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Most horse race polls are useless this early in a presidential campaign. National polls are totally useless–a reflection, mostly, of name recognition. Local polls are interesting or not, depending on the state. Iowa and New Hampshire polls are more interesting than others, since those presidential politics is a major industry in those …
John Edwards hits New Hampshire like a snowstorm, covering the state from Keene to Claremont to Lebanon.
Hillary Rodham Clinton Meets announces a “major policy initiative” at North Beach Elementary School in Miami Beach, Fla.
John McCain gives a policy speech to the Oklahoma State Legislature.
Michelle Obama does a coffee talk at …
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Just watched the debate on Meet the Press. I thought Dodd won, mostly because Gingrich lost–which was surprising becausee Newt has a quick mouth and is usually pretty good at these things. In this case, however, Gingrich was enslaved by history–constantly making false comparisons to World War II (Guadalcanal was tough!) and the …
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Deborah Howell of the Washington Post. I agree with this.
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…if we could do something like this?.
I know Kouchner and he is just first-rate. But the striking thing about this is what is says about Sarkozy, who is willing to appoint someone to his inner circle who disagrees with him and is willing to say so. Listen to Kouchner about his agreements and disagreements with the new boss:
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Okay, I’m now totally into the immigration meltdown mania, especially since — in addition to amnesty burgers — the immigration foes are also offering a dead rat with a string to swing it on:
Here’s the rub as to why people are so angry. The critical Border Security provisions that must be enacted before we jump ahead to the
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To be honest, I haven’t been paying full attention to the immigration bill debate, but if all of the rhetoric is like this, I’m gonna start reading up:
It was true in 1986. It’s as true as ever in 2007. Wimpy will get his amnesty burgers and the Beltway fools who keep deluding themselves about the false promise of immigration
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John Moe weighs in on the Rs here.
Why wasn’t this posted earlier? BECAUSE OF TEH BIAS, of course!
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An instant guide to the contretemps:
In the beginning, Obama opposed the war (and was correct). Hillary favored it (and wasn’t).
In the Republican Senate, Hillary and Obama had the exact same positions–both favored funding the troops, both favored the Levin-Reed inexact withdrawal plan and opposed the Kerry firm withdrawal date.
In …
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Today on the trail is a rundown of notable campaign events. It is pieced together by the Swampland Intern, who wishes everyone would be quiet.
Bill Clinton headlines a South Carolina NAACP fundraiser, while Hillary visits New Orleans’ Ninth Ward.
Barack Obama hosts a townhall in Rye, NH, then attends a meeting of the New Hampshire …
Sam Brownback has now joined Hillary Clinton in calling upon Iran to release Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Background on her case, the latest developments and links to several online petitions available here.
