Oct 19 2007
Shifts in the wind:
With the rise in the Iowa polls of Mike Huckabee to a tie in second place, it looks as if Sam Brownback is getting out of of the Republican nomination race because he can’t get interest and money. And I think that’s going to help Huckabee. Also, this poll of the Iowa Republicans saying that a majority want the troops out in six months was a jolter.
Interesting bit on why the interest groups within the Republican Party are coming out and demanding their pound of flesh this time around. Money quote:
There aren’t any more conservative check boxes than there have ever been, but the pandering demands are so much greater that their existence is way more obvious than it has been in the past. It doesn’t help that many of the leading candidates really aren’t natural allies of all the conservative interest groups, which means that they have to pander even more obsequiously than usual in order to prove their bona fides (cf. Mitt Romney, above).
I’ve been amazed at how the Senate Intelligence Committee, headed by Jay Rockefeller, seems to be caving on the issue of amnesty for the Telecoms allowing the Feds to use their facilities to spy on the American people. This may have something to do with the matter…sheesh.
McCain says there’s no possibility of a independent bid if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination. I didn’t expect it this time.
Hey, Zach? I think this puts the rumors of Jeb Bush running to rest for good.
Ben Stein supporting Al Franken for Senate in Minnesota was my wake-up news piece of the morning…Stein’s pretty conservative.
Yes, I still like John Edwards for President, and would love to see him do well in Iowa. I still don’t care for Hillary in a whole bunch of ways, including this one.
