edict Wednesday banning journalists from working in the coastal strip unless they submit to sweeping press restrictions, and it said it would soon impose new

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We’ve spoken several times in these spaces as regards Joe Liberman, and the treatment he’s been getting at the hands of Democrats for supporting the Iraq war effort.  We’ve also mentioned many times that the Democrats and the mainstream media

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Eric Florack on November 1st, 2007

John Harris over at the Politico:

Congressional Democrats certainly know the power of a throw-the-bums-out message. It vaulted them to power a year ago this week. Little wonder anxiety is boiling over inside the new majority as lawmakers ponder a

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James Joyner: (Link repaired)

Reason‘s Dave Weigel takes to the pages of The American Conservative to warn Republicans that they’re not going to win in 2008 simply by bashing Hillary Clinton.

While negative campaigning and pointing out the

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