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Thursday, January 10, 2008 - Posts
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Mike Huckabee just channelled Jed Bartlet during an answer about his suggestion in a sermon that wives should submit themselves to their husbands. Huckabee clarified the Biblical quote he was referring to: "As wives submit themselves to the husbands, Read More...
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In response to a question on foreign policy, Rudy Giuliani goes waaay out of his way to squeeze in this canned line: “The kind of change Democrats are talking about is taking the change out of your pocket.” Read More...
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Chris Wallace asks Romney whether the primary results in New Hampshire suggest the people value experience over his message of “change.” His response could have come out of a certain Democratic senator’s mouth. Paraphrased: If you stick with the same Read More...
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McCain conflates trading with Arab nations with trading with al-Qaida. "I don’t want to trade with al-Qaida, all they want to trade is burqas," he says, smiling smugly. "I don’t want to travel with them, all they want is one-way tickets." That's almost Read More...
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Carl Cameron tries to play Ron Paul off against his crazy 9/11 conspiracy theorist supporters. Will Paul tell them to renounce their beliefs?, Cameron asks. He might as well have asked a cat to bark. Paul, good libertarian that he is, refuses to denounce Read More...
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We’re not in New Hampshire anymore. Thompson butts in on a question about the Reagan coalition so he can rattle off a litany of attacks on Huckabee. He thinks we have an “arrogant foreign policy,” says Thompson. “He thinks Guantanamo should be closed” Read More...
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Finally, Rudy Giuliani gives a less-than-absolutist answer on the question of whether tax cuts raise revenues. “The reality is some tax cuts lead to revenues, some tax cuts don’t lead to revenues,” he says. That’s a big change from his previous stark Read More...
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After blocking Ron Paul from Sunday's debate, FOX News adjusted the cutoff standards to be either a fifth-place finish in New Hampshire primary or to have at least five percent in national polls. The first criterion allows Paul in. The second admits Thompson. Read More...
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Check back here starting at 9 p.m. for live updates on tonight's Republican debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Read More...
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Ever since Michigan violated Democratic Party rules by moving its primary up to Jan. 15, thereby getting its delegates stripped, people have been calling the race a “beauty contest.” And considering that the only Democrats still on the ballot are Hillary Read More...
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Finally, a glimpse into Bill Richardson's mind. From an email Richardson wrote to his supporters announcing his withdrawal today: It was my hope that all of you would first hear this news from me and not a news organization. But unfortunately, as with Read More...
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Earlier this week, we pointed out how all the top Democrats are talking about how "personal" this race is. “For me and Elizabeth, this is personal,” says John Edwards — not "academic" or "political" like his opponents. Hillary and Obama made similar statements. Read More...
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Obama supporters and Clinton conspiracy theorists, relax. John Kerry is endorsing Barack Obama , but it’s not the kiss of death everybody thinks. Sure, it recalls Al Gore’s endorsement of Howard Dean in 2004, but as Chris Cillizza notes , this is a different Read More...
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Ron Paul’s fifth-place showing in the New Hampshire primary disappointed his supporters, who saw the Granite State as his last best chance to penetrate the first tier of GOP candidates. But Paul doesn’t appear to be slowing down. The $20 million he raised Read More...
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