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Pulling the Ads


An odd turn of events today on the Huckabus. Read about it HERE or watch our World News video HERE And Happy New Year! best jake

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December 31, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Was Obama Slamming Gore and Kerry?


I got yapped at the other day by the Obama campaign after wondering if Sen. Barack Obama was unfavorably comparing Sen. John Edwards to Sen John Kerry, regarding being easily painted as a flip-flopper. On Monday Obama suggested that Kerry...

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December 31, 2007 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (28)

Obama Disses Trial Lawyers


In a campaign appearance in Newton, Iowa, on Sunday, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talked about as a community organizer, civil rights attorney and public official, he has always been committed to bringing about change. That was always more important to...

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December 31, 2007 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (27)

Huckabee Flip Flops on Going Negative


The Huckabee campaign has taken a bizarre turn this afternoon. The former Arkansas governor announced a press conference in Des Moines, Iowa Monday afternoon to launch a negative attack ad on his rival former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., and go...

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December 31, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (51)

No soup for you!


In a sign that the Iowa Republican caucuses has taken a particularly dastardly turn, the campaign of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday began comparing its chief rival in this state, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, to the most...

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December 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (43)

Trust Huckabee Goes After McCain


The mysterious "Trust Huckabee" 527 has launched an anti-Romney ad in New Hampshire using past video of Mitt Romney talking about his former views in favor of abortion rights. You can watch the ad here. The ad also features a...

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December 30, 2007 in 2008: Republicans | Permalink | User Comments (7)

The Passion of the Fred


Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn, accused some of my colleagues of "journalistic malpractice" just now on Fox News Sunday. He's referring to coverage implying that Thompson said he's "not particularly interested in running for president," like this story. As our...

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December 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (46)

Was Obama Comparing Edwards Unfavorably to John Kerry?


The Obama campaign says no, not at all, I'm way off base, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, has nothing but the deepest respect for Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, the 2004 Democratic nominee. And I'm sure behind the scenes all of the...

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December 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (49)

Saturday Night, Des Moines Embassy Suites


Three stories for y'all... HERE'S OUR WORLD NEWS REPORT rocking it out in Knoxville, Iowa, on the state of the race... And here's some dot-com stuff...an interview with Rudy Giuliani from this morning in Clive, Iowa... ...and a look at...

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

Edwards ascendant?


Who knows, but it's a tight three-way race here. We spent the day with Edwards...here's the VIDEO OF OUR NIGHTLINE REPORT... Here's our World News piece... And here's our dot-com look at the interview... What do you think of Johnny...

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December 29, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

 

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