War

07Aug07

Like it or not, war is going to be the biggest factor in the 2008 election. Even in the unlikely scenario that a full-scale pull out from Iraq occurs by November next year, an indelible mark will have been left on the minds of voters; let’s face it- we’re not going to be plunging into [...]

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Energy and Oil

20Mar07

Welcome to the sixth edition of the ongoing ‘Issues’ series which will document the Six Major Candidates’ (H. Clinton, J. McCain, B. Obama, R. Giuliani, J. Edwards, M. Romney) positions on every issue I can think of. G.W. Bush is included for… fun.
Feel free to go check out the archives here.
Pinched for time? [...]

Filed under: Bush, Clinton, Edwards, Energy, Giuliani, Issues, McCain, Obama, Oil, Romney   |  3 Comments

GOP Should Stick with its Big Guns- Part Deux

17Mar07

Sorry for the brief period of non-posting. Perhaps I will engage in a bombardment of posts this weekend to make up for it. First up, Stuart of PoliticalGrind.com had a take on my earlier “GOP Should Stick with its Big Guns” article. He disagrees with me, and since free speech is what fosters, umm, freedom- [...]

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GOP Should Stick with its Big Guns

13Mar07

The Christian Science Monitor recently published an article entitled “GOP voter discontent allows new entrants for ‘08.” Its basic premise lies in the fact that the G.O.P. faces a dearth of “qualified conservative” candidates; this thought process has permeated news media for some weeks. I contend that this is in fact a good thing.
Let’s start [...]

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Clinton and Obama Statistically Tied, Giuliani Leads McCain

06Mar07

BOSTON – A telephone poll of likely New Hampshire voters, conducted by Suffolk University students from February 24-28, 2007, revealed top Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are statistically tied for the lead among Democratic voters in the Granite State.  Republican candidate Rudolph Giuliani had a 10-point lead over John McCain, his nearest rival.  [...]

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Was McCain “Snubbing” Conservatives With CPAC No Show?

04Mar07

Disclaimer: I am a guest analyst, and although I admire Sen. McCain I have been actively supporting Rudy Giuliani. (AVoiceofReason)
Ronald Kessler reports in Newsmax that aides to Sen. McCain’s opponents were “stunned” by his decision not to show at CPAC this past week. According to CPAC officials the Senator had rejected invitations to speak, but [...]

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Ann Coulter’s Slur

04Mar07

Ann Coulter used the slur “faggot” to gain some laughs at the CPAC. While the slur- aimed at Democratic candidate John Edwards- did draw laughs from the conservative audience, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and John McCain have been quick to condemn it. First, here’s the excerpt from her talk:
Meanwhile, gay [...]

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Affirmative Action

03Mar07

George W. Bush (r), (Incumbent, Will not Run in ’08)
During his 2000 Presidential campaign, G. Bush described his endorsement of a concept he called “affirmative access.” While his opponent Al Gore dismissed this initially as another so-called Bush-ism, it turns out Bush really did have a distinction in mind between affirmative access and affirmative action.
As [...]

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Gun Control

02Mar07

George W. Bush (r), (Incumbent, Will not Run in ’08)
Back in the 2000 Presidential election, G. Bush surprised many by backing the continuation of a weapons ban passed 10 years prior. Democrats had, by that point, already abandoned gun control as a “losing issue.”
By 2004, gun activists were furious at Bush’s stance, and made [...]

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Gore or no Gore?

01Mar07

While the Republican field of Candidates seems fairly set- from here on out, it will be the words and actions of J. McCain, R. Giuliani, and M. Romney that will deliver one of them a Presidential bid- the Democratic field is still open to one big wild card.
Everything’s big about him right now- his size, [...]

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