Satire from Andy Borowitz: Huckabee Asks Jesus to Stimulate Economy Loaves, Fishes Key to Package In what many political observers are calling an attempt to shore up his evangelical base on the eve of the nation’s Super Tuesday primaries, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee today asked Jesus Christ to stimulate the U.S. economy. Mr. Huckabee has invoked Jesus’ name at many points in the primary season, but his extraordinary request marks the first time a presidential candidate has directly...

I posted this on January 8th for the New Hampshire primary; it bears repeating: THINK, People! This is not supposed to be romantic. We are not electing a handsome President to take us on dates and haunt our dreams but rather a sober Chief Executive to make decisions affecting our personal and national future for decades to come. I want maturity and experience, not youth and beauty! If we elect the political equivalent of a White Knight or a Beauty Queen, I fear for our future. THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE!

The NY Giants and the entire Manning family are very happy! Somebody who’s eating crow.

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Chris Cillizza’s ‘The Fix’ Blog at the Washington Post has moved on to considering the most-likely vice-presidential candidates with: The Line on Running Mates As Super Tuesday draws ever closer, the fields for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations have narrowed significantly. [snip] With such a narrow field, it seems pointless to continue the presidential Line. [snip] Although neither party has settled on a nominee just yet, the speculation about who will be No....

Watch the Democratic Clinton-Obama Debate LIVE on CNN or CNN.com. It is sponsored by CNN, the Los Angeles Times and Politico.com. PRE-DEBATE COVERAGE TNR Democratic Debate Preview CNN: Clinton, Obama start debate off cordially LIVE-BLOGGING THE DEBATE Blog of the Moderate Left AMERICAblog Pam’s House Blend Chris Cillizza’s The Fix (Washington Post) Fact-Checker (Washington Post) The Caucus (NY Times) Ben Smith at The Politico Michelle Malkin Pajamas Media (written by PJ Media CEO Roger...

Rhodes Cook, Senior Columnist at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, presents SUPER TUESDAY: A vast and varied test Ready or not, here it comes… Super-Duper Tuesday, Tsunami Tuesday, Monster Tuesday, or whatever name one chooses to call it. The huge, historic nationwide vote Feb. 5 is at last at hand. Two dozen states from Massachusetts to California will vote next Tuesday, electing more than 40 percent of all Democratic and Republican delegates in 2008. The only other single-day event that has ever...

AP reports (via MSNBC) that John Edwards is dropping out of the presidential race. That’s fine with me! Now, will he endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? CNN: Announcement at 1 pm in New Orleans.

Republicans: McCain at 36 percent gets all 57 delegates, Romney 31 percent, Giuliani 15 percent & Huckabee 13 percent. Giuliani to withdraw from the race and will reportedly endorse McCain. Democrats: Hillary Clinton whomps the field but may not get any delegates. CNN

The Jewish Week: University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said it is important to examine the Obama rumors in the broader context of today’s bitter, unrestrained political environment. “I’ve said consistently that this campaign will turn out to be one of the dirtiest campaigns in American history, and the first few weeks prove it,” Sabato told The Jewish Week. “Obama has borne a disgusting burden so far — attacks on his race that are worthy of the 1950s, and...

I’m not watching this one. I do see that The Caucus at The New York Times is live-blogging. BTW, The New York Times has just endorsed Hillary Clinton and John McCain. The potential upside of a great Obama presidency is enticing, but this country faces huge problems, and will no doubt be facing more that we can’t foresee. The next president needs to start immediately on challenges that will require concrete solutions, resolve, and the ability to make government work. Mrs. Clinton is more...

The finalists emerge: Now that Iowa, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Michigan, Nevada, and South Carolina have voted, at least in one party, one thing is perfectly clear: While the identities of the two major-party nominees are not yet certain, the ranks on both sides have thinned dramatically and the finalists have emerged. For the Democrats, the nominee will either be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, in that order of probability, and for the Republicans, John McCain or Mitt Romney, with Rudy Giuliani a...

