Daily Archives: January 18th, 2008 «

 

Friday Night Stampede (Weekend Open Thread)

Posted by: ST on January 18, 2008 at 8:11 pm » 7 Comments

Fresh off of the “wintry mix” we had here a couple of days ago (which has completely melted), the weather folks are calling for a 90% chance of rain and snow tomorrow, and are saying we could get between one and three inches of the stuff. As per normal around here whenever they’re calling for [...]

 

Democrats and the identity politics game

Posted by: ST on January 18, 2008 at 1:08 pm » 2 Comments

Chris Hitchens pens a must-read in today’s WSJ on Democrats and identity politics: Let us give hearty thanks and credit to Rudy Giuliani, who has never by word or gesture implied that we would fracture any kind of “ceiling” if we elected as chief executive a man whose surname ends in a vowel. Yet actually, [...]

 

Is it just about over for Fred Thompson?

Posted by: ST on January 18, 2008 at 10:17 am » 18 Comments

I know that it’s still early, and at this point anything can happen, but in spite of Fred’s slight bump in the polls in SC after the last debate, it’s still a two way race between McCain and Huck. Last night on BlogTalkRadio we were talking about the Thompson campaign, analyzing what went wrong and [...]

 

Confederate Flag becomes an issue for GOP candidates in SC

Posted by: ST on January 18, 2008 at 9:05 am » 3 Comments

I see this tired “issue” is rearing its head again, thanks to – who else? – the MSM (and Mike Huckabee – see my correction below): COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican presidential candidates on Thursday moved to appeal to different types of conservative voters before the South Carolina primary, with Mike Huckabee using colorful language [...]