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Huckabee Settles Scores With Fellow Republicans

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

How does this help Huckabee?
TIME–On Mitt Romney:
Mitt Romney
Huckabee writes that the former Massachusetts governor’s record was “anything but conservative until he changed the light bulbs in his chandelier in time to run for president.” He notes that Romney declined to make a phone call of congratulations after Huckabee beat the oddsmakers to win the Iowa […]

Obama election spurs race crimes around country?

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

What should be done?
YAHOO-Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting “Assassinate Obama.” Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.
Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, police have documented a range […]

Cultural war vs. fiscal policy?

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Interesting OP-ED in the NYT. How much of the split is based on a cultural war vs. fiscal policy?
NYT-…The Republicans did this to themselves, yet a convenient amnesia can be found in conservatives’ post-Election Day soul searching. There’s endless hand-wringing about Bush and McCain blunders and Abramoff-Stevens corruption, but there’s barely any mention of the […]

GOP senator: McCain betrayed Republican principles?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Is this why McCain/Palin lost?
(CNN) – South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint on Friday became one of the first high-profile Republicans to publicly criticize John McCain following his electoral defeat, blaming the Arizona senator for betraying conservative principles in his quest for the White House.
The conservative senator, speaking to a group of GOP officials gathered in […]

John Edwards, Karl Rove debate in SF

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Is this a joke?
NPR-Two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and Republican strategist Karl Rove don’t see eye-to-eye on much, but in a spirited debate Thursday they agreed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin needs to hone her knowledge of foreign policy and geography if she runs for president in 2012.
Rove said he didn’t care if, as a […]

Will The Fear of Dems and Obama Work in This Race?

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Palin: GOP ticket was too ‘status quo’

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

WOW, a big shot at Bush and McCain!
Politico-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Sunday that she and running mate John McCain lost because the Republican ticket “represented too much of the status quo.”
In an interview with the Anchorage Daily News posted on the paper’s site Monday morning, Palin pointed a finger at the Bush administration […]

Senate runoff a test for Obama

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Is this a test for Obama?
Politico-President-elect Barack Obama may risk some of his newly earned political capital in Georgia, where a Dec. 2 Senate runoff could move Democrats a step closer towards a veto-proof, 60-vote majority in the upper chamber.
The race is between Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin. Chambliss came out […]

Barack Obama Our Next President

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

I am a Jewish guy married to a Christian woman who attends His Hands Church in Woodstock Georgia with our family.
The main message at the church is trust in God, love your neighbor and let God do the Judging. Steve and his wife Susan are clear that all are welcome and the church is about […]

Word of Warning to the Dems: Do Not Overreach

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Will Dems overreach?
TH— Within hours of Barack Obama’s historic election last week, a chorus of media analysts were predicting that the Democrats had at last built a permanent majority that would keep them in power for many elections to come.
The Washington Post crowed on its front page that the “Democrats appear to have built […]

Report: ‘08 turnout same as or only slightly higher than ‘04

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Does this make sense with all the long lines and increase registration?
CNN-A new report from American University’s Center for the Study of the American Electorate concludes that voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was the same in percentage terms as it was four years ago — or at most has risen by less than 1 […]

Minorities backed gay-marriage ban

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

This was an overreach by Dems. I think most are fine with civil unions but gay marriage is too far.
WP-53 percent of Latinos also supported the gay-marriage ban
Any notion that Tuesday’s election represented a liberal juggernaut must overcome a detail from the voting booths of California: The same voters who turned out strongest for […]

Buckley wants commitment from Senate candidates

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Should Martin or Saxby sign?
AJC-Libertarian says he won’t endorse Chambliss, Martin unless they promise to support his plan
Libertarian Allen Buckley lost Georgia’s U.S. Senate race in a big way. But he’s refusing to fade away as he confirmed Thursday.
Both incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin would like to have the 3.4 […]

Obama Faces Transition, Many Challenges Ahead

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

What will issue will Obama take on first?
NPR-President-elect Barack Obama will have to hit the ground running when he assumes office in January.
The 47-year-old first-term senator will step into the Oval Office with a full plate. He will have to prosecute two wars, ensure the nation isn’t vulnerable to terrorist threat and continue to […]

CNN Rick Sanchez VS Joe The Plumber

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

The Great Debate!