From Lanny Davis’s article in the Puffington Post:

We were also reminded that before these reforms, the “smoke-filled rooms” of Democratic Party leaders had led to the nomination and election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson and John F.

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Eric Florack on February 14th, 2008

Joyner has started to note what I predicted…

When I saw the headline “McCain Adviser Won’t Fight Obama,” I surmised that a challenge to duel was being declined. The real story is actually even more bizarre.

A top adviser

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davidl on February 14th, 2008

Gee how did I ever live with Maureen Dowd behind the New York Times’s firewall?    How bad is Mrs. Clinton’s campaign going?    Even MoDo, NY Times, is distancing herself from Mrs. Clinton.

Instead of carving out a separate identity

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davidl on February 14th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleAfter action report, Rochester, NY:  WHEC-TV

“An extraordinary situation” and “something we’ve never seen before” – those just some of the comments from first responders to Sunday’s deadly 36-car pile-up on 390 near the airport.
 

Ladies and gentlemen:  well done.

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Eric Florack on February 14th, 2008

The United States Senate is working again, against the interests of the American people.

By a vote of 51 to 45, the Senate, while passing the authorization for intel gathering, added section 327 to the bill. Of course, 327 is

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Eric Florack on February 14th, 2008

Are you in love with a staffer on Capitol Hill, someone who works at a think tank, or just a plain, old political wonk? Well, then today’s your lucky day because you can show them that you really do understand

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2008
  • So what happens if/when Barrack Obama gets into office? Are we going to see the race hucksters coming out of the oval office woodwork every time someone questions an action by Obama, and charging racism? Will we in fact see

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2008

“Hillary Clinton! You’ve lost the last six primaries in a row, and now Obama is beating you even when your ace in the hole, the Superdelegates are counted. You’ve already blown out your campaign manager, and your asst campaign manager

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2008

Haaretz is reporting:

Hezbollah said Wednesday its Deputy Secretary General Imad Mughniyah was killed Tuesday evening in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood of Damascus, accusing Israel of being behind the explosion.

“With all pride we declare a

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davidl on February 13th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleWintery Mix, WHEC-TV:

Snow came down at a steady pace last night, but then as temperatures began to rise during the overnight hours…snow quickly turned into sleet and freezing rain. And that has left a layer of ice on just

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Eric Florack on February 12th, 2008

Jerome Corsi at WND:

As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics.

In 2001, McCain

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davidl on February 12th, 2008

Some of the leftosphere is beginning to catch on to Miss Chelsea Clinton’s real age. Hint, it is twenty-seven and not twelve and they are becoming less supportive of Mrs. Clinton’s double standard. Guy Branum,  Slate. Chelsea Is All

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  • If anyone doubts there’s a rebellion within the Republican party against the Rockefeller Republicans, you’ll want to read this. Note the date on it, also. This rebellion has been coming for some time, now, people… it didn’t start with McCain…

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Eric Florack on February 12th, 2008

John Hawkins, over at Right Wing News, looks at the list of possible VP’s that McCain is likely to chose from. Some interesting choices.  It’s my view that who he picks, in the end will matter only as

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davidl on February 12th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleLocal Hero: Out of the thirty-six car pile up, me and Bit boggged about here and here, we have a local hero, from WHEC-TV:

While dozens of cars and trucks were crashing into each other in blinding, blowing snow

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