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Iraq War Senate Resolution Watch: Take the Pledge Part III
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Hugh Hewitt: Memo To The Hill: Take Off The Beltway Earmuffs
It’s not “nearly 10,000” signatures. It’s 16,000+ signatures.
And while your reporter couldn’t get a comment from the NRSC, the NRSC’s Chairman John Ensign was interviewed at length, by me, on yesterday’s program and the transcript posted on the web.
In fact, over the past 40 hours, I have conducted five interviews with Republican senators on the absurd dance of the resolutions underway in the Senate: Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, John Ensign, Jon Kyl and John Thune. All the transcripts are posted. Together they provide the most comprehensive coverage of the Republican internal debate over how the war will supported or the enemy encouraged. The posts at my site, Powerline, Instapundit, CaptainsQuarters, Misha, RightWingNews, Blackfive etc are a systematic and serious discussion of the war and the consequences that would flow from the embrace of any defeatist memorandum from the Senate, even one signed on to by the previously reliable-on-the-war John McCain.
Now it is, 16,712 and is increasing as Flap writes.
Flap heard Senator Ensign’s interview yesterday. The good Senator from neighboring Nevada has alot of work to do to persuade Flap and other conservatives to EVER contribute to a national GOP committee again. He was not impressive – so why bother?
Hugh has a new contact list. It is difficult to call the Senate offices but please keep trying. It seems if you are not from the Senator’s particular state they really don’t give a darn. Pretty poor treatment of fellow Americans in my book – but Flap is taking notes and will make sure none of my time or money will EVER aid those particular politicians for ANYTHING again.
The List:
Please tell the candidates in the ’08 cycle especially –Alexander, Collins, Coleman and Smith and would be presidential nominees McCain and Brownback—that a vote for the Warner resolution is the end of support for them and the NRSC.
Senator Alexander’s phone: (202) 224-4944. His e-mail is here.Senator Brownback’s phone: (202) 224-6521. His e-mail is here.Senator Coleman’s phone: (202) 224-5641.His e-mail is here.Senator Collins’ phone: (202) 224-2523. Her e-mail is here.
Senator McCain’s phone: (202) 224-2235. His campaign e-mail is here.
Senator Smith’s phone: (202) 224-3753. His e-mail is here.
Senator Voinovich’s phone: (202) 224-3353. His e-mail is here.
Senator Warner’s phone: (202) 224-2023. His e-mail is here.
The GOP leadership, which need to announce that no resolution will voted on that encourages the enemy, and that includes the Warner resolution or any cousin of the Warner resolution:
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s phone is (202) 224-2541. His e-mail is here.
Minority Whip Trent Lott’s phone is (202) 224-6253. His e-mail is here.
Senator Jon Kyl’s phone is (202) 224-4521. His e-mail is here.
Senator John Ensign’s phone is (202) 224-6244. His e-mail is here.
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President 2008 Watch: Most and Least Desired GOP Presidential Nominees
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Right Wing News: Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select The Most & Least Desired 2008 Republican Nominee (First Half Of 2007 Edition)
Most Desired Nominee For 200814) John Cox (4)
13) Jeb Bush (5)
12) Jim Gilmore (5.5)
11) Ron Paul (8.5)
10) Condi Rice (11.5)
9) Mike Huckabee (14)
8) Tommy Thompson (15.5)
7) John McCain (19)
6) Sam Brownback (20)
5) Tom Tancredo (31.5)
4) Duncan Hunter (35.5)
3) Mitt Romney (43)
2) Rudy Giuliani (45)
1) Newt Gingrich (52)Least Desired Nominee For 2008
13) John Cox (4.5)
12) Jim Gilmore (5.5)
11) Tommy Thompson (9)
10) Ron Paul (10.5)
9) Mitt Romney (11.5)
8) Mike Huckabee (12)
7) Newt Gingrich (13.5)
6) Rudy Giuliani (17)
5) Sam Brownback (21)
4) Tom Tancredo (30)
3) George Pataki (49)
2) John McCain (60.5)
1) Chuck Hagel (64)Rudy Giuliani does OK.
McCain sucks with the center-right blogosphere. But, no surprise here.
A Giuliani – Gingrich ticket works for Flap – and apparently everyone else.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Continuing Uranium enrichment
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A satellite image of the Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Iran. The UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency has sharply answered Iran, asking it to reverse its ban on 38 IAEA inspectors from working in the country, a spokeswoman told AFP. The IAEA “requested Iranian authorities to reconsider their decision,” agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said, in the international standoff over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
AP: U.N. says Iran plans nuclear development
Iran plans to start installing thousands of centrifuges in an underground facility next month, U.N. officials said Friday, paving the way to large-scale uranium enrichment, a potential way of making nuclear weapons.
The officials, who demanded anonymity because the information was confidential, emphasized that Iranian officials had not officially said the country would embark on the assembly of what will initially be 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz. But they said senior officials have informally told the International Atomic Energy Agency the work would start next month.
And what will the United Nations Security Council do? This is a “POKE IN THE EYE” of United Nations Resolution 1737.
Probably nothing.
