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Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain — Virtually all the nation's political attention in recent weeks has focused on the compelling state-by-state presidential nomination struggle between two Democrats and the potential for party-splitting strife over there.
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Barr announces Libertarian White House bid — WASHINGTON - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.
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GOP pressures Barr not to run — Former Rep. Bob Barr says a number of Republicans have been trying to persuade him not to run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket, but none has given him a convincing reason. — The former Republican congressman from Georgia formed an exploratory committee …
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Bob Barr to run for president as a Libertarian — The former GOP congressman from Georgia accuses the government of irresponsible spending. He says McCain can't call himself a true conservative. Clinton and Obama campaign in West Virginia.
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President Apostate? — BARACK OBAMA has emerged as a classic example of charismatic leadership — a figure upon whom others project their own hopes and desires. The resulting emotional intensity adds greatly to the more conventional strengths of the well-organized Obama campaign …
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Obama Islam Smear Changes Stripes — When the Islam smear against Obama first came out, it was based on the idea that he is currently, a Muslim. — Then the Pastor Wright controversy put that mess to rest, since Obama's affiliations to an obviously Christian Church became front and center.
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Poll Predicts 36-Point Clinton Landslide in W. Virginia — Voters Say Clinton's Persistence Will Not Hurt the Democratic Party — Although Barack Obama is the likely Democratic nominee, West Virginia Democratic voters are marching to a different drummer, as Hillary Clinton leads …
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Bush May Be as Harmful to McCain as Wright Is to Obama — One-third of likely voters say they are less likely to vote for McCain because of Bush — PRINCETON, NJ — George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain's chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama's …
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Obama on Zionism and Hamas — The Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef did Barack Obama no favor recently when he said: “We like Mr. Obama and we hope that he will win the election.” John McCain jumped on this statement, calling it a “legitimate point of discussion,” and tied it to Obama's putative softness on Iran …
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Blast from the past: Video: Bill O'Reilly Gone Wild: Drops F-Bombs on the set. — This is too much. Bill O'Reilly used to work for ‘Inside Edition’ before he had his FOX show. This is a behind-the-scenes look at BillO losing it—yelling at the people working on the set and cursing his head off.
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Source: Huckabee Tops McCain's Veep List — Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain's short list for a running mate. At least that's the word from a top McCain fundraiser …
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McCain's Christian Problem
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Bush Hits New Low as ‘Wrong Track’ Rises — Eighty-Two Percent of Americans Say the Country's Seriously Off on the Wrong Track — Public disgruntlement neared a record high and President Bush slipped to his career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
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Obama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head ... Again — We started covering Sen. Barack Obama's inability to hire good staffers in June 2007, when he blamed staffers for some opposition research trying to link Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to outsourcing in India …
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Lieberman: Obama's Alleged Endorsement By Hamas Shows “Difference” With McCain — It was only a matter of time, really. If you ever doubted that Joe Lieberman would be using what's left of his “Independent Democrat” credentials to legitimize the GOP's bogus “Hamas endorsed Obama” attack, here he is on CNN doing just that...
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McCain, Huckabee and Evangelicals — Janet and I hope you had a great Mother's Day weekend. After seeing our niece graduate from Ouachita Baptist University on Saturday, Janet went to Hope to visit her Mother. After church on Sunday, we had a great visit with country singer Josh Turner …
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Reading the Ron Paul Revolution — Ron Paul's book, The Revolution: A Manifesto benefits from many of the virtues of the author's maverick presidential campaign - but it also shares some of the Paul campaign's shortcomings. — Ron Paul's <i>The Revolution: A Manifesto</I> is an important book.
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Could Obama Be Another Dukakis? — It is a thought that sends shivers down the backs of Democrats, a name that brings to mind memories of an election lost that might have been won, against a war hero once referred to in headlines as a “wimp” who won not so much by his own strengths …