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I gotta agree, roachboy....Hillary is the Rove "dream candidate", and is the obsession of republican animosity. If the primary season began today, polls show that she would be the frontrunner, but IMO, she doesn't stand a chance, once competition emerges...
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...e1600694.shtml
Rupert Murdoch Loves Hillary Clinton
NEW YORK, May 9, 2006(CBS) To call them a political odd couple would be a rash understatement.
Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch will host a fundraiser for liberal New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Financial Times reports.
The mating ritual of the unlikely allies has been under way for months. Clinton set political tongues to wagging last month by attending a Washington party celebrating the 10th anniversary of Fox News, the cable news channel owned by Murdoch.
The Financial Times quoted one unnamed source as describing the Clinton-Murdoch connection in this way: "They have a respectful and cordial relationship. He has respect for the work she has done on behalf of New York. I wouldn't say it was illustrative of a close ongoing relationship. It is not like they are dining out together."
The fundraiser will take place in July, the newspaper said. Clinton is the frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, though she has not indicated whether or not she will run.
Clinton has worked hard to take the edge off her reputation as a card-carrying liberal. She has has collaborated with congressional conservatives on some peices of legislation, called for a "common ground" on abortion and cut a political figure some on the left see as decidedly un-liberal.
Clinton, who made her debut in the Senate Armed Services Committee four years ago, has never voted against any major Iraq military spending legislation. She has also taken two high-profile trips to Iraq – journeys that may have helped to strengthen the credentials of a senator with no military background or experience.
<b>Clinton, who says she’s "always been a praying person,"</b> has moved into the territory John Edwards had hoped to claim as the moderate Democrat who cares about the average American.
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I like this NRA member, a lot....but no one has been elected president, after 1960, who wasn't born in, or resided in the south....including southern California. Gerald Ford served as president in that time span, but he was never elected. My bet is that both the democrat and the republican candidate in 2008 will be governors from the south. Brian Scweitzer would be the only exception that I can forecast as a possibility:
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Brian Schweitzers fiscal management credentials:
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=5836
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http://www.charleston.net/assets/web...bDate=8/7/2006
No easy fixes for states - ENERGY
Coverage of National Governors Association meeting
Monday, August 07, 2006
....Regarding the environment, Sunday's committee heard National Mining Association Vice President James Roberts call for "integrating environmental and energy policy" in a presentation pushing a fledgling coal-to-liquid program to turn the mineral into diesel fuel. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, both Democrats, took turns blasting the Bush administration for not putting money into fuel-conversion equipment or setting minimum barrel prices for alternative fuels.....
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<b>The following has received no attention....and it is a signifigant development:</b>
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http://www.greatfallstribune.com/app...608020305/1002
Baucus family grieves combat loss
By ALEX STRICKLAND
Tribune Staff Writer
A Wolf Creek Marine died Saturday during combat operations in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus, 28, was killed in Al Anbar province, Iraq, according to a Marine Corps spokeswoman.
<b>Cpl. Baucus is the son of Wolf Creek ranchers John and Nina Baucus and the nephew of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.</b>
Almost a year ago he wed Katharine Taylor at the historic Sieben Ranch, operated by his parents in the Wolf Creek area.
Details on the circumstances surrounding his death were not available Tuesday.
Cpl. Baucus served as a scout and team leader with the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
It was his second tour of duty in Iraq.
"Our family is devastated by the loss of Phillip," Sen. Baucus said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. "We loved him dearly and we'll miss him more than words can ever express.
"Phillip served with great honor and dignity," he said. "America owes him a debt of gratitude."........
........Cpl. Baucus enlisted in the Marine Corps on Sept. 13, 2002, and was deployed to Iraq for his second tour in March.
While in the Marines, he was awarded numerous decorations, including the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Combat Action ribbon.
Politicians around the state and country issued statements of condolence to the Baucus family Tuesday.
<b>Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., said, "There's one more Marine standing the eternal watch over Heaven tonight."</b>
Jon Tester of Big Sandy, Burns' Democratic opponent in November, also expressed condolences on behalf of him and his wife.
"Sharla and I are deeply saddened by the news of the death of Phillip Baucus. The hearts of all Montanans go out to the Baucus family and we pray for them and for all the men and women of our armed forces in harm's way," Tester said in a statement.
Congressman Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said he met Cpl. Baucus for the first time at the marina at Gates of the Mountains near Helena.
"He was a great young man and this is very sad news," he said. "Phillip paid the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country and for that we should all be grateful."
Gov. Brian Schweitzer said he and his wife, Nancy, were praying for the Baucus family in their time of loss.
"Today a family lost a son and a husband," Schweitzer said. "Montana lost a hero."
He added that Cpl. Baucus' "sacrifices will be remembered by Montana and the country."
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Neb., interrupted debate on the defense spending bill when he took the Senate floor at 5:45 p.m. Eastern time to read a statement from Baucus' office announcing the death.
"Senator Baucus comes from a very close-knit family," Reid said before reading the statement. "He has one son and his nephew, Phillip, was like a son ... On behalf of the entire Senate, the entire Senate family, I express through the chair to our dear friend Max Baucus, our sympathy and condolences."
Reid added that Baucus had called "to indicate he wouldn't be here this week."
<b>Baucus voted to authorize President Bush to go to war in Iraq in October 2002, as did Burns and Rehberg. In June, Baucus voted in support of a nonbinding resolution that called on President Bush to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year.</b>
Burns voted against the resolution, which went down to defeat 60-39 largely along party lines.
Cpl. Baucus' death raises the total number of Montana soldiers, or those with strong Montana ties, killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to 21.
Gannett News Service reporter Faith Bremner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Originally published August 2, 2006
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Racicot
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Joe Biden (D-MBNA)....has no chance....and IMO, rightly so:
http://allspinzone.blogspot.com/2005...explained.html
http://www.attytood.com/archives/001551.html
If Al Gore could win his home state, Tennessee, I'd predict he has a chance. The bad news there, is that the democrat running to replace Bill Frist in the senate, Congressman Harold Ford Jr.,is trailing his republican opponent, the mayor of Chatanooga, in a july poll, 49 to 37 percent, and also has this liability:
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http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006...20February.htm
..... Thirteen percent (13%) of Tennessee voters say they know family members or friends who will vote against Ford because of his race. Ford is black. Eighty-two percent (82%) say they don't know anybody with that attitude. Democrats (17%) are slightly more likely than Republicans (12%) to say they know someone in this category......
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