Newsday:

In an interview yesterday, Hillary — whose connection to President Clinton’s 2001 sentence commutations for two members of the Weather Underground has become an issue since she tried to raise questions about Obama’s acquaintance with another ex-Weatherman — told

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Eric Florack on April 24th, 2008

Michelle Malkin makes note of that North Carolina GOP ad that McCain supposedly doesn’t like.

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Says Michelle:

What is the big freaking’ deal?

McCain is demanding that the ad be withdrawn (via ABC News, hat tip- Allah):

“I

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Eric Florack on April 23rd, 2008

I was just listening to a fairly uninspired discussion on NPR about race and the coverage of the Democratic primary (while driving to the airport). One interesting tidbit from the Washington Post’s Kevin Merida is that the Obama campaign has

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Eric Florack on April 23rd, 2008

Victor Davis Hanson pretty much agrees with my read of Clinton’s PA win last night:

Hillary won just enough to show that it is ludicrous to oust a 10-point winner at this late junction, but not quite the blow-out that

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  • Look, Billy, I’m somewhat sympathetic to the argument, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that they went to this place with the specific goal in mind of pissing off the constabulary. To what end? Don’t tell me

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Eric Florack on April 22nd, 2008

James Joyner, this morning:

Glenn Reynolds links, with praise, to an article about Hillary Clinton claiming that she would go to war with Iran if they attacked Israel.

Clinton further displayed tough talk in an interview airing on “Good

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  • Yeah, full moon, tonight. And no, I don’t mean the guy with his butt hanging out the window of the Yugo to your left.  It’s been a weird day, already.
  • Your first clue, Billy, should have been when the two

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Eric Florack on April 21st, 2008

John Engler in today’s WSJ:

It is amazing how some presidential candidates are blaming the North American Free Trade Agreement for U.S. job losses. They seem to believe that a substantial part of the three million manufacturing jobs lost since

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Eric Florack on April 20th, 2008

Over at OTB, James has noted that TV watching just isn’t the same. He notes an AdAge article:

Just because your favorite dramas and comedies are back on the air after the writers strike doesn’t mean you’re necessarily watching them.

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Eric Florack on April 19th, 2008

Limbaugh likes to say on his radio program, that he IS balance for the liberal press. And in many ways, he’s quite right. So an interesting angle on this shows up today in an article by John Harris and Jim

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  • In talking with a few people, I’ve decided that instead of going for an all in one shot theme change, I’m going to try and use the existing framework, and do a slow change over time. Dabble with the colors,

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Eric Florack on April 18th, 2008

Michelle makes a great point, this monring:

How dare the ABC moderators ask questions about topics that are, you know, topical?

How dare they ask questions that-gasp!-conservatives are asking.

How dare they explore questions of character, truthfulness, and

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Eric Florack on April 17th, 2008

After the debate last night, I noted a whole lot of traffic… all asking questions about Obama and Ayers, apparently following up on Hillary Clinton’s questions during the debate itself. (Yes, I know it was Stephy who asked the questions,

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Eric Florack on April 16th, 2008

It appears so. Indications are between May 1 and June 30th.

The War Room did a thing on this, this morning, and so did Boortz, and so does Newsmax, who says:

Contrary to some claims that the Bush administration

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (CNN) – After a weekend spent making direct appeals to gun owners and church goers, Hillary Clinton said Sunday a query about the last time she fired a gun or attended church services “is not a relevant question

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