What should the United States and Israel do?
Take out Iran’s nuclear facilities by military force.
The “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN” has been reached…..
Stay tuned……
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Day By Day by Chris Muir January 26, 2007
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Rudy Giuliani Watch:Giuliani 30% Leads McCain 22% and Romney 10%
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Angus Reid: Republicans 2008: Giuliani 30%, McCain 22%
Rudy Giuliani is holding on to the top position among prospective Republican Party presidential hopefuls in the United States, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 30 per cent of respondents would vote for the former New York City mayor in a 2008 primary.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 22 per cent, followed by former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with 12 per cent, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with 10 per cent. Support is lower for former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel.
The Poll:
Polling Data
Republican Presidential Primary Contenders
Jan. 18 Jan. 11 Rudy Giuliani 30% 28% John McCain 22% 20% Newt Gingrich 12% 14% Mitt Romney 10% 8% Mike Huckabee 2% — Chuck Hagel 1% — Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 571 likely Republican voters, conducted from Jan. 15 to Jan. 18, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.Mayor Giuliani continues to lead in this national poll. Unlike the Time Magazine Poll released earlier today Mitt romeny has broken into double digits as Newt Gingrich who has not launched an exploratory commitee fades a little. McCain has remained fairly static in the mid-twenties in most polls – trailing Giuliani.
Flap wonders if the McCain candidacy is relying on too much organization and too little “face time” with the voters. There seems to be a disconnect – but it is early.
Giuliani polls the best -yet his organization is the least mature of the Big 3.
Stay tuned as Giuliani hits up New Hampshire with a couple of speeches and events. Is Romney back in the United States yet? And who has McCain’s schedule?
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Chuck Hagel Watch: He’s Got Guts?
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Peggy Noonan: He’s Got Guts
Oh Please Peggy……
Hagel and the Democrats don’t have ANY GUTS. If they had the intestinal fortitude they could have worked with President Bush instead of against him to make the Iraq War a win-win or….
If you do not agree with the President’s policy and cannot work with him, then vote to cut off funds for the troops and attempt to bring them home.
But, Hagel and Biden et. al. have done neither. They prefer to bellow and talk about shoe selling while our son’s and duaghter’s fight for their and our lives in Iraq.
Guts?
NOPE
How about GUILT?
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Michael Ramirez on Hillary Clinton’s Quest for the White House
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Baggage what baggage?
Do you mean Bill and Monica?
The Rose Law Group?
The White House Travel Office Fiasco?
National Security Advisor Sandy Burglar?
Hillary’s “SECRET” Health Care task force?
Stay tuned …….
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John McCain Watch:Will McCain’s Presidential Campaign Implode Due to Iraq War?
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Jan. 25: Sen. John McCain, right, chats with Sen. Carl Levin during a hearing on Iraq strategy.
Fox News: McCain Crafting ‘Benchmarks’ Resolution for Iraq War
While lawmakers rally around varying nonbinding resolutions expressing displeasure with President Bush over the Iraq war, Sen. John McCain announced Thursday he will try to set benchmarks for ending the violence.
“I’m trying to put something together that exercises congressional oversight that would provide some comfort to the American people and that certain benchmarks are being met as far as measuring progress or lack of progress is concerned,” McCain, R-Ariz., a potential 2008 presidential competitor, said of the resolution he is crafting.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, who appeared with McCain before reporters, said he is willing to work with McCain but “there have to be conditions” included in the resolution to establish consequences if the benchmarks are not achieved.
“We are in flux. We are still discussing what we should do,” Levin said.
Senator McCain – with all due respect – are you out of your mind?
Senator, you are not the President. And Flap will NEVER vote for you if you persist in undercutting our troops by negotiating benchmarks for a withdrawl from Iraq with Carl Levin. How is that different than Hillary Clinton’s position?
Hugh Hewitt: Senator McCain: “I’ll Do For The War What I Did For Judicial Nominations?”
There is only Joe Lieberman. Any attempt to “compromise” with Democrats will yield only a compromise of the mission –as General Petraeus testified Tuesday.
Look at this quote from Senatro McCain: “I’m trying to put something together that exercises congressional oversight that would provide some comfort to the American people and that certain benchmarks are being met as far as measuring progress or lack of progress is concerned.”
The Senate confirmed General Petraeus this week after testimony and Q&A. Petraeus endorsed the plan to send reinforcements to Baghdad. The Senate could have rejected his nomination and in so doing the plan. It did not do so. What Senator McCain is endorsing is not “oversight,” but political copver. On this issue he can lead, and he is chosing not too.
Communicate with Senator McCain via his presidential exploratory committee, which you can e-mail here, or call at (703) 418-2008. Once again, the senator seems poised to tell the Republican party to get lost, he’ll handle it.
Give Senator McCain a call at 703 418-2008. Tell him that you will NOT vote for him for President under any circumstances if he tries to have it both ways on the Iraq War. Stop the negotiations with Carl Levin and support the President.
the question:
Will McCain’s presidential ambitions implode with this duplicity?
You betcha….kiss the race good bye……..
Stay tuned…….
