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The Mike Huckabee “surge”

Posted by: ST on December 11, 2007 at 9:46 pm » 9 Comments

**12/12: Here’s my follow-up post to this one.** ———— Much is being made about the “surge” in the polls former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has seen the last few weeks in the run-up to Iowa. I think this says a lot more about the sad state of affairs in the Republican presidential race than it [...]

 

Senator Barack Obama: Liberal then, liberal now

Posted by: ST on December 11, 2007 at 7:58 pm » 1 Comment

The Politico’s Mike Allen and Ben Smith report today that a questionnaire filled out by then-candidate for state Senate Barack Obama (or his campaign manager) back in 1996 notes some solidly liberal tendencies: When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was seeking state office a dozen years ago, he took unabashedly liberal positions: flatly opposed to capital [...]

 

Tuesday open thread

Posted by: ST on December 11, 2007 at 10:35 am » 11 Comments

Having a busy day – will be back later this afternoon or evening.

 

Bomb blasts in Algiers: The work of Al Qaeda?

Posted by: ST on December 11, 2007 at 8:41 am » 3 Comments

Two bomb explosions today have killed at least 45 people, including 10 UN workers, in the capital of Algeria. The AP reports: ALGIERS, Algeria — Two car bombs, one of which targeted the U.N. refugee agency’s offices, killed at least 45 people including 10 U.N. staff members Tuesday, authorities said. Jean Fabre of the U.N. [...]