The Right's Field: "Conservative Christian columnist Joseph Farah of WorldNetDaily doesn't like John McCain. His column today delves into the zeitgeist on the religious right with regards to McCain. Farah notes that while Jerry Falwell has embraced McCain, other Christian leaders are very wary of him, notably James Dobson."
eyeon08.com: "Several things have come together for Mike Huckabee recently. National Journal is giving him a bump. He picks up some good staff in New Hampshire. He gets called one of the two options for Evangelicals (although McCain is getting some attention).
"For Huckabee, there are two or three issues. First, can he perform in Iowa? The argument that Huckabee can succeed in Iowa -- here succeed means, probably, a top-3 finish -- works like this. Huckabee is a great speaker. He was a pastor and knows how to connect to his audience. The most Republican part of Iowa is out West and Protestant. (this is important because the eastern part of Catholic but more Democratic... The Republicans here would seem like natural Brownback stomping ground) Huckabee should be able to mobilize voters, and, as I've argued, there is no shortage of conservative voters in Iowa. If Iowa social conservatives vote on that issue alone, then Huckabee would be my pick for top-performing 'conservative' candidate."
eyeon08.com: "On the day that Mitt Romney is announcing, his campaign must have known that his opponents were going to find ways to dump on him. Sam Brownback attacks Romney for misrepresenting Brownback's record. Three Romney supporters jump ship to McCain. Perhaps worse, the press dumps on him. Romney's local Fox-affiliate (he's still from Boston right?) ran a segment on last night's 10pm news that's devastating, digging up more debate tape from his 1994 debate with Ted Kennedy. A WorldNetDaily article compares his flip-flopping to Romney's father's. This is particularly devastating, given Romney's obsession with his father's 'brainwashing' comment."
TalkLeft: "I've been rough on Barack Obama. I think, fairly. Many say not fairly. But I am beginning to see qualities that I think are necessary for a successful run for the Presidency. Yesterday in Frank Rich's column, Obama addresses some concerns: 'Mr. Obama is well aware of the serious criticisms he engenders, including the charge that he is conciliatory to a fault. He argues that he is 'not interested in just splitting the difference' when he habitually seeks a consensus on tough issues. 'There are some times where we need to be less bipartisan,' he says. 'I'm not interested in cheap bipartisanship. We should have been less bipartisan in asking tough questions about entering into this Iraq war.' No cheap Broder/Lieberman/McCain 'bipartisanship' for Obama."
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