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An Appointment with Defeat

Blagojevich’s senate appointment might not be as valuable to a political career as he seemed to believe. Nate Silver takes a systematic look at senators who were appointed to fill vacant seats by governors over the last fifty years, and … Continue reading

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The Third Party Personality Disorder

I found myself complaining to a Libertarian colleague of mine today (note the capital ‘L’), about the deplorable political consensus that has emerged on the bailout strategy for economic resuscitation. The bipartisan policy is a ghastly trifecta of the ineffective, … Continue reading

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Barren Politics

The vacuous Draft Bloomberg movement has made a viral video. I have no idea how this is supposed to make me support him. I’m not sure they even know why they support him. No policy proposals, no platform, no definable … Continue reading

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The Peevish Pastor

Huckabee was interviewed on MSNBC on the day Fred Thompson withdrew. The liberation theologist took the opportunity to further ridicule and attack Fred and his supporters for supposedly injuring his campaign in South Carolina. Smart move Huck, really should endear … Continue reading

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The Transformational Dream

Bill Clinton’s recent emergence as Hillary’s principal anti-Obama attack dog has left a lot of people somewhat uncomfortable. We’re not generally accustomed to seeing this sort of bare knuckled political brawling from a former president (all the effort seems to … Continue reading

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Hunting for Fredheads

The “Mittosphere”? Ugh.

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Unions in Retreat

Michael Goldfarb thinks that the unexpected Hillary win in Nevada despite the Culinary Workers Union endorsement of Obama, could represent the beginning of a substantial diminution in union political power: “If they can’t even affect the votes of their members … Continue reading

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Give Reagan a Rest

Fausta is fed up with the pundit’s question “who will be the next Reagan?” She mocks the impulse by asking “who will be the next Abraham Lincoln?” The genuine “next Reagan” of course wouldn’t be looking to the past at … Continue reading

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Reagan and the Democrats

Hillary and Edwards are slamming Obama after he heaped praise on Ronald Reagan –something that may not play well with the leftist base of their party, but was doubtlessly well received by the general electorate. One wonders if Obama shouldn’t … Continue reading

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Rudy’s Sunshiny Winter

At this point it’s worth asking: Is Rudy Giuliani running a presidential campaign, or a Florida vacation? Of course, not that I’d blame him for the later.

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Almost Like a Spirit

Hotair has video of Chris Matthews talking about Barack Obama on the Tonight Show, in which he tosses objectivity to the wind and replaces it with a kind of turbid political idolatry. He suggests to us that he wouldn’t be … Continue reading

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Notes on the Kenyan Crisis

Kenyan Justice Minister Martha Karua has charged Barack Obama’s cousin, ODM leader Raila Odinga, with ethnic cleansing. Tourist bookings to Kenya have suffered 90 percent cancellations. Kenyan blogger Girl in the Meadow wonders why the election dispute is being settled … Continue reading

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Unity08 2.0

Remember Unity08? It was “open source politics,” the internet-based third party with tech buzzwords in place of rhetoric. They captured press attention for awhile by talking a lot about “revolutionizing” the election with a web-based nominating convention and other silly … Continue reading

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God’s Own Constitution

Video clip of Mike Huckabee arguing that “what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards.” Hmm. Is that really in accord with anyone’s notion of Founders intent? I know committed social conservatives who … Continue reading

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Bloomberg Would Lose in NYC

According to SurveyUSA polling, Bloomberg would do best in NYC in a three-cornered presidential race against Obama and Huckabee. Even then though he only manages 28%. Via: Politicalwire

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Liberation Theology Takes a Hit

Here’s some splendid news for those of us not delighted by the prospect of a liberation theologist takeover of the Republican Party. Rasmussen is reporting their new South Carolina numbers and Mike Huckabee has lost five points and Fred Thompson … Continue reading

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Hearing Things

I was watching the booing of John McCain at the Prosperity Summit in Livonia, Michigan (video clip at Ian Schwartz). Now I can’t be entirely certain, but it sure sounds like a woman in the audience exclaims: “Happy Birthday Warsaw!” … Continue reading

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M. President

The Tyra Banks Show emailed Michelle Malkin with some quotes from Tyra’s interview with Hillary Clinton (to be broadcast Friday). Hill proposes a nationwide reality show to determine what to call the First Husband…with dancing! And you thought the 90s … Continue reading

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The Smell Of Socialism

What does socialism smell like? At first blush I can’t be much more specific than “pungent and bad.” Luckily the enterprising Catalan Socialist Party has brewed up a concoction as a campaign stunt that promises to answer this confounding quandary: … Continue reading

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Gloves Off on Huckabee?

Mike Huckabee outlined his vision for a social conservative / “populist” takeover of the GOP to an Evangelical audience in Michigan. Mark Levin calls it deplorable, DiscerningTexan calls it destructive, and Riehl calls it theocratic. Well, well. It’s beginning to … Continue reading

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FDT Suddenly Solvent?

The NYT thinks Fred Thompson may be making a comeback. Some Republicans seem to be warming to his message that Huckabee’s statist policies are unwelcome in the GOP. Imagine that.

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Where’s the Capitalism?

Mark Steyn surveys the election in contrast with the replacement of compact discs by MP3s. Observing the swift and dynamic change that characterizes the free market, he rightly mocks the notion of government as an “agent of change.” Huckabee, Edwards, … Continue reading

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A “Conservative” Case for Barack Obama

It seems Daniel Hannan has been getting some email of the “what the heck is wrong with you?” variety over his support for Barack Obama. Today he argues that he’s thrown his support behind the rather vague candidate because of … Continue reading

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Turmoil in Kenya

“It’s like everyone is drunk over something you can’t understand.” While our own seemingly endless election season grinds on (and on), Kenya’s recently ended, sparking massive instability, rioting and protests: Kenya’s main opposition party said Friday it plans three days … Continue reading

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“Small-Government Libertarian”

I seem to have caused some confusion with my previous post, “Putting the Question to the Bishop,” by an inartful use of the term “small-government libertarian.” The more I think about, the clearer it becomes to me that this term … Continue reading

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