on July 22nd, 2010

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.

—Sun Tzu, The Art of War

The two major forms of Republicanism each have a doctrine that

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Eric Florack on May 20th, 2009

From John Hawkins:

 

It was disappointing to many Republicans to see the National Republican Senatorial Committee get involved in the Charlie Crist vs. Marco Rubio primary in Florida.

We’ve had the leadership of the Republican Party saying we need to

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I got an E-mail overnight wondering why I’d not mentioned Obama getting enough delegates to win the nomination for his party. (Shrug)
OK… here…. from yesterday, here’s a note from ABC’s political page

Sen. Barack Obama achieved the 2,118 needed

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davidl on April 12th, 2008

Barack ObamaBarack Obama, speaking to donors in San Francisco:

But – so the questions you’re most likely to get about me, ‘Well, what is this guy going to do for me? What’s the concrete thing?’ What they wanna hear is –

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Eric Florack on March 27th, 2008

A note from Pollster.com’s Mark Blumenthal gives us some indication of those numbers I mentioned yesterdayl, about hom many Democrats would vote McCain, if their boy didn’t win. (Yes, I mean Hillary, too)

Some Context on the Democratic Defectors

Brian

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2008

Aside from the mess we described here last week for ANY kind of action as regards Florida and Michigan,  the Democrats are now willing to add to that a mail-in scheme.

WASHINGTON -(Fox)  A consensus began to emerge Sunday that

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davidl on March 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleCandidates is glass houses, the Obama campaign on the Clintons’  campaign, via MSNBC:

“As it relates to ethics and transparency,” Plouffe said, “we’re surprised that they would want to have an extended conversation about contributors and land deals and

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  • fromparcol20002imagefile.jpgThey’re waking up, sorta. Drum, today:
  • VITRIOL….Atrios:

    The campaigns and candidates themselves may not get nasty, but I get the sense that supporters of the various candidates are getting angrier at the other camp. Sure a lot of

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davidl on March 4th, 2008

Hang down your head Rush Limbaugh.   Hang down your head in shame.   Saturday Night Live has done in a mere two weeks, what you have failed to so in twenty years of broadcsat excellence.   The main stream media has been

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davidl on February 28th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleMaybe it was the fault of the building?

(CNN) — The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University two weeks ago will be demolished, state officials said Wednesday

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office confirmed

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2008

 I note with some amusement, our fellow SwampStomper, Gaius over at Blue Crab:

I have not bothered to comment on that picture of Barack Obama wearing the garb of a Somali elder that was circulated over the weekend. I’m glad

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  • http://bitsblog.theconservativereader.com/files/2006/12/bnr.jpgBilly

    “I’ve always believed that he’s the easier candidate to beat in the Fall.”

    (McPhillips: “Are The Clintons Over?”)

    I think his general position is correct: these people won’t be “over” until we see their boxes getting dropped into the

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Eric Florack on February 14th, 2008

An amusing article at Captain’s Quarters, today….

Susan Estrich either wants to build credibility as a satirist, or her latest column provides a long-overdue look in the mirror for Democrats. Detecting more a whiff of the so-called Bradley Effect

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Eric Florack on February 13th, 2008

“Hillary Clinton! You’ve lost the last six primaries in a row, and now Obama is beating you even when your ace in the hole, the Superdelegates are counted. You’ve already blown out your campaign manager, and your asst campaign manager

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davidl on February 6th, 2008

The weather outside is frightful.   Good day to be a duck.

Mitt Romney:   I voted for Mitt.  He would make a good president.   Sad to say, Romney is just one horrible candidate, a modern day Jack Kemp.   Romney has won

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