Scott Johnson: The Case Against John McCain

Scott Johnson, Powerline, has “The case against John McCain.” I’ll go beyond Rick Santorum, and I don’t trust McCain on foreign or defense policy either. McCain has the problem of letting extraordinary temper get the better of

Fred Thompson on Mike Huckabee:

“That’s not the model of the Reagan coalition, that’s the model of the Democratic Party,”

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Hat Tips;  quote; Joe Gandelman, Moderate Voice; video, Byran, Hot Air.

The Thompson Treatment was long over

• Another Honorable mention at the udderly ridicowlus version of OTB’s caption contest.
• Speaking of OTB, Joyner is running a headline…Huckabee and Al Qaeda Oppose Guantánamo.And James? Huckabee is dead wrong here. This should end his WH run,

• There’s apparently a video out showing those Iranian boats attacking US warships. No working links to the vid itself, yet.
• An Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest. Hillary Clinton’s always a good target.
• Two folks talking at work

After many weeks on hold, I’m re-starting the Nightly Ramble. Reasons are many but the bottom line is that there are a lot of subjects I want to touch on but don’t want to write it all out… I’d rather

Fred was not the only person with a defining moment yesterday in New Hampshire. 

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Hat Tip:  Real Clear Politics.

Jake Tapper. ABC News:

Frankly, I don’t even really understand what she was saying. What I was getting

Ran through it on delay, just now, and that’s my take.

Armbinder at The Atlantic agrees:

On points, Fred Thompson won the debate.

Every answer was thoughtful and well-crafted; his tone matched the tone of the question; he wisely refrained

Lord knows we love her.   Michelle Malkin live-blogs the debates.

Round One:  Republican.

Round Two:  Democrat

Memo to Ron Paul:  Get off the stage.

Memo to Ronbots:  Shove it

Good night for Red Bull.

Addendum:

‘Rat food fight, Breck

Matthew 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

Two sources for this, actually.

First, John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has what he calls the 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2007.

Example:

33) “I do believe that it’s the first time in history that fire has ever

OK, with the holidays, I freely admit being horribly behind in my reading..

Sister Toldjah, just before Christmas:

I read this blogpost by Michelle Malkin this morning about a fanatical black woman shouting down white people during an angry

First Mrs. Clinton was famous for answering questions from plants. Then she stonewalled David Gregory’s. Now she is stonewalling her audience. The Des Moines Register reports on [Mrs.] Clinton’s Silence:

Iowa Falls, Ia. – Iowans have noticed that

Here’s a few posts from BitsBlog that caught my eye and my immediate memory, as I scanned over the posts from the last year.

Harry Reid,man of the land…. deal.
Barbara Boxer back in CAIR’s good graces
Joe Biden: Barack

Mrs. Clinton touts her experience, and the fact she thinks herself ready to lead our nation in a time of war.  Yet Mrs. Clinton said this, from AFP:

Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir

Ron Paul, as you may know…particularly if you’ve been reading here, was on Meet the Press yesterday. Now I doubtless will be getting reaction from the Paulettes, as I do every freakin’ time I bring the subject up…. reaction not