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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 23, 2007
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Fire Storm in Southern California
Fire crews are overwhelmed as the fire crosses Ramblas Pacifico in the Malibu Hills, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, in Malibu, Calif.
As most of you know, Flap lives in Southern California and the fires are the worst I can ever remember. Hundreds of homes have burned and hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated and displaced.
Video UpdateRob (NZ Bear) has the most comprehensive set of links on the fire situation.
Let us all pray for our firefighters and for the winds to die down.
An Erickson Air-Crane heads away from the fire to refill with water as firefighters work to contain a wildfire in the Valencia area of Los Angeles County October 22, 2007. More than a dozen separate fires, driven by dry, gale-force Santa Ana winds, burned out of control across the drought-stricken southern half of the state, charring an estimated 200,000 acres, killing at least one person and injuring a number of others.
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Representative Ron Paul Called “Certifiably Insane” in GOP Debate Focus Group
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=qjjDtOzaXdw[/youtube]
Was it Ron Paul’s anti-Iraq War position or the fact he wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, United Nations, NATO and CIA?
Ok, Ron Paul fans, let Flap know in the comments.
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Giuliani Poll Watch: Rudy 24% Thompson 19% Romney 16% McCain 12% Huckabee 8%
Republican presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (L) makes a point as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) listens during the Republican Party of Florida and Fox News Channel debate in Orlando, Florida October 21, 2007
Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
- Rudy – 24%
- Fred Thompson – 19%
- Mitt Romney – 16%
- John McCain – 12%
- Mike Huckabee – 8%
Rudy Giuliani is now supported by 24% of Likely Republican Primary Voters while Fred Thompson is the top choice for 19%. Mitt Romney is the favorite for 16% while John McCain is at 12% and Mike Huckabee has 8% support. (see recent daily numbers). No other candidates attracted more than 2% of the vote.
This poll did not include Sam Brownback for the past three nights of polling.
The top three GOP contenders—Giuliani, Thompson, and Romney—are all viewed favorably by 63% of Republican voters. Earlier in the year, Giuliani was clearly the most popular of the three among Republicans. (see history). John McCain is viewed favorably by 54% of Republicans voters and unfavorably by 42%. For Huckabee, the numbers are 38% favorable and 41% unfavorable. Huckabee is doing well in Iowa caucus polling but roughly 60% of Iowa Likely Iowa caucus participants say they might change their mind before the caucus day.
Stay tuned……
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Californians for Rudy
Rudy Giuliani Wins GOP Debate According to Florida Focus Group
Rudy Giuliani Watch: “You Have Nothing to Fear from Meâ€
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Competitive in Iowa?
Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy’s Northeast GOP Delegate Advantage
Giuliani CNN Poll Watch: Rudy Up By 8 Points Over Thompson
Texas Governor Rick Perry Endorses Rudy Giuliani for President
Rudy to Hillary – What is Your Experience to be President?
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Hillary Clinton Watch: Unlikely Chinatown Campaign Contributions Raise More Questions Part Two
Powerline (Via Captain Ed) has the continuing story:Chinatown, part 2Yesterday’s New York Times reported that the Clinton campaign returned $7,000 of the $380,000 in Chinatown money that we noted yesterday. Sweetness and Light comments here; Hot AIr comments here.
And, from the New York Post: HILL’S CASH EYED AS CHINESE-LAUNDERED
Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been raising huge piles of money in Chinatown, but some of it has come from donors who can’t be located or who were improperly repaid for their contributions, according to The Post and other reports.
A search of Chinatown donors yesterday by The Post found several bogus addresses and some contributions that raised eyebrows.
Shin K. Cheng is listed twice in federal records for giving $1,000 donations to Clinton’s campaign on April 17.
But the address recorded on campaign reports is a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases, hemorrhoids and skin disease.
No one at the address knew of a Shin K. Cheng.
Another donation came from a Shih Kan Chang on Canal Street. But the address listed is a shop that sells knock-off watches and other pirated goods. The sales clerk there did not know the donor.
