How Much of Obama’s Success is Because of Affirmative Action?

Interesting post over at FrontPageMag daring to flick on the light at some things that really get on many American nerves. I can’t think of any tribe of people on this earth that have not experienced some kind of slavery or persecution in their past, present, or future. Sadly, humanity seems to be riddled with [...]

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Place Your Money On Romney

A well-researched piece over at New Republic by Noam Scheiber, by way of ABC news, surprisingly, is in favor of Gov. Romney. Laying out the steady advantages of Gov. Romney, including a well-funded war chest a good positioning going into super Tuesday:
Romney has no such problems (social conservative issues like Rudy, conservative issues like McCain [...]

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John McCain Plays The Victim and The Martyr

Seems like Huckabee and Thompson may be vying for the VP spot. They don’t seem to be doing much to point out the inherent defects of McCain’s positions. So the liberal GOP is kissing butt. A little “don’t ask, don’t tell” I guess. Nice.
From Jonathon Martin and Politico:
And so with Mitt Romney effectively waving [...]

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Huckabee Populist Message Continues Ad Nauseum, Class Warfare Included

POPULIST RHETORIC VS. REALITY IN THE PALMETTO STATE
Gov. Huckabee Raised Regressive Taxes On Working Families
“I don’t think he understands the free market business system. He’s not good on taxing, he’s not good on spending, he’s not good on free trade. In other words, all the prosperity factors seem to be [...]

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Gov. Romney Economy Expert on Pres. Bush Proposal

GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY ON
AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE
Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement on the President’s remarks concerning an economic stimulus package:
“Today, the President took an important step forward to jumpstarting our economy by laying out his principles for an economic stimulus package. [...]

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Reno Gazette Journa Endorses Mitt Romney

“Republicans need a candidate who represents conservative values, builds bipartisan support and signals change for a restless electorate.
 “Romney is that candidate.”
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/NEWS18/80117043/1232/NEWS19
 Romney is GOP’s best candidate
 RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL
 Nevada Republicans who want to participate in their party’s choice of a presidential nominee have a problem: The party and the candidates [...]

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Glenn Gets It Right About the Economy – It Really Is Bad News

Front page on CNN: Glenn Beck: Warning Signs Missed On Economy.
Glenn has been going to great strides to encourage people to get out of debt, stop making stupid mortgage decisions like buying homes you can’t afford. Also, he and his family are encouraging people to buy up dry goods due to the considerable possibility that [...]

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Huckabee Brags About Frying Squirrels in Popcorn Popper

Today on Quinn and Rose they brought up Mike Huckabee’s Billy Carter moment. There is a sound bit of Huck bragging about how in college they didn’t have much to do so they’d fry squirrels in a popcorn popper. Okay, I still can’t deal with his son, David hanging and gutting a dog at Scout [...]

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Giuliani Campaigning for Mitt in Florida

This afternoon, George Bennett at the Palm Beach Post looked at Mayor Giuliani’s newly released Florida TV ad, “Quotes.”
 While Governor Romney is quoted in the ad, Bennett found that the full context of the Governor’s remarks isn’t something that Mayor Giuliani would want Florida voters to hear:
About that Mitt quote [...]

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SEN. MCCAIN’S MISLEADING ECONOMIC RHETORIC

Today, Sen. McCain called for an economic stimulus because the economy “is in some difficulty.”  But, only a week ago, Sen. McCain said “the fundamentals of this economy are strong, and I believe they will remain strong.” And, today, Sen. McCain says corporate tax cuts will stimulate the economy.  But, in [...]

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