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April 2008

Good News For Team McCain

The AP reports that John McCain has been able to consolidate the Republican base and is even winning some independents and Democrats as well: Partly thanks to an increasingly likable image, the Republican presidential candidate has pulled even with the two Democrats still brawling for their party’s nomination, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo news poll [...]

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Don’t Shoot The Messenger

David Brooks defends ABC News from the attacks over last night’s Democratic debate: I understand the complaints, but I thought the questions were excellent. The journalist’s job is to make politicians uncomfortable, to explore evasions, contradictions and vulnerabilities. Almost every question tonight did that. The candidates each looked foolish at times, but that’s their own [...]

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How To Tell Obama Lost Last Night

By the hostile reactions from the usual suspects. How dare they ask serious questions about Obama’s past associations with Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers or his association with the radicalism of Pastor Wright! They should have been lobbing softballs about how “universal” Obama’s healthcare plan will be! Over at The Campaign Spot, Jim Geraghty wonders [...]

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Words Matter, But Which Words?

Even though the whole “bitter-gate” brouhaha is starting to become old news, there are two perspectives on the scandal worth examining. The first comes from Jonah Goldberg, who sees this as less about “elitism” and more about Obama’s distorted worldview: I agree with Rich entirely. I don’t mind him saying that small town blue collar [...]

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Lawyer Of The Week

Kurt Denke is the owner of a company that makes connection cables for audio/visual equipment. Monster Cable is a company that sells ridiculously-priced connection cables for audio/visual equipment. Monster Cable decided to send a cease-and-desist letter to Mr. Denke’s company. Monster Cable didn’t realize that Mr. Denke was a lawyer. This is the response they [...]

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