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(SNIP) Borling, who described himself Friday as a "Republican-leaning independent," praised Abboud as "a fiscal conservative and a social moderate" with "extraordinary judgment and intelligence." He also took a swipe at Manzullo, serving his eighth term by saying: "The nation suffers from career politicians who believe they are owed lifetime appointment." Borling faulted Manzullo for his key role in importing Alan Keyes from Maryland to carry the Illinois Republicans' banner in the 2004 U.S. Senate race, a move that Borling said "was and is an outrage." Borling, who supports abortion rights, said Manzullo exhibits a "lack of toleration and moderation...

Now comes news that George McGovern has called for Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the Democrat’s primary race. Pardon me for my raised eyebrow but how much of a fool would someone have to be to take campaign advice from the man who got slaughtered by Richard Nixon? Losing an election by a landslide really shouldn’t qualify someone to dispense political advice unless it’s how to deliver a concession speech without looking bitter. The facts, as they present, make it abundantly clear to anyone not blinded by political emotionalism, anyone not hoodwinked by the bumper-sticker gotcha games of this election...

BISMARCK – Sen. Hillary Clinton’s decision to speak in Grand Forks Friday, within hours of rival Sen. Barack Obama’s address to North Dakota Democrats, may lie with the party’s nonbinding Feb. 5 caucus results, some Democrats say. Or it could just be that she’s pleasing supporters who have been asking her to come here “for weeks and weeks and weeks,” another said. Or maybe it has more to do with Obama and Clinton both realizing they will reach thousands of Democrats in three states in a little more than 24 hours in a swing through the Dakotas and its western...

Her only hope of getting the key committee to vote out a “majority report” supporting her position rests on her ability to persuade an as-yet-undetermined number of the 25 members appointed to the committee by party Chairman Howard Dean to cast votes for her position. The DNC’s Credentials Committee consists of 144 pledged members (Florida and Michigan are not included) plus the 25 party leaders and elected officials appointed by Dean. The 25 Dean appointees include a mix of Dean loyalists, Obama supporters and at least several individuals who have endorsed Clinton. "If the formal process of seating a delegation...

Rubio: Delegate Dilemma 'Dean's Fault'State House Speaker Says DNC Should Split Delegates In Half POSTED: 4:50 pm EDT March 21, 2008 MIAMI -- On the same day that a federal appeals court in Atlanta dismissed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee about the party's decision to strip Florida of its delegates at the national convention, the state's House speaker blamed DNC chairman Howard Dean for "treating Florida like a third-rate state." "You know whose fault this is? This is Howard Dean's fault," House Speaker Marco Rubio, D-West Miami, said Friday while taping a segment for WPLG-TV's "This Week In...

AUSTIN — The Texas Democratic Party warned Thursday that election night caucuses scheduled for Tuesday could be delayed or disrupted after aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton threatened to sue over the party's complicated delegate selection process. In a letter sent out late Thursday to both the Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns, Texas Democratic Party lawyer Chad Dunn warned a lawsuit could ruin the Democrats' effort to re-energize voters just as they are turning out in record numbers. Spokesmen for both campaigns said there were no plans to sue ahead of the March 4 election. "It has been brought to my...

At a time when momentum and political pundits seem to favor Barack Obama winning the Democratic presidential nomination, other indicators suggest the LGBT community's support is still largely behind Hillary Clinton, except in Texas. And Texas is one of three large primary states remaining that pundits say Clinton must win in order to stay even with Obama in the contest to secure enough delegates to win the nomination. The latest poll in Texas, conducted by CNN February 15-17 among 529 likely primary voters, found Clinton just two points ahead of Obama. A poll just a few days earlier, by the...

Has Hillary Clinton lost the netroots? Josh Marshall, perhaps the ur-blogger for online Democrats, writes at Talking Points Memo that Mrs. Clinton is “carving a path to the nomination through the heart of the Democratic party.” Marshall is one of many liberal bloggers who object to the Clinton campaign’s attempts to win the Democratic presidential nomination with superdelegates instead of with victories in primaries and caucuses across the country. Others dislike her campaign’s pledges to attempt to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations at the Democratic convention in August, even though those two states held their primary elections in defiance...

Delegate Robert A. McKee, chairman of the General Assembly's western Maryland delegation, resigned Friday, saying in a statement that he has "entered treatment" after investigators searched his home during a child pornography investigation. The FBI's cyber crimes unit is helping Washington County authorities in analyzing materials seized from McKee's home near Hagerstown, an FBI spokesman said Friday. The cyber crimes unit investigates computer crimes including malicious hacking, child pornography and Internet fraud. "For me, this is deeply embarrassing," McKee said in a statement faxed to news organizations. "It reflects poorly on my service to the community as a state delegate...