Hsiao Yen Wang, a cook in Chinatown, is listed as giving Clinton $1,000 on April 13. Contacted yesterday, she told The Post she had written a check.
But it was on behalf of a man named David Guo, president of the Fujian American Cuisine Council, and Wang told The Post that Guo had repaid her for the $1,000 contribution.
Such “straw donations” are strictly prohibited by federal law.
Straw donations, accepting donations from Norman Hsu, a convicted felon, Charlie Trie and the list of campaign ethical slime goes on and on.
When will the Federal Elections Commission start to do the job they were appointed to do? What about a federal Grand Jury in New York? The FBI?
Who are these characters like David Guo and the Fujian American Cuisine Council? Fronts for the Chinese government? Or Chinese criminal elements?
The questions are many but the answers are slow to arrive.
Why?
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Californians for Rudy
Former New York Mayor and Presidential candidate and Mrs. Rudy Giuliani in Simi Valley, California, May 3, 2007. Standing next to the Mayor is Anaheim, California Mayor Curt Pringle.
Robert Novak has an excellent piece outlining the broad base of support Rudy Giuliani demonstrates in California.
Curt Pringle, the conservative mayor of Anaheim and onetime speaker of the California Assembly, is a pro-life Republican who endorsed pro-choice Rudy Giuliani for president last March and since then has been actively engaged in his campaign. After conversations with Giuliani, Pringle takes at face value the former New York mayor’s pledge to nominate Supreme Court justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. That reassurance on abortion makes it possible for Pringle and many other prominent California Republicans to pursue an ambitious political design.
Pringle and the state’s other Giuliani supporters want to bring California back to relevance in selecting the Republican nominee and electing the president. They resent that the nation’s most populous state is presumed to follow Iowa’s and New Hampshire’s lead in picking presidents. They resent California being consigned as a general election backwater, conceded to the Democrats. Giuliani is seen by Pringle resurrecting California as a significant player for both the nomination and election.
A solid win for Giuliani on February 5th will put Rudy over the top for the GOP nomination.
Flap continues to wonder when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Rudy. Before Christmas or after the first of the year when mail in ballots become available for California voters?
Stay tuned…….
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Rudy Giuliani Wins GOP Debate According to Florida Focus Group
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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 22, 2007
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Rudy Giuliani Wins GOP Debate According to Florida Focus Group
Republican presidential hopeful former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani answers a question during a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, sponsored by FOX News.
Frank Luntz’s Florida Fox News Focus Group overwhelmingly picked Rudy Giuliani as tonight’s debate WINNER.
- Florida Voter: “[Giuliani] is strong. He’s strong. He’s what we need. He’s got the track record …â€
- Ask By Frank Luntz: “Why Giuliani?†Florida Voter Said, “Clear, concise, direct answers and he’s a man who’s got a track record of execution.â€
- Pollster Frank Luntz on Fox News focus group reaction: “Rudy Giuliani definitely benefited from tonight’s debate. Very clearly.â€
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=subf2QI5ovM[/youtube]
Flap picks the Mayor as the CLEAR winner as well.
Giuliani’s answer on education and school children was classic Rudy. He cares more about the kids. Mentioning school choice and homeschooling received applause from the Florida audience.
Update:Rudy was the pick of the vast majority of focus group members as the GOP candidate to BEST beat Hillary Clinton.
Huckabee received a few mentions. In fact, one focus group member switched from Thompson to Huckabee.
Ron Paul received no votes for who won the debate.
Others commenting:
- Marc Abinder: After a tentative start, Giuliani again proved that he is so adept in these formats and can handle really any question with finesse. And he showed, again, that he is the Republican who best frames the race against Hillary Clinton. He’s a natural at it. Also: Giuliani should get some props from Ezra Klein: he accurately pointed out that Medicare is in much worse shape than Social Security and is a much more serious problem. At the end of the debate, he gave an answer on Iran that sounded reasonable and not Podhoretz-esque.
