Eric Florack on February 9th, 2008

Jeanne Cummings over at The Politico:

John McCainWith John McCain poised to win the Republican nomination, Democrats are already gathering ammunition to use against him in the general election.In more than a few instances, the best fodder has been provided by

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Eric Florack on February 8th, 2008

Someone at Fox posted these yesterday, so I’ll pass them along.

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And here’s the text.

First off, even absent any other source material, it sounds to me like the place is packed with McCain supporters. But add

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Eric Florack on February 7th, 2008

Henke, this monring:

In light of the possibility that a Democrat could win the Presidency in November, giving them control of the White House and both houses of Congress, it’s worth pointing out what Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2008

I note with some degree of satisfaction, McQ saying:

Ed Morrissey brings us his take on the surprise chat between John McCain and Hillary Clinton on yesterday’s Fox News Sunday:

Part of the conservative complaint against McCain is his

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2008

A while ago, while addressing a different (And very personal) topic, I wrote about change versus transformation.

If I take a rock, and in the other hand I take a large hammer, and I hit the rock with the hammer,

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davidl on February 2nd, 2008

A legislator with too much time and not enough brains, by William Kates, Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A New York City lawmaker’s plan to regulate antique firearms like other weapons could have severe economic repercussions for museums and

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2008

Lots going on as regards John McCain, and people’s perceptions thereof. I see Jonah Goldberg essentially saying ‘he’s not so bad’. I see also, by way of Billy Hollis at Q&O that he’s joined a group of folks saying

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Eric Florack on February 1st, 2008

Well, actually, not hail, just sleet and ice, and perhaps some snow and wind behind it.

Which means, possibly, I’ll be possibly losing both my  internet connection, and my power, later today. David, maybe, too, though he’s on the other

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  • Look at it this way, Dale; The Berkeley City Council serves Humanity as a bad example, if nothing else. And FWIW, I’m with you on cutting off their funding by the same token that they’re acting, here. Thing is

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  • McQ puts up a few telling comments about Identity politics, in the context of the ever increasingly irrelevant “National Origination for (Leftist) Women. Not much of a shock that we both draw the same conclusion about NOW in particular… but

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2008

Five minutes after my last post, we lost power. Just now came back. A weird day. Snowing sideways, at the moment. I noted footage of the snow and blow act out in Des Moines yesterday. It’s here, today. Re-starting my

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Eric Florack on January 30th, 2008

And no, I’m not talking about Monica Lewinski, though I may get to that today.

No, I’m talking about the high wind conditions we were supposed to get yesterday… they didn’t develop until this morning, and when they did they

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davidl on January 30th, 2008

Mrs. William ClintonAs a candidate Mrs. Clinton has made a lot of promises   Can she be expected to keep any of them?   Remember that B.J. Clinton campaigned on the promise of a middle class tax cut but instead delivered a retroactive tax

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  • Another Honorable Mention in the OTB Caption Contest.
  • The State of the Union was about as expected… as we discussed today….with Bush stating the truth, by and large and the Democrats with their fingers in their ears.
  • I find it

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davidl on January 28th, 2008

As Bit warned, Senator Oldsmobile has endorsed Barack Obama.   Otherwise stated,  misogynist drunk fails to endorse misogynist Clintons   It seems hard of imagine that any behavior would become too repulsive for a Kennedy.  Yet that the Clintons have

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