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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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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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

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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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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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2008

 No shock, I suppose, but that’s what Fox is teasing just now.

So is ABC  who now reports Romney is in second. Thompson third, McCain foruth, or so I’m hearing on the radio now. (KCJJ is coming in up here

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davidl on January 3rd, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonMrs.  Clinton, the clueless one, who is billed by her husband, as some sort of “World Class Genius” , and calls herself tough, finally found somebody  she was had the backbone which to stand-up against..

Mrs. Ciinton stood-up to Micheal

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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2008

Peter Robinson at The Corner

The latest news from Iowa? According to Zogby’s latest—and I quote: “Sen. Fred Thompson…has seen a late-breaking surge.” (Rich notes the same poll below.)

What’s going on here? My guess is that there are

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davidl on January 2nd, 2008

Christopher Hayes, in Nation, writes of “Return of the Swift Boater:”

More than three years after John Kerry’s bitter defeat, at the dawn of what looks like a far more promising campaign cycle for the Democrats, the

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Eric Florack on January 2nd, 2008

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

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Eric Florack on January 2nd, 2008

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

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Eric Florack on January 1st, 2008

Fellow Swamp Stomper Blue Crab Boulevard:

The 2008 Tournament of Roses parade was, yet again, a huge success. Cindy Sheehan’s “Absolute Moral Authority”, not so much.

Those who spent New Year’s Eve camped curbside were joined at dawn by giddy

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