The snubbing of Ron Paul will be a big mistake by the GOP!
TH-Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul’s Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention.
That’s just one sign that the outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by the feisty Republican congressman from Texas remains afloat in the wake […]

Good idea?
HP-Responding to a harsh personal attack from John McCain, Barack Obama released a television ad late Wednesday evening accusing the the Arizona Republican’s campaign of dirty, superficial politics.
The spot, titled “The Low Road,” witnesses the Illinois Democrat playing his trump card: tying McCain to George W. Bush, both in politics and in policy.
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I agree with this idea!
NPR-Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive orders and expunge any that “trample on liberty,” several lawmakers said.
Presidents, as head of the executive branch of government, issue such orders to direct operations of executive branch agencies, like […]

Good idea?
HOTAIR-He’s going to transform the party — by turning us into hawkish Democrats? Nuance.
There’s a bigger point — and this initial volley, they say, lays the groundwork for it. They will be sharpening McCain’s message that he, not Obama, is the true change agent, a man who’s repeatedly taken unpopular stands, made the […]

This is funny!

Who is right?
FROM USATODAY
Our view on campaign fairness: McCain attack ad cheapens campaign. More to come?
Blaming Obama for energy crisis is just silly. Focus on solutions.
Ever since gasoline prices crossed most people’s pain threshold earlier this year, the hunt for scapegoats has been in full swing. First it was oil executives, who were hauled before […]

Who was the biggest winner in Iraq?

Bush on Contractors in Iraq

Tough video!

McCain Flip Flops on taxes?
NPR-Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.
McCain’s shift has come in stages, catching some Republicans by surprise. Speaking with reporters on his […]

Will Evagelicals block Romney?
HP-Evangelicals Warn Against Romney For VP: Huckabee supporters in particular balk at the idea.
Prominent evangelical leaders are warning Sen. John McCain against picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his running mate, saying their troops will abandon the Republican ticket on Election Day if that happens.
They say Mr. Romney lacks trust […]

McCain is on fire!

What happened?
TH-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s weeklong trip abroad doesn’t have a happy ending. The latest USA Today/Gallup poll gives GOP candidate John McCain a 6 point-edge over Obama among likely voters, 49 percent to 45 percent.
The poll was released Monday, a day after Obama returned to the United States from spending a week […]

Does not the attitude by Rep Jack Kingston represent the problem with out of control spending not the solution!
AJC-—- Georgia is heading for a diet of less federal pork, now that five of the state’s seven Republican House representatives have sworn off “earmarking” federal dollars for their home districts.
“We’re going to get less than last […]

What is the solution for AFGHANISTAN?
Newsweek-The insurgents are closing in on Kabul, not in order to overrun the capital but to terrorize its residents and drive away investors. It’s working.
Faridoon stares in alarm at the two NEWSWEEK reporters who just walked into his shop. “You guys better get out of town fast,” the 21-year-old Afghan […]