- David Brody: As for Rudy Giuliani, it was another strong debate performance. He really hasn’t had a weak performance to date. He had a sharp response when he criticized Fred Thompson on tort reform. It was vintage Giuliani. In your face. The Straight shooter. He just doesn’t come across as your typical politician. He’s breezy, funny, serious and intellectually engaging all at the same time. A rare combination. It’s like the Wild Wild West and Giuliani is the sheriff in town.
- The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell: Giuliani did well too. He sounds knowledgable as well. And, unlike the last time he came to Orlando, he sounded jazzed up and excited about the possibility of being president. And the audience seemed to be in Rudy’s corner. More than one person has told me he won them over this weekend.
- Power Line Blog’s Scott Johnson: “Rudy Giuliani undeniably shone.â€
- AmSpec Blog’s Philip Klein: “He gave a strong answer by saying he cares about teachers, but cares about the kids more.â€
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: “You Have Nothing to Fear from Meâ€
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Giuliani CNN Poll Watch: Rudy Up By 8 Points Over Thompson
Texas Governor Rick Perry Endorses Rudy Giuliani for President
Rudy to Hillary – What is Your Experience to be President?
Rudy to Obama – You are NO Ronald Reagan
Giuliani California Poll Watch: Rudy Leads Thompson by 21 Points
The Rudy Giuliani and James Dobson Flap Part Two
Giuliani Poll Watch: Nevada – Rudy Leads Latest Poll
Giuliani Poll Watch: Contending New Hampshire
Giuliani Poll Watch: California Lead Grows for Rudy
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Cheney Warns Iran as Larijani Resigns
US Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy annual Weinberg Founders Conference in Lansdowne, Virginia. Cheney said the United States and its allies would not permit Iran to get nuclear weapons and warned of “serious consequences” if it continues to enrich uranium.
Cheney: US will not let Iran go nuclear
The United States and other nations will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.
“Our country, and the entire international community, cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its grandest ambitions,” Cheney said in a speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Studies.
He said Iran’s efforts to pursue technology that would allow them to build a nuclear weapon are obvious and that “the regime continues to practice delay and deceit in an obvious effort to buy time.”
If Iran continues on its current course, Cheney said the U.S. and other nations are prepared to take action. The vice president made no specific reference to military action.
“We will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” he said.
Previously, Iran played its hand by the resignation of its nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani speaks with journalists at a news conference in Tehran in this September 12, 2007 file photo. Larijani, who quit as Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, and his replacement will go to talks with the European Union’s Javier Solana to try to defuse a row with the West, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Iran’s nuclear negotiator resigns
Iran’s chief negotiator with the West over Tehran’s nuclear programme, Ali Larijani, has resigned.
A government spokesman said Mr Larijani had repeatedly offered his resignation and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had finally accepted it.
Mr Larijani had differences with the president over how to proceed with the negotiations, correspondents say.
The spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham, said a deputy foreign minister, Saeed Jalili, would replace Mr Larijani in time for a meeting on Tuesday with the European Union’s foreign policy head Javier Solana.
The BBC’s Jon Leyne, in Tehran, says Mr Larijani has had differences with President Ahmadinejad over how to proceed with negotiations over the country’s nuclear programme.
Obviously there was a difference as to proceed with Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the European Union and the United Nations over uranium enrichment. Also, obvious is that Iran’s Mullahs prefer confrontation rather then negotiations. But, this is NO great news.
The new nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, is a hard line supporter of President Ahmadinejad and Supreme Mullah leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Jalili attends a meeting in Tehran, February 2007. Iran insisted its policy in the nuclear crisis with the West would not change after the sudden resignation of chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, amid fears it would take an even tougher line.
So, was Larijani’s resignation a result of the refusal of Vladimir Putin’s latest offer?
Probably, or it could have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Iran and the Mullahs do NOT want to negotiate. They COVET nuclear weapons and will do anything to posses one.
Vice President Cheney again restates American policy that Iran will not obtain nuclear weapon capability.
But, will President Bush “PUSH” the issue or allow Iran to continue to stall?
Stay tuned…….
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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 21, 2007
Welcome back, Chris. We all have missed you!
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