Barack Obama finally stepped up this morning to explain and defend his relationship with his now-very-controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. It was a well-written, well-delivered speech, the type we expect from Obama, but it doesn’t really change anything:
Obama is the same man he was a few days ago, and this speech was reassurance of [...]
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Mike Huckabee has released a kinder, gentler political ad for the holiday season and it’s grabbing mainstream attention. No doubt that was the intent—getting more free air time. Huck gets to be all warm and fuzzy and conciliatory beside his Christmas tree.
That alone, of course, would not warrant all the attention. The buzz is about [...]
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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 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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