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McCain adjusts to his new status as the GOP front runner.

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  • Posted By: lillea @ 02/11/2008 11:25:46 AM

    The raise in joblessness was caused by the Democrat majority in both houses when they insisted on increasing the minimum wage. They need a lesson in economics...when you increase the minimum wage for entry level positions, all of the positions with wages above that level systematically increase proportionately. Many businesses couldn't afford the increase and were forced to lay employees off. So what then follows is fewer dollars being spent by consumers. This mess was created by sensless politicians who acted before they thought. NOW they are correcting it with a stimulus package. What a bunch of goobers!! We need to be sure our elected officials are educated in economics before voting them into office. I'm sorry, but having a law degree can't make up for the learning curve.

  • Posted By: mdonato @ 02/11/2008 11:21:16 AM

    Too bad McCain has no chance in a general election. Promising more wars and less jobs will not stand up to Obama's mantra of ambiguous "change". Having "W" stump for him on the campaign trail ought to be what drives the nail in the coffin for his Presidential bid, ensuring that a Dem takes the Whitehouse in 2008. It's kind of funny to watch the GOP commit political suicide.

  • Posted By: mdonato @ 02/11/2008 11:18:32 AM

    Too bad McCain has no shot in the general election. Promising more wars and less jobs will not stand up to Obama's mantra of ambiguous change. Having "W" stumping for him on the campaign trail will ensure 4 years of a Dem in the Whitehouse. It's kind of funny to watch the G.O.P. commit political suicide.

  • Posted By: lillea @ 02/11/2008 11:17:10 AM

    You have to wonder what affect Obama's new miltary stance on Iraq will have on his die hard antiwar supporters. I think they have been dooped!!

  • Posted By: lillea @ 02/11/2008 11:15:31 AM

    So now according to Barack Obama's interview on 60 Minutes, he DOESN"T plan to pull all troops out of Iraq as soon as he is elected. Interesting....His plan now is to pull them out systematically so as not to endanger them or the Iraqis. This sounds like the Bush/Chaney/Petraus/Gates (not to mention McCain, Huckabee, Romney, Thompson and Guliani) plan. I guess he has discovered that he can give a good motivaional speech, but was showing that he lacked courage and backbone.

  • Posted By: Meccaguy @ 02/11/2008 9:34:40 AM

    Political Dichotomy
    I hope the political excitement being generated among voters during the primaries continues on through to November. This should bring out more voters than in the past 30 years. The diversity in candidates is refreshing considering the non-choices voters have been offered in the past. The two front-runners in the Democratic party are great for Republicans. The prospect of John McCain running against either a woman carrying tons of political baggage, including B?ll or an unproven black contender named Osama makes my mouth water for the taste of a Republican victory in the Fall.

  • Posted By: Mancha de Platano @ 02/10/2008 11:40:40 PM

    Bush should have shut the hell up, but since he didn't, many will not vote for MaCain, he should have known better. Go Go Go Obama! Just like Clinton, its a Ah O, which is worse than ops...............

  • Posted By: ac2cape @ 02/10/2008 7:54:47 PM

    dont be fooled by huk's populist rhetoric. he will blur the lines between church and state and dangerously. his willingnes to alter the conststuition to more reflect the bible makes him a "de facto" enemy of the country. Be afraid of the man of one book.

  • Posted By: haffaja @ 02/10/2008 5:02:07 PM

    When did it become appropriate for presidential candidates to campaign from the pulpit? This is no place to run a campaign nor is a church an appropriate place to go to vote. Any church that allows this to occur should lose their tax exempt status. It isn't right to put a candidate's agenda ahead of God's agenda. But at this time, we have watched Huckabee, Obama and Clinton campaigning from church pulpits of numerous faiths pandering to their faithful while making a mockery of the church institution. I for one will never vote for any candidate I see standing on a church pulpit talking about campaign goals. This is just not the place to do this.

  • Posted By: Utah54 @ 02/10/2008 4:26:51 PM

    Never mind if Huckabee is the nominee. He will lose badly because of a thing called the electoral college. The last two elections have been close in the electoral college. Which means he must carry every state that has previously gone red and not lose any of them plus hope he gets two of the big three of Ohio,PA, or Florida.. I can tell you while he will still have the South he has lost a lot of support in the Intermountain West and if the nominee. He would have tough time winning Utah,Idaho,Nevada,Colorado, and Arizona. Combined those states together have electoral votes that =an Ohio or Florida. The GOP loses in those areas you have Democrat for President and the GOP gets to try again in four years. The positive side of a Mike Huckabee nomination is drive home the point that when you choose to play the religion card against another faith it can cost you a Presidential election..

