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	<title>Comments on: Predictions: Who&#8217;ll still be in the race by this time next week?</title>
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		<title>By: Michelle Malkin &#187; Iowa: Place your bets</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michelle Malkin &#187; Iowa: Place your bets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] still be around next week? Allah peers into his crystal [...]</description>
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		<title>By: dedalus</title>
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		<dc:creator>dedalus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Don’t wonder why we don’t want another delusional New Yorker for President.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Who were the other delusional New Yorker Presidents?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Don’t wonder why we don’t want another delusional New Yorker for President.</p></blockquote>
<p>Who were the other delusional New Yorker Presidents?</p>
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		<title>By: thejackal</title>
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		<dc:creator>thejackal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Something about Ron Paul&#039;s war chest bugs me. If this batsh*t-crazy lunatic can scare up that kind of dough, what does that tell you?

It tells me that there are tons of lunatics out there who have never donated to a campaign because nobody before now was lunatic enough for their tastes. Now, however, that the mother ship has arrived...

Why are other candidates, who are far more mainstream, suffering from a lack of funds? My guess is because the mainstream feels that decent candidates come up with the rations and don&#039;t require funding.

I suspect that when things get down to the dirty end, money will flow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Something about Ron Paul&#8217;s war chest bugs me. If this batsh*t-crazy lunatic can scare up that kind of dough, what does that tell you?</p>
<p>It tells me that there are tons of lunatics out there who have never donated to a campaign because nobody before now was lunatic enough for their tastes. Now, however, that the mother ship has arrived&#8230;</p>
<p>Why are other candidates, who are far more mainstream, suffering from a lack of funds? My guess is because the mainstream feels that decent candidates come up with the rations and don&#8217;t require funding.</p>
<p>I suspect that when things get down to the dirty end, money will flow.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark Jaquith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Jaquith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I predict that Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson will both drop out after NH.  Ron Paul is in it until the bitter end, and he has enough money to stay in (besides, he&#039;ll do better than polls suggest in freedom-minded NH and cold weather caucus&#039;n Iowa).  Huckabee doesn&#039;t have a huge amount in the bank, so he better not tank in early states.  Huckabee also suffers from shallow support, that may move on if he wavers.  Rudy is staying until Florida, at least, but I could see him dropping out if he finishes second in FL.  Romney can rely (as he has already done) on his personal wealth to sustain his campaign.  He won&#039;t go down easy.  McCain has to do well in the early states, where I think he has the best chance.  Anything less than third in both early states and he is gone.

By Super Tuesday, I predict it will be (and in this order): Romney, Huckabee, McCain, Paul.  But honestly, there is so many related forces and potential scenarios, that it could any number of ways.  I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if any one of Romney, Huckabee, McCain or Giuliani was the frontrunner by Super Tuesday.  God -- sad that McCain is the least of the four evils there.

I think it&#039;ll be Hillary, Obama, Edwards by Super Tuesday for the Dems.  Less room for movement there.

