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"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
On deck: The media makes a “first” exception for Romney, and a Rudy supporter tries to make the conservative case for Rudy
With the second GOP presidential candidates debate a little less than 12 hours away, here are a few noteworthy articles about some of the candidates/potential candidates for your perusal:
— Rich Lowry writes about how the media, notorious for being thrilled about firsts (first woman, first ‘African American’, etc), are so much so with the candidacy of Mitt Romney, who could be the first Mormon president. Simply put, unlike with Hillary or Obama and their respective ‘firsts’, when the media writes about the idea that Romney could be the first Mormon president, they make it clear they’d be just fine if he wasn’t – a point, among many, that Lowry makes in his piece.
— Ever heard of the Five Brothers Blog? It’s the blog of Romney’s five sons. Check it out here. Mrs. Romney and the candidate himself both post there as well.
— It’s no secret social conservatives aren’t too keen on the candidacy of Rudy Giuliani, and with that in mind, Theodore Olson, former U.S. solicitor general and chair of Giuliani’s Justice Advisory Committee, tries to make the ‘conservative case’ for the former NYC mayor here. The WaPo thinks tonight’s debate is Giuliani’s to ‘use or lose’.
— MSNBC’s First Read reports on McCain’s “mixed bag”:
Heading into the debate, a poll by NBC affiliate WIS-TV shows McCain leading Giuliani (25%-20%), but with the highest unfavorable rating among the GOPers. Another interesting finding: Romney is fifth in the horserace — behind Fred Thompson and Gingrich. Meanwhile, tied to tonight’s debate, the group VoteVets goes up with a new TV ad that singles out McCain.
VoteVets, BTW, is a Democrat-affiliated group who are against the war in Iraq.
And speaking of McCain, he recently told the Howie Kurtz that he believed 99% of the media were fair. Uh, right. Trying to woo your base back, Senator?
— Still no standouts in the “Big Three” on illegal immigration. Sigh.
— On the heels of Senator Chuck Hagel’s annoucement that he may seek an independent bid for president, and would consider NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg as a running mate comes the news that Bloomberg himself is considering his own independent bid for the WH. More on that here. John Hinderaker wonders if a Hagel candidacy would hurt Republicans. What do you think?
— Cuba-lover and America-hater Michael Moore has challenged potential GOP candidate Fred Thompson to a debate, after Thompson’s criticism of Moore’s visit to Cuba in a recent NRO piece. Update: Thompson responds here (h/t: ST reader Lorica).
— While we’re on the subject of Thompson, NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said yesterday that Thompson has likely taped his last ever episode of Law and Order. Hmmm and hmm. (Hat tip: Jim Geraghty)
— Meet successful Chicago executive John Cox, a Republican candidate who hasn’t been allowed to debate due to low polling, but who Weekly Standard senior writer Matt Labash calls the GOP’s “sane” fringe candidate. His website is here. By the way, he’s sued Fox News for excluding him from tonight’s debate.
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Well I wish I could get to this. We are blocked here at work, so I can’t download this video.
THOMPSON RESPONDS TO MICHEAL MOORE
I don’t know what the big thing is. Cuban cigars have really gone down hill since Castro started to only machine roll them. I’ll take a Gurkha Dominican or a Fuente Dominican anytime over a Cuban, they just ain’t worth the money, in or out of this country. The guy who runs JR Cigars.com says that Cubans are going to be made legal by the end of the year. Which when it comes down to it, how do you justify the almost 50 year embargo, but you don’t have these restrictions on China. Or you allow everyone in Mexico to jump our borders under the idea that “They just want a better life”, but you keep repressing the Cubans because of their dictator. Either way it is pretty silly to keep this, and only makes us look like the bully on the block. – Lorica
While I respect Olson (his late wife died on the 9/11 plane that hit the Pentagon), I don’t trust much any politician says. I look at what they have done. Guiliani found “reasons” to be a “gun grabber” while mayor of NYC. He also found “reasons” to be overtly unfaithful to his then wife. Anyone who found “reasons” to negate the Second Amendment and marital vows could find “reasons” to do anything. I’ll need more reassurance about Guiliani than yet provided.
John Cox won’t be on that stage because he’s a fringe candidate. He has raised no money, has only a handful of delusional supporters and can’t break that HUGE one percent barrier in the polls.
Suing the GOP to force them to put him into the debate isn’t the Republican way, John Cox.
Get the facts on this:
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S.T. asks her faithful readers:
“On the heels of Senator Chuck Hagel’s annoucement that he may seek an independent bid for president, and would consider NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg as a running mate comes the news that Bloomberg himself is considering his own independent bid for the WH…. John Hinderaker wonders if a Hagel candidacy would hurt Republicans. What do you think?”
I was going to argue that it would depend on who the GOP nominee is, but after pondering the situation for a bit, I realized that I couldn’t think of any GOP candidate who would _not_ be hurt by a third-party run by these men.
So then I pondered this: what Democrat would be most hurt by a third party run by them? And I decided it would hurt Hilary the most. (Especially if the ticket’s Bloomberg/Hegel.)
I still think, in the end, though, that the likely election of a Democrat next year would made all but certain if they run.