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Iraq War Senate Resolution Watch: Take the Pledge Part II
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The Pledge:
If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.
Hugh Hewitt: Senators In Urgent Need Of Your ViewsMy Townhall.com column deals with the pledge, but there is even greater urgency to the task of bringing informed pressure to bear on GOP senators gone wobbly on the war. If you are a blogger, please consider posting the contact information below and urging your readers to join in the effort to wake up the GOP Senate caucus. Send along Dean’s post below as a primer on how senators are supposed to act when difficult political decisions loom affecting the life of their country and the conduct of a war.
The Biden resolution is wrong as is the Warner resolution.
None of the GOP Senators better “peel off” and vote for cloture. If they do, there is the pledge.
The Warner resolution encourages the enemy, and that is according to the testimony of General David Petraeus. Not only should it have zero co-sponsors, there should be zero GOP support for any of its first cousin resolutions. In my interview with him yesterday, Norm Coleman indicated that he will reconsider support for the resolution, and every Republican named in this story needs to hear from you as well. E-mailers tell me that Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and George Voinovich of Ohio are also among those who were considering the Warner resolution prior to the Petraeus testimony.
Please spend the day working the phones and the e-mail to let these senators and the GOP leadership know that the Warner resolution is unacceptable. Sign the pledge and ask your friends and family to do so as well (more than 6,000 have done so in 18 hours.). The country is not defeatist, does support victory in Iraq, and most certainly does not support encouraging the enemy.
The contact information:
Please tell the candidates in the ’08 cycle especially –Alexander, Collins, Coleman and Smith and would be presidential nominee Brownback—that a vote for the Warner resolution is the end of support for them and the NRSC.
Senator Alexander’s phone: (202) 224-4944. His e-mail is here.
Senator Brownback’s phone: (202) 224-6521. His e-mail is here.
Senator Coleman’s phone: (202) 224-5641.His e-mail is here.
Senator Collins’ phone: (202) 224-2523. Her e-mail is here.
Senator Smith’s phone: (202) 224-3753. His e-mail is here.
Senator Voinovich’s phone: (202) 224-3353. His e-mail is here.
The GOP leadership, which need to announce that no resolution will voted on that encourages the enemy, and that includes the Warner resolution or any cousin of the Warner resolution:
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s phone is (202) 224-2541. His e-mail is here.
Minority Whip Trent Lott’s phone is (202) 224-6253. His e-mail is here.
Senator Jon Kyl’s phone is (202) 224-4521. His e-mail is here.
Senator John Ensign’s phone is (202) 224-6244. His e-mail is here.
Thanks to Hugh.
Our troops deserve better and the President must be allowed to stabilize Iraq.
Take the Pledge and make the calls…….
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Latest Time Magazine Poll Has McCain Leading Giuliani by 4 Points
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Time Magazine: 2008: Hillary vs McCain?
Hillary Clinton is the clear front-runner to win the Democratic party’s nomination for President in 2008, but the Republican race will be a close contest between Senator John McCain and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani — with McCain edging Giuliani by a three- to four-point margin. And a presidential face-off between Clinton and McCain, right now, would be close to a dead heat. Those are some of the key findings of a new TIME poll earlier this week that canvassed a random sample of 1,064 registered voters by phone.
Time Poll conducted by Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas (SRBI) Public Affairs. Jan. 22-23, 2007. N=441 registered voters nationwide who are Republicans or lean Republican.
The Question:
“Now I’m going to read a list of candidates who might be running for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2008. If the Republican presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, listen carefully to the names and then tell me which candidate you would be most likely to vote for. . . .” Names rotated
John McCain 30
Rudy Giuliani 26
Newt Gingrich 14
Mitt Romney 5
Sam Brownback 3
George Pataki 2
Tom Tancredo 1
Chuck Hagel 1
Mike Huckabee 1
Jim Gilmore 1
Other (vol.) 1
Unsure 14
Won’t vote (vol.) 1If the election were held now, Rudy Giuliani appears to have the support of the greatest number of respondents of both parties, with 56% indicating they would “definitely” or “probably” support him — followed by Hillary Clinton (51%) John McCain (50%) and Barack Obama (50%).
In an interesting additional poll, Time Magazine polls the top three candidates for the GOP Nomination.
The Question:
“What if your choices for the Republican nomination were just John McCain, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani — which one would you vote for?” Names rotated
John McCain 43
Rudy Giuliani 40
Mitt Romney 8
Unsure 8
Won’t vote (vol.) 1In these two polls, McCain and Giuliani establish themselves as the front-runners in this race. Mitt Romney, although having created alot of BUZZ lately has apparently NOT caught fire with the voters.
Flap has to ask of the others – are you serious?
And on the Democrat side. Obama and Edwards continue to trail Hillary. Is it inevitable that Hillary is the Democrat nominee?
LIKELY…….
Flap reiterates his picks for the 2008 Presidential race:
GOP:
Rudy Giuliani President
Newt Gingrich Vice President
Vs.
Democrat:
Hillary Clinton President
Bill Richardson Vice President
Stay tuned……..
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