And &quot;hear, hear&quot; to suggestions of a nationwide primary date.  Too much emphasis on small states as it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I predict that Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson will both drop out after NH.  Ron Paul is in it until the bitter end, and he has enough money to stay in (besides, he&#8217;ll do better than polls suggest in freedom-minded NH and cold weather caucus&#8217;n Iowa).  Huckabee doesn&#8217;t have a huge amount in the bank, so he better not tank in early states.  Huckabee also suffers from shallow support, that may move on if he wavers.  Rudy is staying until Florida, at least, but I could see him dropping out if he finishes second in FL.  Romney can rely (as he has already done) on his personal wealth to sustain his campaign.  He won&#8217;t go down easy.  McCain has to do well in the early states, where I think he has the best chance.  Anything less than third in both early states and he is gone.</p>
<p>By Super Tuesday, I predict it will be (and in this order): Romney, Huckabee, McCain, Paul.  But honestly, there is so many related forces and potential scenarios, that it could any number of ways.  I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if any one of Romney, Huckabee, McCain or Giuliani was the frontrunner by Super Tuesday.  God &#8212; sad that McCain is the least of the four evils there.</p>
<p>I think it&#8217;ll be Hillary, Obama, Edwards by Super Tuesday for the Dems.  Less room for movement there.</p>
<p>And &#8220;hear, hear&#8221; to suggestions of a nationwide primary date.  Too much emphasis on small states as it is.</p>
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		<title>By: csdeven</title>
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		<dc:creator>csdeven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have never believed Fred was out of money. He had 8 million dollars and I haven&#039;t seen him do much to spend it. It may be that he is holding his mud until after NH and then leaping out of the weeds to skewer the rest of the reps.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have never believed Fred was out of money. He had 8 million dollars and I haven&#8217;t seen him do much to spend it. It may be that he is holding his mud until after NH and then leaping out of the weeds to skewer the rest of the reps.</p>
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		<title>By: doufree</title>
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		<dc:creator>doufree</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems to me the world would not come to an end if all the primaries were held on the same day, just like the general election.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems to me the world would not come to an end if all the primaries were held on the same day, just like the general election.</p>
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		<title>By: viking999</title>
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		<dc:creator>viking999</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
In almost every presidential campaign over the last generation, the party that settled on its nominee first won the general election, said Rhodes Cook, an expert on presidential campaigns.
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A generation?  Seriously?  That&#039;s what, 24 years?  Not a very impressive sample size.  Plus, I don&#039;t really count running with the incumbent as settling on the nominee first.  There are much better reasons for incumbents to have a better chance of winning.</description>
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In almost every presidential campaign over the last generation, the party that settled on its nominee first won the general election, said Rhodes Cook, an expert on presidential campaigns.
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<p>A generation?  Seriously?  That&#8217;s what, 24 years?  Not a very impressive sample size.  Plus, I don&#8217;t really count running with the incumbent as settling on the nominee first.  There are much better reasons for incumbents to have a better chance of winning.</p>
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		<title>By: MarkB</title>
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		<dc:creator>MarkB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopes Hunter surprises and stays in.</description>
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		<title>By: Dudley Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dudley Smith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Fred needs to get in the high teens, maybe even 20%, in Iowa to stick around for SC.  If he&#039;s below 15%, he&#039;s out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Fred needs to get in the high teens, maybe even 20%, in Iowa to stick around for SC.  If he&#8217;s below 15%, he&#8217;s out.</p>
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		<title>By: Doug</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>aero on January 2, 2008: We&#039;ve all had to grit our teeth and vote at times, aero. Don&#039;t take it too hard-I didn&#039;t enjoy voting for George H.W. Bush, but did so out of loyalty to Reagan and his leadership. Better luck next election, friend.
BTW, so far, I&#039;m witt Mitt, but if I have to vote for someone else in the general, so be it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>aero on January 2, 2008: We&#8217;ve all had to grit our teeth and vote at times, aero. Don&#8217;t take it too hard-I didn&#8217;t enjoy voting for George H.W. Bush, but did so out of loyalty to Reagan and his leadership. Better luck next election, friend.<br />
BTW, so far, I&#8217;m witt Mitt, but if I have to vote for someone else in the general, so be it.</p>
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		<title>By: Buy Danish</title>
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		<dc:creator>Buy Danish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;sonnyspats1 on January 2, 2008 at 2:02 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

More evidence that Ann Coulter has a point :-)

Replace &quot;Democrat&quot; with &quot;Liberal&quot;...

&lt;em&gt;If we took away women&#039;s right to vote, we&#039;d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It&#039;s kind of a pipe dream, it&#039;s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don&#039;t think it&#039;s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>sonnyspats1 on January 2, 2008 at 2:02 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>More evidence that Ann Coulter has a point :-)</p>
<p>Replace &#8220;Democrat&#8221; with &#8220;Liberal&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p><em>If we took away women&#8217;s right to vote, we&#8217;d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It&#8217;s kind of a pipe dream, it&#8217;s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.</em></p>
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		<title>By: steveegg</title>
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		<dc:creator>steveegg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On second thought, flip McCain and Thompson in the vote order.  There are more &quot;mavericks&quot; in Iowa than there are federalists in New Hampshire.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On second thought, flip McCain and Thompson in the vote order.  There are more &#8220;mavericks&#8221; in Iowa than there are federalists in New Hampshire.</p>
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		<title>By: Dash</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;This Rudy guy who didn’t know how to parlay a Pat Robertson endorsement into a victory in Iowa (a state that Robertson won in 1988). That’s got to be the worst political play in history. . . get an endorsement from a winner and still lose dramatically.

