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Posted at 1:45pm on Jan. 5, 2008 New Hampshire Conservative Legislative leader backs Romney over McCain

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by Eric Dondero

In an interview with www.MainstreamLibertarian.com, New Hampshire State Rep. DJ Bettencourt just confirmed his endorsement of Mitt Romney for President. He had allowed his name to be placed on a List of NH Romney supporters two weeks ago. Now Bettencourt has fully backed up his previous name-listing with a full-fledged endorsement.

Rep. Bettencourt serves as Chairman of the New Hampshire Conservative Alliance, a group that includes strong Anti-Tax and libertarian-leaning Republicans. Bettencourt was strongly supported by the Republican Liberty Caucus, a libertarian group, in his election in 2006 to the Legislature.

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Posted at 1:04am on Jan. 3, 2008 Some big surprises for Texas GOP filing: CD-22 & 14

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by Eric Dondero

In a shocker, according to the Texas GOP website, Cynthia Dunbar filed for the already crowded primary for the Tom DeLay seat for Congress. It is South Houston/Pasadena/Sugarland. This seat is currently held by Democrat Nick Lampson, and is heavily Republican territory. 10 other candidates have filed including Shelly Sekula-Gibbs and State Rep. John Talton.

Dunbar is a staunch limited government Conservative. She recently won a seat on the Texas Board of Education.

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Posted at 10:27am on Dec. 24, 2007 Hero War Vet adopts Iraqi child: Turns out he's a Republican

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by Eric Dondero

National Review has a link today to an AP story with a wonderfully heartwarming Christmas tale. The NY Sun and other media have picked up on the story of Iraqi War Veteran Captain Scott Southworth, adopting a young orphan boy from Baghdad. It's a very extensive 4-page story. But in the AP piece or in no other media does it mention that Capt. Southworth is indeed a Republican.

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Posted at 3:24pm on Dec. 22, 2007 Libertarian Bob Smither may switch to Republican, run for Congress in Texas CD-14

By ericd

Breaking News...

2006 Libertarian candidate for Congress in Texas District 22 is seriously considering switching to the Republican Party to run for the same seat. Currently there are 12 other candidates seeking the GOP nomination for the chance to face Democrat incumbent Nick Lampson in the Fall.

Bob Dunn, political report for Fort Bend Now, a website serving greater Sugarland is now reporting the story.

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Posted at 11:21am on Dec. 22, 2007 Ron Paul does poorly in Big States

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Quinnipiac just released a poll for Florida showing Ron Paul at a measly 2%, a far cry from his national media persona as a "rising star."

And two days ago, he was stalled at just 3% in a major California poll.

What's up with Ron Paul and big states? Paul does well in small states like Iowa and New Hampshire. And he's polling respectively in other states like Wyoming and Alaska at 7 to 9%.

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Posted at 8:14am on Dec. 21, 2007 Libertarian files against Ron Paul for Congress in Texas

By ericd

And now from the truly bizarre category: Libertarian Party member Eugene Flynn has filed his papers with the Libertarian Party of Texas to run for Congress in Texas CD 14 against Ron Paul.

(Story first reported at ThirdPartyWatch.com, now up at MainstreamLibertarian.com)

Flynn is known to be an eccentric. He says in his statement to LPT Director Wes Benedict that he "agrees with Ron Paul on 80% of the issues," but can't stand his open borders position on Immigration. Very odd, cause most view Paul as having a decidedly closed borders approach inconsistent with his South Texas heavily Hispanic District.

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Posted at 7:40pm on Dec. 15, 2007 Time for all Fiscal Cons to rally behind Romney to ward off Huck?

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by Eric Dondero

I've been a diehard Rudy Giuliani fan since last year. But this Huckabee threat is starting to scare me. He's everything we libertarian Republicans despise: Fiscally liberal yet Socially conservative.

Huck? That's a double-whammy Yuck. I cannot imagine the GOP nominating a worse candidate than High Tax, Bible-thumping, Pro-Life extremist, Gay intolerant Mike Huckabee.

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