davidl on January 25th, 2008

“We must not only have a free flow of goods and services, but also start working for a free flow of people.”

So speaks, Dr. Juan Hernandez, John McCain’s Hispanic outreach director.   A free flow of people is what gave

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Eric Florack on January 25th, 2008

I note with interest that Jonathan Martin has put up a post at Politico making note of the fact that the global warming business has all but disappeared from John McCain’s speechmaking. Apparently McCain has finally figured out it’s not

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Eric Florack on January 24th, 2008

By way of OTB, I see that the Louisiana primary went down about as expected; Ron Paul beat Romney, but both of them lost to Fred Thompson. That a couple of comparatively liberal northeastern pols wouldn’t do well down

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Eric Florack on January 23rd, 2008

MIAMI (AP) – Jose Padilla, once accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb,” was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years and four months on terrorism conspiracy charges that don’t mention those initial allegations.

Cooke also

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Eric Florack on January 23rd, 2008

That question is going to be a little strange to answer.

Hawkins says :

My instinct is that poll is probably a little more representative of how things would work in the real world. Fred Thompson’s supporters would probably break

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davidl on January 23rd, 2008

Laura Ingraham  slams John McCain’s pro-life credentials, via Bryan, Hot Air:

The problem with McCain goes deeper than what he says about taxes and what he says today about immigration that contradicts what he said days or weeks ago.

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Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2008

Fred Barnes:

John McCain has a problem. After winning South Carolina’s primary last Saturday, he should be the overwhelming favorite to capture the Republican presidential nomination. He’s not, at least not yet, and the reason is that he’s alienated so

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Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2008

James at OTB:

Radio talk king Rush Limbaugh told his audience yesterday that he might not support the Republican nominee for president this year. Rob Port has the audio and the relevant transcript:

CALLER: Earlier you had mentioned that when

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  • Seen in a truck window: How good can any campaign finance reform be, that still lets John McCain in as President?
  • I use Bloglines. Used it for years and consider it part of my daily routine. They’ve got a new

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davidl on January 20th, 2008

Jeff Goldstein, Protien Wisdom:

I will not, will not, vote for John McCain.

I will not, will not, vote for Mike Huckabee.

I will not, will not, vote for Ron Paul – unless he runs for Fuhrer. In

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davidl on January 20th, 2008

Michael Graham, National Review:

McCain is a weak candidate by any measure. Only once in his two presidential races has John McCain ever won a majority of the vote, and that was Michigan in 2000. He has yet to

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Eric Florack on January 19th, 2008

Fox is reporting Romney has taken Nevada, with 43%, whereas John McCain’s home state only have him 16%.

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Eric Florack on January 17th, 2008

I commented last night on the state of Michigan, and the state of the economy there. Boortz did too, apparently yesterday noon time:

This is a state suffering under what people are calling a “single state recession.” The reason? A

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2008

For all that I’m happy with John McCain’s loss in Michigan, last night, I will say to his credit he got one thing right; Michigan manufacturing… specifically the auto industry… won’t be coming back anytime soon. The unions and the

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davidl on January 16th, 2008

Mitt RomneyByran, Hot Air, states the obvious:

Two primary wins, two seconds. No one else has been as broadly competitive so far. He has the most delegates and the most money in the bank, and he’s back to campaigning in

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