This Freeper asks for your help in getting my brother elected. Please check out the campaign website for my brother John R. Austin, who is running for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates. Please visit his site and if so moved by "Reason and Balance" perhaps you would like to make a campaign contribution for these final days of his campaign. I assure you it is money well spent. As his brother and as a former resident of the great state of Maryland, I proudly endorse him without hesitation. Listed below are (2) links to John's Campaign website...

Dear Virginia Senators and Delegates, I’m writing this letter to encourage you to stand for what is good and right. With all of the important matters you face, you must have a righteous standard to guide your decision making. Without such a standard you can easily be persuaded to promote and support bills that are not worthy of such promotion or support. The Scriptures are the standard by which we will all be judged and you are not excluded. Please seek to find out where you should stand on issues by learning where God stands on those issues. This is...

RELEASE: It’s official: Ferguson, Plum to square off Nov. 8th An already heated race became official when the Fairfax County Electoral Board certified Donny Ferguson, a Reston Libertarian, for the Nov. 8th ballot. Republicans failed to field a candidate. “For the first time in nearly a decade, and for the first time since redistricting, voters have an alternative to the high taxes and increased traffic proposed by Ken Plum,” said Ferguson. “This district opposes his County Income Tax proposal and high taxes, traffic congestion and Tyson’s Corner-style development that are part of his expensive Metro plan.” Ferguson faces Delegate Ken...

The protesters seemed to regard Gillen with a mix of bemusement and wonder. Here was a living, breathing Republican who was winning them over with compassionate conservatism. Soon, the demonstration had ended and the reporters had trained their attention on Gillen. "The important thing for us is to get out here and find out what makes these folks tick," he said, sounding like a candidate for mayor. Then he asked a reporter to snap a photo of him with the protesters.

The Republican Who Broke the Color Barrier By Joe Bendel One can only assume the Republican National Convention kicking off in New York this week will spend a good deal of time in tribute to President Ronald Reagan. As the man who drove a stake in the heart of an expansionist Communist Empire, and recast the Republican Party is his own image, such tributes are only fitting and proper. The RNC would also be well advised to give significant time to mark the contributions of another longtime GOP stalwart who passed away since the 2000 convention, jazz legend Lionel Hampton....

"People have a right to be heard politically, and the names of a lot of these delegates are already public anyway," said Matt Toups, 22, a system administrator for the Web site under federal investigation. "This is just part of the government's campaign to intimidate people into not saying things."

GOP Convention Delegate Drops Out Over Bush United Press International One of the 2,509 delegates to the Republican National Conventions has dropped out because of dissatisfaction with President Bush. Congressional Quarterly reported Friday that after attending four previous conventions, Philadelphia's Jesse Walters was chosen as a delegate to this year's GOP convention in New York only to resign the position, saying he could not support Bush and expressing concern with the rightward move of the Republican Party. Calling the decision to drop his position one of the five hardest he has had to make in his life, Walters said he...

Did anyone else notice the shot on FOX NEWS of the delegate that "Over-Salivated" when John Kerry came to the podium?

Swifty the donkey is led from his stall on Morris Powell's family farm in Rising Fawn, Ga., Friday, July 16, 2004. As one of the most active Democrats in the rural part of Georgia, Morris Powell was assured a spot months ago as a delegate at the party's convention in Boston. It took some negotiating, but now Swifty is a delegate too. Swifty overcame security and space concerns to become ``the official Donkey Delegate'' of the convention. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

Some Dem Delegate Chiefs Say: No Crossing Picket Lines Gov. Wants Dispute Over Before Convention POSTED: 7:28 am EDT July 16, 2004 UPDATED: 7:30 am EDT July 16, 2004 BOSTON -- Several Democratic chairmen from around the country are urging their state delegations to honor Boston police union picket lines during the Democratic National Convention. The union is promising to picket any parties or other gatherings where Boston Mayor Tom Menino is scheduled to attend. The Boston Globe reported that the heads of the California, Ohio, Tennessee and Maine delegations have written letters or phoned members asking them to boycott...

If you want to be a delegate to the Democratic Party's national convention this summer — it might help to be gay. It appears the Democratic Party has a quota system for delegates to this summer's convention. State Democratic parties in 15 states and Puerto Rico are requiring that a specific number of their delegates be homosexual, bisexual or transgender. The requirement seems to be part of an effort by Democrats to aggressively court homosexuals and their money. Bob Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute at Concerned Women for America , said in a time when the nation...

Delegate Count 1 hour, 42 minutes ago By The Associated Press The current breakdown of the presidential preferences of delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions. The numbers are based on party and state rules, delegate interviews and analysis of election results by The Associated Press. The first column shows the delegate total for each candidate; the others show delegates gained or lost during the last day, week and month. DEMOCRATIC Changes Total Tuesday 7 days 30 days Dean 104 0 0 +7 Kerry 81 0 +6 +26 Edwards 36 0 +2 +20 Clark 30 0 +1 +1 Lieberman...

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