davidl on January 17th, 2008

Mike HuckabeeMike Huckabee, says:

‘The Lord Truly Gave Me Wisdom”

Well give it back, Mike.  You sure aren’t using any of it.   It one thing be given a gift.   It is altogether another, to actually use that gift.   It there

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Eric Florack on January 13th, 2008

USATODAY.com  SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — White House hopeful Fred Thompson continued his debate-night criticism of rival Mike Huckabee on Friday, calling the primary contest a fight between the ideals of Ronald Reagan and populist appeals that blame others for

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Eric Florack on January 2nd, 2008

Noted over at Samzidata: Paul Marks makes a point I’ve been making:

 This morning Fox and Friends concentrated on three candidates in relation the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night: the two lead candidates in the polls, Mike Huckabee and Mitt

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2007

Ah, yes, Ron Paul. Never have so many braincells been inactive for so long.

James at OTB:

The top story on Memeorandum this morning is a piece from Little Green Footballs entitled “Ron Paul Blames US Policy for Bhutto Killing.”

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Ron Paul, as you may know…particularly if you’ve been reading here, was on Meet the Press yesterday. Now I doubtless will be getting reaction from the Paulettes, as I do every freakin’ time I bring the subject up…. reaction not

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Rich Lowry…. who I have some stout dispute on in terms of the Fair Tax issue (It’d help if Rich actually did some research on the matter) gets it pretty much spot on here, as regards the rise of social

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Eric Florack on December 1st, 2007

I note with some amusement that Red State and Human events are proposing a do-over for the Republican YouTube debate.

Red State adds an interesting twist:

 Let’s see which of the Republican candidates really want to take questions from real

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In the past few months, Ron Paul has dramatically raised the profile of libertarianism inside the Republican Party. My small-l libertarian friends seem more comfortable describing themselves as such, even though they’ll go out of their way to disassociate themselves

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Eric Florack on November 14th, 2007

David Hill… who has really got to consider a non de plume, if he’s going to continue working at The Hill, says:

While Texan Ron Paul’s stock is soaring nationally, there is trouble on the home front. In September,

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Eric Florack on November 8th, 2007

Bruce at Q&O:

  A and an week or so ago, I stated:

We read that polls are telling the Democrats that the mood of the people has swung toward being receptive to more and bigger government. Some argue it’s

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Eric Florack on October 8th, 2007

Right Wing News emailed more than 225 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of whom they considered to be their “Least Favorite People On The Right.” Representatives from the following 45 blogs responded…

Aaron’s CC,

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Eric Florack on September 16th, 2007

Apparently out that he’s really worn out his welcome, Lincoln Chafee has withdrawn from the Republican party.

Mark Noonan, in noting the story, says:

 We could have backed a man last year against Chafee – I mean, as the

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Eric Florack on September 15th, 2007

Former Time magazine reporter and self-described liberal Matt Cooper is sticking up for rumored attorney general candidate Ted Olson, who has drawn criticism from Democrats even though he has not yet been nominated.Cooper writes on CondeNast Portfolio.com that Olson, “is

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Eric Florack on September 9th, 2007

McGehee says Chuck Hagel is quitting.

Suits me…  The guy was a one man three ring circus years ago, and he hasn’t improved since.  All of the stuff about the anti-war nonsense that I directed at the Democrats goes doubly

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2007

There is an old adage, which states that it is impossible to get ahead, if you spend all your time getting even.
James at OTB notes McQ’s rehashing of his take on the purposes, and utilities of ‘divided government, by

Continue reading about Gridlock It Ain’t. And Anyway, is It What’s Needed? No.