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Senator John McCain (the presumptive GOP nominee for President) stepped up his criticism of Senator Barack Obama (the presumptive Democrat nominee for President) regarding the Iraq War.

At a news conference at Hobby Airport in Houston, where McCain was endorsed by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, McCain opened with a formulation of why he contended Obama is not ready to be commander in chief.

“On the issue of my differences with Senator Obama on Iraq, I want to make it very clear: This is not about decisions that were made in the past,” McCain said. “This is about decisions that a president will have to make about the future in Iraq. And a decision to unilaterally withdraw from Iraq will lead to chaos.”

McCain, the likely Republican nominee for president, was reacting to Obama’s response to a hypothetical question in a debate in Cleveland on Tuesday night, when Obama said that although he intended to withdraw American forces as quickly as possible, he reserved the right to send troops back if Al Qaeda were forming a base in Iraq.

“Al Qaeda is there now,” McCain said in Houston, with a tone of belittlement in his voice. “So to state that somehow if Al Qaeda were there that he would consider going back militarily is really a remarkable comment, and I don’t think displays an understanding of the size of the threat and what’s at stake in Iraq.”

In other words, Obama is NOT ready to be Commander in Chief.

Yet, Obama WOULD bomb Pakistan ( a friend of the USA) to capture bin Laden.

Barry is NOT ready for prime time.

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Harry Reid Then……Nancy Pelosi Now……

California State Senator Tom McClintock, R- Thousand Oaks

McClintock is telling folks that he will be making an announcement early next week. But as you read the e-mail he sent to his supports, which is below, I think that his “formal” announcement will be anti-climactic — McClintock’s already in this race…

E-MAIL FROM TOM MCCLINTOCK

From: Sen. Tom McClintock
To: JonFlash@earthlink.net
Subject: Potential Campaign for Congress

Dear E-Team:

As you may have heard I am seriously considering running for Congress in the 4th Congressional district. While no final decision has been made yet, all initial indications are very favorable. This is a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats by over 17 percent and polling shows me in a very powerful position to win the Republican nomination and take on the Democrat who performed strongly in the 2006 election.

We have opened an exploratory committee to raise the funds necessary to take the initial steps before I am able to commit to this race. Your generous support would allow me to complete the exploratory process expeditiously and would weigh heavily as I prepare to make the final decision.

Federal law limits contributions to $2,300 per person (corporate contributions are prohibited). Contributions may be made securely on our website . Checks may also be sent to:

McClintock Congressional Exploratory Committee
C/O Igor Birman
1029 K Street, Suite 44
Sacramento, CA 95814

**********

Flap says go ahead and visit his website and send Tom some coin for his Congressional run. The formal announcement will be next week.

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen here in January 2008, has declared that Iran is the world’s “number one” power. Ahmadinejad made the statement as he launched a bitter new assault on domestic critics he accused of siding with the enemy.

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is the “number one world power.”

“Everybody has understood that Iran is the number one power in the world,” Ahmadinejad said in a speech to families who lost loved ones in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

“Today the name of Iran means a firm punch in the teeth of the powerful and it puts them in their place,” he added in the address broadcast live on state television.

Ahmadinejad’s comments come amid renewed Western efforts on the UN Security Council to agree a third package of sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities.

When the world understands that Iran should NOT possess nuclear weapons because of their “unbalanced” leaders” the safer the world will be.

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*****UPDATE*****

McClintock is raising money and has opened an exploratory committee

California State Senator Tom McClintock (R-Thousand Oaks) listens to Presidential candidate Fred Thompson who McClintock endorsed

The rumors that California GOP State Senator Tom McClintock will run in Northern California’s 4th Congressional district accelerated yesterday when McClintock dropped by a demonstration of support for his candidacy on the State Capitol steps in Sacramento.

State Sen. Tom McClintock made a public stop today on his — maybe, maybe, quite possible — courtship with running for Congress in the Sacramento region’s 4th District.

As California College Republicans gathered on the north steps of the Capitol to urge McClintock to run for the seat being vacated by Rep. John Doolittle, McClintock eagerly dropped in on the fun. And he said he’ll decide soon.

“I expect to be making an announcement one way or another next week – so stay tuned,” McClintock said.

The Thousand Oaks Republican was egged on by Ryan Clumpner. The UC Davis student and state chairman of the College Republicans presented him with two poster boards filled with signatures of people asking him to get into the race. The signatures were gathered at last week’s state GOP convention in San Francisco.

“I don’t know what to say except thank you,” McClintock said. “Obviously, we’re looking at this very carefully. This kind of encouragement means a lot. … I wish I could offer you an announcement and an answer, but it will be a few more days.”

Tom is inching forward to this race cautiously and lining up his supporters. There is, of course, the carpetbagger issue and other GOP candidates who wish to sabotage his candidacy. However, neither of these should deter McClintock.

Sign at last weekend’s California GOP San Francisco Convention

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And, did Flap mention that McClintock is raising money?

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Tom McClintock Watch: Congress in McClintock’s Future?

Day By Day by Chris Muir

If Obama’s candidacy DID shut Bill Clinton up it is a good thing. But, replacing Hillary with a radical leftists is NOT. On the other hand, McCain may actually have a chance to retain the White House for the GOP.

Watch the Iraq War funding debate in the U.S. Senate. It will be an interesting exercise in pivoting for the Democrat left to maintain some semblance of political pro-America balance.

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