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Article published Jan 24, 2008 Huckabee alienates GOP in Arkansas January 24, 2008 By Stephen Dinan - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jake Files was a newly elected representative when all two dozen Arkansas House Republicans met for their first caucus in 1999. They had doubled their numbers in elections two months earlier, and were ready to join Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee in pushing for conservative government. That was when Brenda Turner, the governor's chief of staff, entered. "Just walked in, shut the door and said, 'There's two kinds of people in the world: those who are for Mike Huckabee and those who are against Mike Huckabee. I'll do everything I can to help the first group. I'll do everything I can to hurt the second,' " said Mr. Files, who left the legislature after two terms. And that's the way it was. "Not only would he not help you, he would go out of his way to do things in opposition to you," Mr. Files said. For the...

Today, Governor Romney addressed members of the media about the volatility in stock markets today, and the need for an immediate stimulus in the economy.  Below are excerpts of Governor Romney's remarks:             http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/FL_Press_Conference_1.22 "I think people recognize now more than ever, that it makes a difference having a President who has actually had a job in the private sector.  And not just had a job there, but has worked for 25 years in the private sector, and then in the Olympics and the voluntary sector, and then in government.  I believe that experience is critical right now. "We're all watching with great interest the developments of the stock market.  The stock market means a great deal to people living on fixed incomes that may have savings that are being affected by what's happening there.  They want to see greater stability....

Today, U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) announced that he is endorsing Governor Mitt Romney and his campaign for President of the United States.  Congressman Rohrabacher joins a strong Romney for President California team that includes Congressmen Howard "Buck" McKeon, John Campbell and Wally Herger. http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Endorsement_Rohrabacher Making today's announcement, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher issued the following statement:  "Our country is facing great challenges.  Among the most ominous is illegal immigration, which has been permitted to spin out of control for the last decade and a half.  The safety of our country and the prosperity of our people are at great risk because of the magnitude of this problem.  Mitt Romney is the candidate I trust most to take the steps necessary to secure our borders and protect the American people. "Governor Romney can also be expected to provide strong economic l...

Citizens United has appealed the denial of a preliminary injunction concerning its advertisements for the documentary film Hillary: The Movie ( hillarythemovie.com ) to the United States Supreme Court . Because the ads qualify as "electioneering communications" under McCain-Feingold, the FEC requires that Citizens United report its donors and put political disclaimers on the ads. Citizens United objects to these regulations because its advertisements are genuine issue ads protected by the First Amendment.   The United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the requested preliminary injunction to allow Citizens United to run its ads without the McCain-Feingold reporting and disclaimer burdens on January 15. Citizens United filed its notice of appeal on January 16. This morning, the Court received Citizens United's Jurisdictional Statement (asking the Court to set the appeal for full briefing and oral argument) and a motion to expedite the appeal.   The a...

UPDATE: Illinois already sensitive on the economy--we're close to the cellar in economic performance among the states. And to illustrate, bottom right front page story Chicago Tribune-- homeless pets ! (Rush is having fun with this today.) Chicago Tribune story on the GOP race in Florida, with the print edition featuring a graphic of Mitt Romney's lead in the Rasmussen poll , as Rudy Giuliani drops. The key of course, is whether John McCain can attract conservatives, as this is an all Republican primary. RCP average here . The same dynamic holds true for Illinois, as presumably the RINO mush-heads will vote for the Big O in the Dem primary leaving the GOP race to the rest of us. Thankfully. So while most of the Congressional pols in Blue State Illinois have endorsed Giuliani or McCain, and with Thompson presumably out of the race, Republican voters should come home to Mitt. After Florida of course, this may all become more clear. Debate Thursday night on FoxNews. P.S. I wou...

I need a writing partner! This is a rough draft, but I think I am on to some ideas that I want to complete, but I want someone else to take a look at it, and see if they want to add anything to it, or offer any suggestions. There is a big fight going on over at National Review about who is most electable. KLO says this; Adler also makes the improbable claim that Romney has been revealed as a very weak candidate, even though the information is right there on The Corner that Romney has garnered more votes so far than anyone else in the race. (Read more if you want to read a non-spell checked rambling rant on the National Review, and were Romney stands). I like that. Looking at the total number of votes for a candidate. Of Course Romney leads in the elector count, and from just a practical standpoint that puts him in the lead. But then do you look at states as wins? Romney and McCain both have two states. Romney has a win in Nevada and Michigan. But people say those were not contes...

In the South Carolina Debate, when asked about the recent encounter with the Iranian navy, Huck made the statement effectually warning others to not mess with the "most powerful military the world has ever known" He then said that if they do engage us, take a long look at the gunboats because their next view will be of the "gates of hell" . It may have curried an applause from an emotionally charged audience, but there are a few assumptions here that really bothered me. Firstly, It is assumed that to fight against the U.S. is to sin against God. So either God is an American or he is on their side because the Americans are "good" This is very close to the prevailing sentiment of Roman goodness ( regardless of the rampant licentiousness and greed) that was extant during those final years leading up to the fall of Rome. There was an 'us' vs 'them' sentiment also between east (asiatic) and west (greco- roman) that during the decline was used...