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Posted at 12:44am on Mar. 28, 2008 No to Mitt, Condi, Huckabee, Jebb, Jindal, Pawlenty, Crist, & Sanford... but then who?
By Whec
I really don't envy McCain having to pick a VP. He has many requirements that he must meet and there just does not seem to be a lot of available candidates.
1) He's got to pick someone that will reassure the conservative base.
2) He can't pick someone who is so far to the Right that he will hurt his standing with independents.
3) He needs someone strong on domestic policy and business sense. He's got the foreign affairs covered.
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Posted at 11:08pm on Mar. 16, 2008 Nader could continue to be the bee in the Dems pretty little bonnet
By Whec
According to a new Zogby poll (and yes, I think Zogby is pretty much a crap pollster. But, this was a telephone poll, not an internet one and their telephone polls are usually much better than their internet ones) Nader could actually have a significant impact on the 2008 race.
In a race with Clinton in it, Nader gets 6% of the vote and McCain wins 45% to 39%.
In a race with Obama in it, Nader gets 5% of the vote and McCain wins 44% to 39%.
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Posted at 12:49am on Mar. 15, 2008 Obama is still in this race because he is black
By Whec
There has been some people up in arms about certain comments stating that Obama would not be where he is right now if he were not black. The race card was played hot and heavy (like it always is by Democrats). But when you look at it, it's very true!
Obama is an interesting candidate. He gives good speeches and he does seem to energize a lot of voters. He would most likely be doing just as well with young voters no matter what race he was. But, if he were not black does anyone think he would be creaming Senator Clinton in these primaries amongst black voters? The same Senator Clinton who's husband was the "first black President?" I think not. At best he would probably be getting close to 50% of the black vote if he were not black (or actually, half black). And if that was the case, Clinton would probably already have the nomination wrapped up by now.
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Posted at 7:06pm on Mar. 1, 2007 Does Giuliani have it locked up? It appears like he might.
By Whec
The way the states are moving to make their primaries earlier will help Giuliani. The first is Iowa. The latest polls from there show Giuliani leading McCain by about 4%. Next will be New Hampshire. Right now McCain is leading Giuliani there by about 6% in one poll and only by 1% in another. Then comes South Carolina. Right now, McCain is leading Giuliani there by about 9%.
However, South Carolina is no longer going to be nearly as important for momentum. Just three days after that primary is held a whole host of states will be holding their primaries. So far Alabama, Delaware, Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah have established Feb. 5. McCain leads in Alabama by only 4%. I don't have any polls from Delaware right now, but I would imagine it is close. McCain will probably win Missouri, right now he is leading there by about 14%. But in Oklahoma, Giuliani has a 16% lead. Romney will easily win in Utah because of the mormon ties.
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Posted at 10:13am on Oct. 29, 2006 Run down on the House Races
By Whec
HOUSE RACES
Current Republican Seats In Play:
Arizona 01
Simon (D): 38%
Renzi (R): 45.3%
Trend: Only three polls out since September. The latest one is from Southern Arizone Univerisity. That has Renzi up by 13%. Constituent Dynamics (CD) polled the race in early October and had Simon up by 4%.
Simon: $67,274
Renzi: $673,977
Projection: Renzi has the lead and has much more money. The incumbent wins in this race.
Result: No Change in House make-up.
Read on . . .
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Posted at 12:45am on Apr. 3, 2006 Oh the Apostasy
By Whec
I was recently having a conversation with a liberal friend of mine and the topic of the topic of Abdur Rahman came up. For those of you not familiar with Rahman, he is the Afghan man who years ago converted from Islam to Christianity and who was brought up on charges of apostasy (in this case, converting from Islam) in Afghanistan. The crime of apostasy, in Afghanistan, can result in the death sentence. My liberal friend, like many other people, was disgusted by the situation and he told me that if Al Gore had been President then he would not have allowed a government in Afghanistan to form that would allow killing a man for changing religions.
My first reaction was that this was just another example of a liberal thinking everything in the world would be better if Gore would have won the 2000 election. But after thinking about it, I realized that there his comments represented a lack of understanding of Afghanistan, Islam and Islamic law.