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Tuesday, March 6, 2007
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beSpacific: "National Women's History Month - The U.S. Celebrates Women's Achievements in March - 'The 2007 Women's History Month theme, Generations of Women Moving History Forward, celebrates the wisdom and tenacity of prior and future generations of women and recognizes the power of generations working together.'" Here's the link to the National Women's History Project.
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EyeOn08.com: "I have argued for a long time that New Hampshire may move its primary up a lot. Seems that I may have been right: 'In 2008, he is widely expected to leapfrog six days ahead of Iowa, which would be Jan. 8, but no one knows for sure.' The Iowa and New Hampshire governors can't do much about this."
EyeOn08.com: "Apparently Washington is considering canceling its primary"
"2008 pres"
8:58:15 PM
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Andrew Sullivan: "I watched Ann Coulter last night in the gayest way I could. I was on a stairmaster at a gym, slack-jawed at her proud defense of calling someone a "faggot" on the same stage as presidential candidates and as an icon of today's conservative movement. The way in which Fox News and Sean Hannity and, even more repulsively, Pat Cadell, shilled for her was a new low for Fox, I think - and for what remains of decent conservatism. 'We're all friends here,' Hannity chuckled at the end. Yes, they were. And no faggots were on the show to defend themselves. That's fair and balanced..."
Read the whole article.
"2008 pres"
8:52:35 PM
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Political Wire: "In California's presidential primary race, SurveyUSA found Sen. Hillary Clinton leading Sen. Barack Obama, 44% to 31%, for the Democratic nomination with John Edwards coming in third at 10%...On the Republican side, Rudy Giuliani appears to have Sen. John McCain 'outflanked on multiple fronts' and leads 41% to 23%, with Newt Gingrich coming in at 13%."
Daily Kos: "I've asked several campaigns whether they plan on attending the Fox News debate in Nevada. I've started collecting responses, and expect to post them tomorrow. I can say off the bat that the question clearly has campaigns conflicted. It's not a position they want to be in, and I'm sure they're cursing whoever it was that negotiated the deal with Fox News. (That Democratic Party decision maker, by the way, is still secret. Everyone claims they don't know who signed the deal.) The campaigns could make things easier for themselves by just stating, en masse, that they won't do a Fox News debate, but that they'll be happy to debate in Nevada with another media partner."
Political Wire: "A new Suffolk University poll finds Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama statistically tied among likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters. Clinton gets 28% support, followed by Obama at 26% and John Edwards with 17%. Another 17% of likely voters were undecided. No other Democratic candidate had more than 3% support.
"Among likely Republican primary voters, Rudy Giuliani led the ballot with 37% support, followed by Sen. John McCain at 27% and Mitt Romney at 17%. A total of 12% of voters were undecided. No other Republican candidate had more than 2% support."
TPM Cafe: "A couple of the Dem Presidential hopefuls have now issued statements responding to the Libby conviction."
Political Wire: "Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has gained three points on Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) over the past week, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. However, Clinton still leads by eight points, 34% to 26%, while former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) takes 15%."
Political Wire: "In California's presidential primary race, SurveyUSA found Sen. Hillary Clinton leading Sen. Barack Obama, 44% to 31%, for the Democratic nomination with John Edwards coming in third at 10%...On the Republican side, Rudy Giuliani appears to have Sen. John McCain 'outflanked on multiple fronts' and leads 41% to 23%, with Newt Gingrich coming in at 13%."
"2008 pres"
8:40:27 PM
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The reboot worked. You have to love OSX (and UNIX). 
7:43:41 AM
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We're experiencing problems with our news aggregator. We're going to attempt a remote reboot of the server back in Denver. Hopefully we'll be back online soon.
7:04:34 AM
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Freakonomics Blog: "In his New York Times column the other day, David Brooks wonders aloud, and compellingly, if perhaps New Mexico governor Bill Richardson might somehow rise above the glamorously noisy H. Clinton/B. Obama fray and become the Democratic candidate for President. Here's what Brooks likes about Richardson: He's down to earth, accessible, funny, and smart. He is 'the most experienced person running for president. He served in Congress for 14 years. He was the energy secretary (energy's kind of vital).' He is a 'successful two-term governor who was re-elected with 69 percent of the vote in New Mexico, a red state. Moreover, he's a governor with foreign policy experience. He was U.N. ambassador. He worked in the State Department. He's made a second career of negotiating on special assignments with dictators like Saddam, Castro and Kim Jong Il. He negotiated a truce in Sudan.' He is the only Democratic candidate who is 'completely invulnerable on the tax cut issue.'"
Thanks to NewMexiKen for the link.
Meanwhile, New West reports, "It will all be over by the end of next January, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson told an audience in Des Moines, Iowa, over the weekend. Boston.com reported on the governor's Iowa swing, which included house parties, meetings with bloggers and party leaders in the key early caucus state. In January 2008, four caucuses are scheduled, including Iowa, and Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The governor told the press that the small group, grassroots meetings are indicative of the type of campaign he plans to run; with possibly less funding than the other, more high-profile candidates, Richardson plans to spend a great deal of time with issues, debates and local campaigning."
Oliver Willis: "Cons like Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds are currently pushing the idea that Giuliani being on top of the polls means that history should be revised and the importance of the religious far right is overstated (one could point to the election and re-election of George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan for an easy counterpoint, but I digress). I just think this assertion is worth pointing out, especially if the eventual candidate comes with the blessing of the religious cons."
Michael Scherer (via Salon): "[Mike] Huckabee...Before becoming governor in 1996...served for 12 years as a small-town Baptist pastor. He is unassailably antiabortion, anti-gay marriage and sympathetic to creationism. He pushed for a law in Arkansas that allows for covenant marriage, in which spouses sign a contract agreeing not to divorce unless there is abuse, a felony conviction or adultery, an agreement Huckabee calls 'a positive pre-nup.' As governor he declared countless statewide 'days of prayer' and has written several books that explain the importance of God in daily life."
Thanks to Matthew Yglesias for the link, who writes, "I can't say that I really know anything about Mike Huckabee. It strikes me, though, that he's the kind of person I would expect to see win a Republican nomination -- a white Protestant conservative Republican governor who's never deliberately antagonized conservative leaders and also doesn't seem to be a weirdo...Huckabee is, obviously, a longshot. The odds favor Giuliani and McCain. Nevertheless, over the long haul I think it's clear that the Huckabee approach -- marrying religious traditionalism with some kind of revived effort to cope with domestic social policy problems -- is more promising for Republicans than the tax cuts and war platform of a Giuliani."
Talking Points Memo: "Newsweek does Rudy Giuliani's Presidential campaign a very big favor."
Pollster.com: "A new Rasmussen Reports automated survey of 769 likely Democratic primary voters (conducted 2/26 through 3/1) finds Sen. Hillary Clinton (at 34%) continuing to lead Sen. Barack Obama (26%) and former Sen. John Edwards (15%) in a national Democratic primary."
"2008 pres"
6:36:01 AM
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