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The Narrative of Calculation

The esteemed Mr. Charlie Gibson was good enough to have me on his Webcast today to chat about the Democratic debate. HERE IS THAT VIDEO. --jpt

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October 31, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Hillary Gets Poor Grades at Drexel Debate

For the first section of last night's Democratic debate -- during the entire section on that arcane Kyl-Lieberman amendment on Iran -- frontrunner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, held her own just fine, I thought, and her reluctance to engage in...

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October 31, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (94)

Manhunt 2

(First off -- Forgot to post this quick GMA set-up piece on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee from this morning…) Right now I'm crashing on an even shorter spot for World News on the latest offering from self-styled bad-boy videogame...

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October 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (4)

Democratic piledrivers

Those wily Clintonistas! On HillaryHub this morning, the Clinton campaign has put up two video clips of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, earlier this year and former Sen. John Edwards, D-NC, talking about the need to run positive campaigns. This just...

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October 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

More on Cheney and the Confederate Flag

Aha! Now we know more about the Confederate Flag that the Rev. Al Sharpton was talking about in his statement yesterday. The New York Post reports a "5-foot-by-5-foot Confederate flag hung in a garage attached to the club headquarters" at...

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October 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (205)

Primary Colors

66 days from the Iowa Caucuses, what does this crazy primary calendar mean??...READ MORE HERE...or listen to me and Mr. Charles Gibson chat about it on the World News Webcast HERE... - jt

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October 29, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Confederate Flag? Where?

The Rev. Al Sharpton has just issued a statement criticizing Vice President Dick Cheney since it has been reported to him "by media" that the Vice President's hunting trip Monday is being conducted at the Clove Valley Rod & Gun...

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October 29, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (108)

January 3rd

With the Iowa Democrats picking January 3rd as their caucus date … what does that mean for the college students targeted by Camp Obama? This September story in the Quad City Times calls a pre-January 14 caucus a "doomsday scenario"...

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October 29, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

From Beyond the Grave

It's rare that presidents speak from beyond the grave, much less to make a political endorsement. For that reason, perhaps it's understandable that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani hasn't had a response to the surprise announcement made in today's...

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October 28, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (18)

Stuff

Hillary campaigns with a congressman who just unveiled a controversial tax reform plan (LINK)... Fred Thompson on the ABC News Shuffle Podcast (LINK)... later -- jt

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October 27, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)