The AP reports, and the New York Times expands, on a new study by a supposedly “independent” organization that claims to have assembled hundred of “false statements” by the Bush administration in the course of the Iraq war. However,

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davidl on January 21st, 2008

The early returns from the Martin Luther King Day debate in South Carolina are in.   Mrs. Clinton and Barack Obama attack each other with dead fish.    Wolf  Blitzer and John Edwards are also present, somewhere.

Partial transcript, via Ben Smith,

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Eric Florack on January 19th, 2008

John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama’s praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan – an anathema for many Democrats, particularly union members considered crucial to winning Nevada’s Democratic caucuses Saturday.Obama responded by suggesting

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2008

I see the votes are in, in Michigan. if there’s anything surprising about them, it’s that relatively few of the blogs have made notice of the results. I suppose that to some degree, there’s a reason for the lack of

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Eric Florack on January 11th, 2008

Me at Q&O just now:

I say, “who cares” – which was about the same reaction I had when I heard John Kerry had endorsed him.

Well, that was my first reaction, too. But I got to thinking about

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Eric Florack on January 8th, 2008

Doctor Thomas Sowell is always a great read. Today’s no exception. (Real Clear Politics)

By far the best presentation as a candidate, among all the candidates in both parties, is that of Barack Obama. But if he actually believes even

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2008

I asked earlier this morning, when we might see some of the expectation lowering dance being done by Hillary Clinton. The answer to that question came somewhat faster than I expected, if the rumor mill is any guide… and

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Eric Florack on January 7th, 2008

You’ll forgive me, but I find it hard to take seriously, calls for sanity from someone flying the flag of John Edwards…. or just about any Democrat these days, for that matter.

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davidl on January 6th, 2008

elian_gonzalez.jpgJohn Edwards,  via Ben Smith, Politico:

The Clinton campaign has no conscience

No shat John.  What took so long to figure that out?

Hat Tip:  Memeorandum.

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Eric Florack on January 6th, 2008

James Joyner, earlier today:

George Will closes a subpar (by his standards, at least) column on the silly populism of Mike Huckabee and John Edwards with this praise for Barack Obama:

Barack Obama, who might be mercifully closing the

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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 December 31st, 2007

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

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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 21st, 2007

Radio Equalizer…

Crazed libtalker Mike Malloy is at it again, but this time his on- air “violence fantasy” has a new target: Internet kingpin Matt Drudge.

After telling listeners during Tuesday night’s program that he’s recently been leaning toward supporting

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2007

… two people talking about Britney Spears sister getting pregnant… and one of them thought John Edwards was the father. I kid you not.

I mean, am I just too connected to this stuff? I like people, but the abject

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