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Thursday, March 8, 2007
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Political Wire: "Rudy Giuliani holds a sharp 55% to 34% lead over Sen. John McCain in a head-to-head face-off for the Republican nomination, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Among Democrats, Sen. Barack Obama is trailing front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton by a relatively narrow 47% to 39%."
"2008 pres"
8:01:16 AM 
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Captains Quarters: "Perhaps it is too early to grant General David Petraeus rock-star status, but he has garnered some good press of late. USA Today reports on Petraeus' philosophy of war and its application in Baghdad, as well as early indications of success."
TalkLeft: "The Out of Iraq caucus is beginning to get some movement out of the timid Dem leadership in the House, succesfully pushing back the retrograde Blue Dogs."
"2008 pres"
7:51:29 AM
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Don Surber: "Fire Gonzales. One of the things I have been proudest of the Bush administration is its willingness to go after corporate crooks. Adelphia CEO John Rigas got 15 years. All First CEO Nathan Chapman got 7 [product] years. ImClone Founder Sam Waksal got 7 years. Worldcom CEO Bernie Ebbers got 25 years. Rite Aid CEO Martin Grass got 8 years. WorldTeq CEO Bruce Bertman got 4 years. Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski got 25 years. Enron's Ken Lay was convicted, but died under appeal technically reversing that. After 8 years of Clinton doing nothing to stop corporate corruption -- for fear the contributions from the Gekko crowd would dry up -- Bush went after the crooks. Congressional corruption also has been prosecuted. Jack Abramoff got just under 6 years. Duke Cunningham got 8 years plus. Bob Ney got 3 years. This is praiseworthy. This is all being undone by the ham-fisted firing of 8 prosecutors by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. His firing of them allows the left to lie and roll out the stereotype of Republicans -- one that fits better their hero Clinton."
"2008 pres"
7:48:38 AM
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Bloomberg: "'I don't want to be too sophisticated here, but 2007 is going to suck, all 12 months of the calendar year,' D.R. Horton Chief Executive Officer Donald Tomnitz said at a Citigroup Inc. conference in New York. 'Our future is not as bright as what we would like it to be.'"
Thanks to Mathew Gross for the link.
beSpacific: "Press release: 'Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released the 2007 Congressional Pig Book. The Pig Book is CAGW's annual compilation of all the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. The 2007 Pig Book identifies 2,658 pork projects at a cost of $13.2 billion in the Defense and Homeland Security Appropriations Acts for fiscal 2007. Only two of the 11 appropriations bills were enacted by Congress and the remaining nine were subject to a moratorium on earmarks. CAGW has identified $254 billion in pork since 1991.'"
"2008 pres"
7:44:51 AM
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Should Colorado dump presidential caucuses in favor of a presidential primary? According to the Denver Post legislators are considering doing just that. From the article, "Colorado lawmakers are considering creating a presidential primary - rather than moving up the caucuses - to give state voters more of a voice in the 2008 presidential race. A Colorado primary, if approved by the legislature, might coincide with those in 20 other states that have either moved up their caucuses and primaries to Feb. 5 or are considering doing so. The primary would also come just five years after lawmakers dumped the primary process because of the nearly $2 million cost in 2000."
"2008 pres"
7:23:59 AM
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