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A reader emails his thoughts on Barack Obama and the race debate:
Here has been my concern about Barack Obama’s candidacy, which rests on his promise to not throw his race (and the history of American racism) in the faces of white voters: it is now okay to talk about race because Obama says it’s okay [...]

Steve Chapman’s column yesterday examines why the general election might be tough on John McCain. The president’s disapproval numbers are at a historical low, since the Gallup poll began decades ago. Combine this with an unpopular war and a rough economy and you have all the necessary conditions for a “repudiation” of the Republican Party.
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This could be really outstanding, so long as there are more constitutionalists there than knee-jerk peaceniks.

Whether or not you like McCain, he is the only thing that can save the Republican “brand.” He will win in the fall and reinvigorate the party by returning fiscal discipline to Washington. Thoughts?

John Hawkins polled “right wing” bloggers and came up with the following list.
#25) Mark Levin: 6
#21) Hugh Hewitt: 7
#21) George Will: 7
#21) John Roberts: 7
#21) Ronald Reagan: 7
#20) Victor David Hanson: 8
#19) Antonin Scalia: 9
#18) John McCain: 10
#14) Glenn Beck: 11
#14) George W. Bush: 11
#14) Glenn Reynolds: 11
#14) Matt Drudge: 11
#13) Bill Kristol: 12
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NOOOOOOOOO! Oh Wait … whewww! He’s in North Carolina. That was close.

To be honest, I don’t know anything about Mike Gravel. But I gotta give the guy credit for this:

It looks like Jim Oberweis’ chances of beating Bill Foster in the 14th District just got a little slimmer. From the Beacon News:
Libertarian Dan Druck announced Monday that he is planning to run if he can get the required number of signatures to be on the ballot.
If he does, Druck would join Democratic incumbent Rep. [...]

12 nuns were turned away from a polling place near Notre Dame because they didn’t have sufficient ID. A scandal I tell you!
Are there theological implications here? Is God a Clinton suporter?

Going into today’s primaries, the punditry has been preoccupied with the question of whether or not Obama can “close the deal.” A valid question, sure. But a more interesting question might be what happens if he wins?
I’m a baseball fan, and every year there is a team that manages to clinch their division relatively early [...]