Headed down the homestretch, with the weekend definitely in sight! Big storms blew through here yesterday afternoon and evening, although the biggest seemed to pass to the northwest and southeast of us. That left us with some beneficial rain, but we didn't get the tornadoes that hit other parts of the area. They've moved on to the upper midwest today. That's the part of the country where I grew up. I just don't recall having tornadic thunderstorms this late in the season when I was young. Maybe my memory fails me, but I remember late October (around Halloween) with sleet, and even snow. Not tornadoes. Hmmmm. Climate Change? Or just my failing memory...
We begin tonight with politics. Presidential politics. And some thoughts on how former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee, is doing better than almost anybody (other than himself and his staff) expected up in Iowa. One poll has him in third place, but Andrew Stevens notes another poll that has him in a tie for SECOND!
He's doing much better than expected, and you can see why. He really does represent the GOP that Bush and Rove have helped create: based on fundamentalist religion and dedicated to massive government spending on the needy as a sign [...]
While Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney slug it out on the front pages, Fred Thompson slides, and John McCain claws his way back in New Hampshire, Mike Huckabee is emerging as the stealth candidate in Iowa. Two Iowa polls this week have Huckabee essentially tied for second in the leadoff caucus state -- where Republicans will vote in less than 80 days. Strategic Vision has [...]
Over on the Dem side of things -
Iowa's Top Political Analyst Warns: Don't Write Off Edwards
To some in American politics, John Edwards is toast. They believe the former North Carolina senator - who ran for president in 2004, was his party's vice-presidential nominee that year and is running again this time - has simply had his turn...But watching him work in the sweaty auditorium of a Waukee elementary school Tuesday night, one gets a different feeling: Iowa Democrats may [...]
Next door, in Illinois, they're gonna be doing some voting, too -
Crooked Hastert Calling it Quits
You know it's bad when you'd rather quit Congress than stick it out until the next election. Apparently, Denny Hastert can't take it anymore. Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is expected to announce that he plans to leave the House later this year, setting up the widely anticipated prospect of a special election to replace him, Republican sources on Capitol Hill confirmed. Hastert initially planned to make an announcement Thursday, but has since scrapped that decision, according to one GOP aide. The former speaker, who announced his plans to retire [...]
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