Casting Stones

Obamania! So, tell me how the Republicans win against this in November? From Drudge: Secretary of State is making runs to Seacoast – Hampton, Portsmouth – and Southern Hillsborough – Pelham, Nashua – to bring extra democratic ballots. Many towns are reporting shortages… Developing…

I guess his “top immigration surrogate” didn’t speak for him: Gov. Mike Huckabee has issued the following comment in response to a Washington Times article reporting he would amend the Constitution in connection to children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens: “I do not support an amendment to the constitution that would prevent children…

It looks like it according to his “top immigration surrogate” Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced. Mr. Huckabee, who won last week’s…

If illegal immigration really was the major issue of the campaign, Thompson would win the nomination and the election because he’s the only one who understands the issue. He gives the perfect answer to the question of compassion (how can we separate a mother from her children). Why encourage illegal immigration with our policies? We…

Reading Rod’s and Dan’s posts together and keeping this in mind: His aides are wary of New Hampshire. “It’s all no tax, no government there,” said Bob Wickers, a top strategist. “It’s not ideal.” But they believe that the message of economic anxiety that he preaches will help in Michigan’s primary on Jan. 15 and…

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I liked the format, though I wasn’t too thrilled with some of the questions and how long they stuck with the questions. The first two were really good but the one on healthcare was a waste of time except for this exchange: Romney: “I like mandates.”Thompson: “I didn’t think you were going to admit that.”…

Who has been “delivered to us” and is not the Word made flesh but the triumph of word over flesh: Obama’s finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don’t even really inspire. They elevate. They enmesh you in a grander moment, as if history has stopped flowing passively by, and, just for…

Oh. My. Heck! No one can beat Clinton for sheer audacity: Bill Clinton voiced his abiding anger at the media’s coverage of him and his wife in Durham, N.H., today, and suggested that media bias will force Clinton to go negative on Barack Obama. He also expressed his frustration that his wife is perceived by…

Rod Dreher’s assessment that Huckabee’s appeal was “not just a triumph of theocon identity politics” seems to me a little bit like rewriting history. And though I will concede that Huckabee no doubt received many votes because of his populist appeal and his support of the fair tax he would not have won without the…

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