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Today's OpinionJournal piece by Peggy Noonan, "Out With the Old, In With the New" makes a key point about Huckabee's win last night in Iowa: From the mail I have received the past month after criticizing him in this space,...

Turnaround is fair play?

Not sure if this is a good way to handle this, but it does send a point to the Cultural Marxists: A school district following Maine's Human Rights Law and providing special accommodations to a 10-year-old with "sexual orientation or...

Vehle running for Senate

Just got a call from a reporter from the Mitchell Daily Republic saying that Representative Mike Vehle is running for the District 20 Senate seat in 2008. The reporter?s question was relative to the talk on the Internet about my...

Anti-Corporation, Anti-Big Government

The Huckabee candidacy should serve as a warning to Republicans. Huckabee, whatever problems he may have as a candidate, is touching a nerve among the GOP electorate that is both anti-government and anti-corporation. As Cory points out, many Republicans have...

Clean up our act, or more inflation? Inflation wins!

Bank of England and Fed act to ease crisis The Bank of England this afternoon announced it is clubbing together with its fellow central banks to conduct a major rescue operation for the world’s stricken money markets. In an unprecedented move, the Bank said it and the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, the European [...]

Britain Off-limits - to the Brits!

Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims Somehow this cannot be what they fought for in “their finest hour”. Islamic extremists have created “no-go” areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the Church of England’s most senior bishops warns today. The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester [...]

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

The Denver Post joins Ken Blanchard, USA Today, and South Dakota party officials in advocating regional primaries. Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1988, describes the current system as "nuts." Few Americans living outside...

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What's New with the Blogs

McGovern embarrasses again

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Duncan Hunter Counterattacks

Crying in politics -- Dick Morris' take

Let the voting begin: The New Hampshire primary kicks off; Update: Dixville Notch goes for Obama, McCain; Update Hart?s Location supports Obama, McCain

South Dakota Blogs

Push-Polling in Iowa

No politics in this post...

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

On The Religious Right...And Left

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

Mrs. Clinton on Pakistan

McGovern on Impeachment

SDP Jazz Note: 2007 Obituaries

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

What the MSM doesn?t want you to know

Should this bother us? RC Council votes to give Cabela's a carrot. A really, really expensive carrot.

Huckabysmal Ignorance 2

I Admit That Ioway I Owe A Lot To You

Reforming The Reform

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Primary Reform

American Blogs