  • Posted By: twall10107 @ 02/10/2008 8:34:02 AM

    Mike takes credit for the fiscal result in AK, of tax increases that he DIDN'T support; thus, his "success" is a fraud. He DOES hold the extreme social positions of his core supporters: he's more scared of gay Americans than he is of Islamic terrorists, and he would not hesitate to run your sex life for you, and your sons' and your daughters' too. If that sounds GOOD to you, Mike is your man. On Iraq, he's like the rest of the conservative establishment: God forbid that the US should admit it's mistake, and get outta there. "They wouldn't let us take their oil with us, would they?" These, then, are his principals. You want him, you got him!

    • Posted By: redhorserider2 @ 02/10/2008 1:31:23 PM

      I think you'be been drinking some pretty strong koolaid. If you want to speak intelligently about Mike Huckabee, go to his website and read everything you can, then make your comments. At least you'll know what you're talking about . Think for yourself, man, sheeeesh!

  • Posted By: TET68 @ 02/10/2008 10:59:29 AM

    McCain is a fine representative of a career politician and politics as usual. Weak on immigration, would support amnesty. McCain supported Donald Rumsfeld and others who would have done well with prison sentences.

  • Posted By: TET68 @ 02/10/2008 10:56:48 AM

    McCain is a fine representative of a career politician and politics as usual. He supported Donald Rumsfeld and others who would have done well with a prison sentence!

  • Posted By: philadelphialights @ 02/10/2008 10:12:09 AM

    next time, be from the state,. Propaganda sickens me. Next time you comment... make sure it is Arkansas, not Alaska. Do I support the death of little innocent children, no. Yeah, there is nothing getting done about them... because they die even before they can speak. He isn't scared of anyone (Huckabee), and yeah he supports marriage being between one man and one woman.... how do babies get conceived? Not from two men. Oh yeah! Go Clinton '08!

  • Posted By: philadelphialights @ 02/10/2008 10:10:24 AM

    There were never pulpits in the White House, never will be. By the way, thanks for supporting the death of innocent little children... science has proved that babies still in the womb are living. Oh yeah, it is AR, not AK (Alaksa?!)... next time, be from the state,. Propaganda sickens me. Next time you comment... make sure it is Arkansas, not Alaska. Do I support the death of little innocent children? no! Yeah, there is nothing getting done about them... because they die even before they can speak. He isn't scared of anyone (Huckabee), and yeah he supports marriage being between one man and one woman.... how do babies get conceived? Not from two men. Oh yeah! Go Clinton '08! and by the way, even though I support the democrats, if you are a democrat... stop slinging mud at the republicans. Can we be done with trying to trash someone's name? I get it, you do not support them. Hey, I do not support a lot of people, but it doesn't mean that I am going to try to ruin their reputation. We can now leave H.S.

  • Posted By: philadelphialights @ 02/10/2008 9:57:42 AM

    Think about the child being killed. Where are the provisions for rape victims anyway?? There are still majority of abortion cases that are 99.9% none rape.... science proves that you are killing the child. By the way... it is AR not... AK (Alaska)

  • Posted By: marclinden @ 02/10/2008 9:26:17 AM

    No more hate & pulpits in the White House. Huckabee is working his own agenda. One we have seen only the tip of the last eight years. Do we really want a man for President who would make an innocent teen rape victim bear the rapists child? Think about that being your daughter.....

  • Posted By: LevinLevin @ 02/10/2008 5:19:13 AM

    McCain speaks more truth than any other candidate out there at this time. Check it out! What this country needs right now more than anything is an individual who will give give us honest answers and rational of what is really going on in our world today. Tax rebates, religious values and party politics must take a back seat for the next several years; at least until we can straighten out the messes we/our government has gotten us into these last six years, He may leave his mark on making the world a better place, but let us all hope that he makes this great nation of ours' his first priority. For any candidate should make the United States' evolution, growth, prosperity and peace their utmost priority in this vastly diverse global community we all face today.

  • Posted By: terrymbj @ 02/10/2008 2:10:42 AM

    McCain will never be able to withstand the Clinton Machine or Obama Mike Huckabee has proven himself with the C Machine---succcessfully I might add. He is clear on his issues and stands proud for what republicans should stand for!!!! msnbc there is a section to rate the canadates on Mike Huckabees profile it never mentions anything about him being a Governor only a minister. Give Mike some credit he was a very Successful Governor..

  • Posted By: terrymbj @ 02/10/2008 2:04:16 AM

    BEWARE McCain will never be able to withstand the Clinton Machine or Obama Boy Mike Huckabee isn't a stranger to the Clinton Machine- and if it were Obama Mike would bring the issues that we Reupblicans stand for.

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