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

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo, is confused by what Mike Huckabee means by his term ‘vertical” politics.   Josh does a real good job documenting Huckabee’s use this baffling term.   In the end, Josh concludes

The more I look at

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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

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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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2008

Oh, spare me the lectures about torture, and spare me the self-righteous legal sanctimony attached to the idea that someone actually did what needed to be done to save American lives. What was the purpose of maintaining those tapes, given

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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2008

From the Sun on Monday: (Heard about this yesterday morning from WJFK)

A FANATICAL Pakistani cleric told The Sun yesterday of his chilling dream to turn the world Muslim – by force if necessary.

Qari Hifzur Rehamn, 60, spoke

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Just about everyone has weighed in on this one. AP’s Ron Fournier, for one:

DES MOINES, Iowa – Mike Huckabee may have finally gone too far.

After running an unconventional, surprisingly strong and sometimes strange race to the top tier

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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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It’s New Year’s Day, and I’ve got a day off.

I’m watching a huge orgasm in non-coverage occurring in the primary states this morning, particularly Iowa. in watching all of this nonsense the last couple of days I am reminded

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Eric Florack on December 31st, 2007

I fully recognize that taking Paul Krugman down a peg or three is akin to arm-wrestling an infant. The contest can only go one way, Krugman’s going to loose…and the winner is invariably left with the task of dealing with

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2007

Ah, yes, Ron Paul. Never have so many braincells been inactive for so long.

James at OTB:

The top story on Memeorandum this morning is a piece from Little Green Footballs entitled “Ron Paul Blames US Policy for Bhutto Killing.”

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2007

A crazy day, yesterday. For yours truly, lots of irons in the fire, some web development, my day gig some home duities, but of course, as with all of us, yesterday, before I even started the day came the news

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