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Today’s LA Times has already started to speculate as to Tim Russert’s replacement after his tragic death yesterday. Their selections are all the obvious ones… it’s mostly just NBC’s top political men, like Chris Matthews and David Gregory.
With all due respect to Matthews and Gregory, I don’t think that either of them will ever […]

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Tim Russert, one of my favorite rational political inquisitors, died today at the age of 58. In his memory, I would like to devote today’s post only to his remembrance. I can’t say it any better than his colleagues at NBC, so I’ll just leave it up to them:
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I saw an article today in USA Today suggesting that the legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, has been fading since she retired in January 2006 (after a tenure of over two decades).  The article mentions that the new Court has “undercut several of her most important rulings on issues […]

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I saw a YouTube video today regarding the war in Iraq (created by a Ron Paul supporter):

The Jed Report correctly describes this video as potentially “brutal” and “devastating” to John McCain.  What I think is interesting is that, despite the fact that this information has all been in the public domain for months, it doesn’t […]

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It’s common for a Presidential nominee to replace the chair of his party with one of his own people.  Although Barack Obama’s recent decision to keep Howard Dean as the DNC chair was minor news at best, I think it’s much more important than the media has made it seem.  I think the foreshadowing is […]

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Hillary Clinton’s latest (of many) ridiculous comments really gives us an insight into her mind. People have said that they want to look past her slip-ups, but when we’re selecting a President, I think it’s very important to analyze these small comments to get a better picture of what the candidate will be like […]

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I recently read an article in the Washington Post called Republicans vote against moms; no word yet on puppies, kittens, which claims that that “a majority of House GOPs voted against motherhood.”
Well, first off, I don’t see how it’s possible to vote against motherhood. I seriously doubt that these Republicans voted against legislation that […]

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In a campaign full of pointless buzzwords and endless political maneuvering, I was not surprised to read that Hillary Clinton is now telling her supporters to “turn off the TV.” Her suggestion was, as one would expect, met with applause… probably because the audience chose to listen to the power and intonation of her voice […]

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Isn’t it about time that we stop getting angry at people for stating the obvious?
After “Bittergate,” I think I might have lost hope in our ability to ever recover from our tendency to make a big deal every time somebody says something rational that might just be politically incorrect.  Recently, the popular political blog Crooks […]

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Not Bush or McCain (not by a longshot), but Rush Limbaugh.
Recently, 235 right-leaning bloggers voted on the 25 most influential conservatives in US politics. The rankings are interesting:
#25) Mark Levin: 6 votes
#21) Hugh Hewitt: 7
#21) George Will: 7
#21) John Roberts: 7
#21) Ronald Reagan: 7
#20) Victor David Hanson: 8
#19) Antonin Scalia: 9
#18) John McCain: 10
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