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Leaders of Ron DeSantis' Never Back Down super PAC met privately last Tuesday to hash out a strategy for fighting Nikki Haley's rise. Instead, two of them nearly came to blows with each other. The infighting represents an escalation in the long-running war between Never Back Down's professional political operatives and DeSantis’ Tallahassee-based inner circle over who is to blame for the governor’s failure to compete effectively with frontrunner Donald Trump for the Republican nomination. And, after tempers flared at last week's meeting, three close DeSantis allies — David Dewhirst, Jeff Aaron and Scott Ross — launched a second super...

There is room for at least one more cRAT senator is this image below and I'm not sure which cRAT is most deserving. I know there must be several more who'd fit perfectly, but I can't think of any right now. So I thought I'd ask you FReepers to suggest one. (My first thought was to put mccain in it but, since this is more of a portrait of the party of insanity, I really don't want to include RINOs) ..... PS ~ I'd also like some help with a caption. I've come up with a few but none that...

MEXICO CITY — President Vicente Fox and popular Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador exchanged barbs during separate speeches Saturday in an ongoing political battle whose outcome could have a major impact on the 2006 presidential election. Fox, in his weekly national radio program "Fox With You," repeated his now-routine warnings against a return to "populism" and the state-run programs of Mexico's past, an indirect, but obvious reference to the mayor, whose popularity stems in large part from his large-scale handout programs and public works projects. The mayor also supports a return to a more oil-based, state-supported economy. Exercising...

<p>NEW YORK — Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday suggested a one-year time frame for handing power to the Iraqi people — six months to write a constitution and another six months to organize and hold new elections.</p> <p>Mr. Powell emphasized that the time frame was a goal and not a deadline.</p>