ThackerAgency on January 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Dude gimme a break with Pat Roberson.  Geez.  If he sucked up to Pat he&#039;d have lost my vote, I&#039;m glad he didnt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>This Rudy guy who didn’t know how to parlay a Pat Robertson endorsement into a victory in Iowa (a state that Robertson won in 1988). That’s got to be the worst political play in history. . . get an endorsement from a winner and still lose dramatically.</p>
<p>ThackerAgency on January 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Dude gimme a break with Pat Roberson.  Geez.  If he sucked up to Pat he&#8217;d have lost my vote, I&#8217;m glad he didnt.</p>
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		<title>By: steveegg</title>
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		<dc:creator>steveegg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Still in (in order of votes received between Iowa and New Hampshire):

- Dem side: Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Richardson (though more to prop up Clinton than himself), Kucinich (the mother ship hasn&#039;t called yet)
- Rep side: Romney, Thompson, McCain, Huckabee, Paul, Giuliani (who will still be in with a pair of 6th-place finishes as he has adopted the official RNC Super-Duper Tuesday stragedy)

- Dropped out: Biden, Dodd, Hunter, Gravel</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Still in (in order of votes received between Iowa and New Hampshire):</p>
<p>- Dem side: Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Richardson (though more to prop up Clinton than himself), Kucinich (the mother ship hasn&#8217;t called yet)<br />
- Rep side: Romney, Thompson, McCain, Huckabee, Paul, Giuliani (who will still be in with a pair of 6th-place finishes as he has adopted the official RNC Super-Duper Tuesday stragedy)</p>
<p>- Dropped out: Biden, Dodd, Hunter, Gravel</p>
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		<title>By: Vincenzo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vincenzo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love how its all about Huckabee being a real Christian, yet its Giuliani who has actually put his foot to the fire to defend Christianity (see:  Virgin Mary w/ dung smeared on it in a Brooklyn Museum - http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0999/virgin.dung.html)

and Judiasm....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love how its all about Huckabee being a real Christian, yet its Giuliani who has actually put his foot to the fire to defend Christianity (see:  Virgin Mary w/ dung smeared on it in a Brooklyn Museum &#8211; <a href="http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0999/virgin.dung.html)" rel="nofollow">http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0999/virgin.dung.html)</a></p>
<p>and Judiasm&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: NickTx</title>
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		<dc:creator>NickTx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FRED THOMPSON SHALL EMERGE AS THE DARK HORSE sometime near South Carolina.</description>
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		<title>By: NickTx</title>
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		<dc:creator>NickTx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Fred will stay as he originally said he would (if he shows 3rd in IA.

Mitt and Shuckster stay.

Rudy will stay in no matter what happens in IA or NH, maybe even SC.

Ron Paul will probably stay in too, in complete MARS ATTACKS mode.

Thats what I think.

Like the article on Drudge asked yesterday... &quot;What if Iowa Solves Nothing?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Fred will stay as he originally said he would (if he shows 3rd in IA.</p>
<p>Mitt and Shuckster stay.</p>
<p>Rudy will stay in no matter what happens in IA or NH, maybe even SC.</p>
<p>Ron Paul will probably stay in too, in complete MARS ATTACKS mode.</p>
<p>Thats what I think.</p>
<p>Like the article on Drudge asked yesterday&#8230; &#8220;What if Iowa Solves Nothing?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: sonnyspats1</title>
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		<dc:creator>sonnyspats1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://perfunction.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/02/huckabeecommenter4.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I think a commentor on Mike Huckabee identifies a sticking point&lt;/a&gt; young christian Women are having with Fred Thompson. Where Mike Huckabee is seen as being acceptable in his family life FT is being viewed as a yukky old man with a wife too young for him. While on the other hand MH not only is a married former pastor, he plays guitar in the music ministry as well. These are all valid points when choosing your candidate don&#039;t you know!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://perfunction.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/02/huckabeecommenter4.jpg" rel="nofollow">I think a commentor on Mike Huckabee identifies a sticking point</a> young christian Women are having with Fred Thompson. Where Mike Huckabee is seen as being acceptable in his family life FT is being viewed as a yukky old man with a wife too young for him. While on the other hand MH not only is a married former pastor, he plays guitar in the music ministry as well. These are all valid points when choosing your candidate don&#8217;t you know!</p>
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		<title>By: NickTx</title>
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		<dc:creator>NickTx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Yep. I donated (to Fred) for the first time this year after realizing that it was my one chance to have a say in the early primaries, which are the only ones that matter.

We have to have to have to change the primary system to make the rest of the country count.

And why would Fred bow out before the debate on Sunday? Surely the Iowa results won’t be so bad that he slits his wrists on the spot. I don’t think Fred gets out until after South Carolina, come what may. A decent showing in Iowa and at the debate = more money and time for Fred.