Watch it on CNN-TV or CNN.com – I’m reminded of an old toy: Mattel Rock’Em Sock’Em Robots During Debate Before Debate LIVE-BLOGGING: CNN Political Ticker Blog of the Moderate Left Chris Cillizza’s The Fix at Washingtonpost.com MSNBC First Read AMERICAblog Debate Open Thread Crooks and Liars Debate Open Thread The Caucus Blog of The New York Times Michelle Malkin Ben Smith’s Blog at The Politico ABC Political Radar Stephen Green’s VodkaPundit

Good grief! Should I demand my own personal nanny? I think not! Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen: freedom of expression doesn’t mean the right to offend

Nasrallah: We have Israelis’ body parts Hizbullah leader appears in public for first time in more than a year to attend Shiite religious event in Lebanese capital. In fiery speech he says his group has ‘heads’ and ‘body parts’ of Israeli soldiers, as well as ‘nearly intact cadaver’

Where might it lead? One of the basic facts of American politics is that citizens will turn out to vote when they feel they have something to vote for. That was the case in 2004, when a record 122 million ballots were cast in an election that was essentially a referendum on the presidency of George W. Bush. And that has been the case again so far this year, as the nation begins the process of selecting a successor to one of its most controversial presidents ever. Already turnout records (measured...

According to MSNBC’s First Read, Republicans are peeved because Democrats are picking the menu: Domenico Montanaro: Congressional food fight? From NBC’s Mike Viquiera The presidential race is not the only place where change is an issue. Members of Congress returning to the Capitol this week are being confronted by transformational happenings that have shaken the building to its foundations: Democrats have hired a new company to run cafeteria services. Naturally, this has caused an outbreak...

DEBATE PREVIEW: Dennis Kucinich got ruled out at the last minute by the courts. MSNBC MSNBC First Read: The two-hour debate from here in Las Vegas begins at 9:00 pm ET on MSNBC, and it’s moderated by NBC’s Brian Williams, who will be joined by NBC’s Tim Russert; NBC’s Natalie Morales also will be asking questions. The debate will feature a segment we haven’t seen in a while: candidate-to-candidate questions, which could end up being quite interesting. Definitely participating...

Brokered Convention Here We Come? MSNBC: Romney edges McCain in Michigan NBC News projects former Mass. governor has won state’s Republican primary, edging McCain and Huckabee; Clinton expected to get most votes among Democrats, though most of her rivals shunned ballot over dispute with state party.

CLINTON AS TRUMAN, McCAIN AS LAZARUS, OBAMA-MANIA, HUCKA-BOOM OR BUST, AND THE PRESIDENTIAL PLAYERS First, we at the Crystal Ball want to get one thing straight with our readers. We are for change. We have worked for change our whole lives. We are truly change agents. And we haven’t just talked about change, we’ve accomplished change–as long as you consider publishing books and articles about change to be accomplishments (doubtful, but we’re entitled to make our case). Even...

It’s probably a good thing as he may wish to use his $$$ for something else someday. The Politico Mitt Romney hasn’t extended his television presence into next week in South Carolina and Florida, an aide confirms. Romney has been on TV for months in both states, owning the airwaves long before his GOP rivals purchased their first spots. But his multimillion-dollar investment in the two key states that may ultimately decide the GOP nominee has not paid off as he continues to lag behind...

I am now reading a live chat/analysis (from earlier this evening) on the Washington Post’s website. In addition to the many questions and comments from US citizens, we have them from: Copenhagen, Denmark Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Bogor, Indonesia Caborca, Mexico Sydney, Australia Montreal, Canada Hong Kong Darwin, Australia Brisbane, Australia London, England Tokyo, Japan Denpasar, Indonesia Perth, Australia

A local professor has been making observations on the ground in New Hampshire. Northern Kentucky University communications professor Dr. Cady Short-Thompson is in New Hampshire as part of a once-every-four-years academic project. She is filing her impressions of the presidential primary campaigns. Report from New Hampshire BY DR. CADY SHORT-THOMPSON | SHORTTHOMP@NKU.EDU Here are some excerpts: Law School’s Presidential Payoff (January 7th) If one evaluates the payoff for earning a law degree on...

THINK, People! This is not supposed to be romantic. We are not electing a handsome President to take us on dates and haunt our dreams but rather a sober Chief Executive to make decisions affecting our personal and national future for decades to come. I want maturity and experience, not youth and beauty! If we elect the political equivalent of a White Knight or a Beauty Queen, I fear for our future. THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE!

An excursion via Memeorandum led me to RightWingNews – The Twenty Most Annoying Liberals In The United States: The 2007 Edition Funny, I’m not much like the folks on the list and dislike or disagree with many of them. I don’t even watch the TV heads (but I do belong to the ACLU)! Listing all of the top Democratic candidates was not really fair of RWN.