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Eight utterly superficial assessments of the candidates

Posted in Election '08, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politics, tagged , , on December 23, 2007 | No Comments »

1. John McCain? Old soldiers never die, they just find another war to fight.
2. Hillary’s “thirty years of political experience” add up to only slightly more than Barack Obama’s creds. And he’s a lot more likable.
3. Rudy “9/11” Giuliani wouldn’t have a candidacy if he’d been out of town that day. And besides, he runs [...]

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GOP debate falls flat; Keyes most interesting part

Posted in Election '08, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politics, tagged , on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »

I just watched the Des Moines Register’s Republican debate, the last GOP debate before the Iowa caucuses. I almost got whiplash when Alan Keyes showed up. It took me a while to even remember who he was, and I’m still wondering what he was doing there. It was a bit like seeing a streaker running [...]

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Newsweek shows Romney tanking in Iowa

Posted in Election '08, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Mormon, Newsweek, Politics on December 7, 2007 | 3 Comments »

A Newsweek poll released this afternoon shows Mike Huckabee surging ahead of Mitt Romney in Iowa. It’s now 39% for Huckabee vs. 17% for Romney. Or, depending on one’s point of view, Romney is tanking. I’d have been open to either interpretation before yesterday, but since this comes just one day after Romney’s “I’m a [...]

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I hope Hewitt is right about Romney

Posted in Election '08, Mitt Romney, Mormon, Politics, Religion, tagged on December 6, 2007 | 5 Comments »

I just read my first Hugh Hewitt commentary at Townhall.com. Why? Temporary insanity, I suppose. I usually avoid names revered by my most conservative acquaintances.
However, I was browsing through comments about Mitt Romney’s “I Am Mormon” speech and there was the Hewitt byline. Morbid curiosity got the best of me and after the first few [...]

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