TexasDan on January 2, 2008 at 1:21 PM

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I think youre right about Fred all the way around. I hope so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Yep. I donated (to Fred) for the first time this year after realizing that it was my one chance to have a say in the early primaries, which are the only ones that matter.</p>
<p>We have to have to have to change the primary system to make the rest of the country count.</p>
<p>And why would Fred bow out before the debate on Sunday? Surely the Iowa results won’t be so bad that he slits his wrists on the spot. I don’t think Fred gets out until after South Carolina, come what may. A decent showing in Iowa and at the debate = more money and time for Fred.</p>
<p>TexasDan on January 2, 2008 at 1:21 PM</p>
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<p>I think youre right about Fred all the way around. I hope so.</p>
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		<title>By: awake</title>
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		<dc:creator>awake</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ThackerAgency on January 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM

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Easy boy. What did you get mugged on your last visit to
the big city or something?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ThackerAgency on January 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM</p>
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<p>Easy boy. What did you get mugged on your last visit to<br />
the big city or something?</p>
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		<title>By: Vincenzo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vincenzo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I personally like the schedule this year.  I would really like it if all the primaries were on the same date, nationwide, with perhaps, Iowa and New Hampshire being one week ahead.

This would make the most sense, and allow candidates to work a strategy different from others, and still getting a larger portion of the country behind them, then say, the way the primaries ran four years ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally like the schedule this year.  I would really like it if all the primaries were on the same date, nationwide, with perhaps, Iowa and New Hampshire being one week ahead.</p>
<p>This would make the most sense, and allow candidates to work a strategy different from others, and still getting a larger portion of the country behind them, then say, the way the primaries ran four years ago.</p>
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		<title>By: Dash</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Rudy’s in it until then too, of course, but take a good long look at the results near the end here. The Giuliani camp’s counting on Floridians to shrug at the early primary results and give him a clean slate on January 29. It’s not that simple.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

True but I think it matters that this field is so absent a strong front runner.  It&#039;s not like Huck or Mitt or Maverick is gonna run away with it is it?  I&#039;m presuming a tight match.    So will people say &quot;I should pick from one of the three who won earlier states&quot;?  Eh.  

I think he should have focused on at least one of the early states he was strongest in to assure a top 3 showing at least early on.

We&#039;ll see!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Rudy’s in it until then too, of course, but take a good long look at the results near the end here. The Giuliani camp’s counting on Floridians to shrug at the early primary results and give him a clean slate on January 29. It’s not that simple.</p></blockquote>
<p>True but I think it matters that this field is so absent a strong front runner.  It&#8217;s not like Huck or Mitt or Maverick is gonna run away with it is it?  I&#8217;m presuming a tight match.    So will people say &#8220;I should pick from one of the three who won earlier states&#8221;?  Eh.  </p>
<p>I think he should have focused on at least one of the early states he was strongest in to assure a top 3 showing at least early on.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll see!</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jimmie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why would anyone capable of getting 3 percent in Iowa drop out? It&#039;s not even a convention election. New Hampshire might start making a difference but we probably won&#039;t really see the mittle of each candidate until South Carolina.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would anyone capable of getting 3 percent in Iowa drop out? It&#8217;s not even a convention election. New Hampshire might start making a difference but we probably won&#8217;t really see the mittle of each candidate until South Carolina.</p>
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		<title>By: tommylotto</title>
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		<dc:creator>tommylotto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;ThackerAgency on January 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Get out a calculator and count delegates.

We have a more compressed schedule than ever before.  How will voters react on 1/29 because Rudy lost in Iowa and NH.  I do not know.  You do not know.  Some &quot;experts&quot; believe in momentum.  Others do not.  It does not have anything to do with who is smart and who is not.  Rudy was not going to win in Iowa or NH anyway.  The strategy he is running is the only one available to him.  Rudy is attempting to rewrite a lot of rules and very may well do it, or he will confirm conventional wisdom.  We shall see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>ThackerAgency on January 2, 2008 at 1:18 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Get out a calculator and count delegates.</p>
<p>We have a more compressed schedule than ever before.  How will voters react on 1/29 because Rudy lost in Iowa and NH.  I do not know.  You do not know.  Some &#8220;experts&#8221; believe in momentum.  Others do not.  It does not have anything to do with who is smart and who is not.  Rudy was not going to win in Iowa or NH anyway.  The strategy he is running is the only one available to him.  Rudy is attempting to rewrite a lot of rules and very may well do it, or he will confirm conventional wisdom.  We shall see.</p>
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		<title>By: MT</title>
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		<dc:creator>MT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the big six (Mitt, Fred, Rudy, Ron, John, Mike) are all still in this time next week.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the big six (Mitt, Fred, Rudy, Ron, John, Mike) are all still in this time next week.</p>
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