With politicians announcing almost daily now that they intend to run for President, I thought now would be a good time to talk about issues you wouldn’t compromise on, because there are some candidates on the Republican side – like Rudy Giuliani, for example – who are polling well but who differ sharply with conservatives on certain issues like abortion, gay marriage, etc.
The theme? Eliminating poverty via big government programs. Via the Wall Street Journal:
Sounding very John Kerry-esque, Senator Clinton announced yesterday that she would not have voted to go to war with Iraq if she had known then what she did today:
It’s still faltering, and it sounds like there’s a bunch of infighting going on. Also, Al Franken is owed $367,000 by AAR – which filed bankruptcy earlier this year – is on a USO tour, and when he returns he may run for Senate. The NYT has the story here, but as Michelle Malkin notes, Brian Maloney at the Radio Equalizer was ahead of the NYT on this news.
… for the ’08 Dem. presidential nomination. Via AP:
