Elections Blog

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush’s defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran.
This, from Al-Muhaji, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, “The American people have put their feet on the right path by … realizing their president’s betrayal in supporting Israel,” the terror leader said. “So [...]

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Yesterday, Glenn Kessler in his Washington Post article, entitled “Rice’s pre-election appearances buck tradition — Secretary of State is expected to stay above the partisan fray,” reported on Condi’s pre-election activity with a rather critical tone. While Dr. Rice has largely avoided the megabuck politcal fundraising circuit with its infamous “rubber chicken” and photo [...]

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The confrontation between the Clintons and Condi that erupted after Bill’s interview with Chris Wallace on September 24th was (is?) based on the claim, by Clinton, that he left behind a “comprehensive plan” on counter terrorism for the Bush administration when he left office. In making his point he relied heavily on Richard Clarke, author [...]

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Our enemies in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) are economically dependent, in large part, on support from oil-exporting countries. As Secretary of State, Dr. Rice has spoken of how energy “warps” our foreign policy. Without much fanfare, Dr. Rice at the Department of State, in conjuction with the Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman (bio), has [...]

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Life in Las Vegas taught me many years ago that if you want to truly understand something that you have to follow the money.  That’s what Secretary Rice did with her Mideast trip.
First, she makes an unannounced trip to Baghdad to deliver the message, “Get to work!  The meter is running.”  Then, she goes to Kurdish [...]

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“Five years after 9/11, the worst attack on the American homeland in our history, Democrats offer nothing but criticism and obstruction and endless second-guessing,” Bush said at a Republican fundraiser.
“The party of FDR and the party of Harry Truman has become the party of cut and run,” Bush told a convention-center audience of over 2,000 …

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In response to Bill Clinton’s outburst to Chris Wallace on FOX News, Condoleezza Rice set the record straight.  Bill said that he did everything he could to fight terorism while president.  He said he even a left a complete plan on how to fight Al-Qaeda for Bush.  He then concluded that Bush did nothing for 8 [...]

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Here is the link (pdf) for the NIE report. Highlights/ Picture are courtesy of ALLAHPUNDIT
We assess that the Iraq jihad is shaping a new generation of terrorist leaders and operatives; perceived jihadist success there would inspire more fighters to continue the struggle elsewhere.
• The Iraq conflict has become the “cause celebre” for jihadists, breeding …

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Hillary stood by Bill as we would expect. Dick Morris wrote The real Clinton emerges , and Boxer knocks Fox News! Might I suggest that the Democrats try to get on Fox News more often? It might help them get exposure to an audience!
President Clinton assumes that criticism of his failure to …

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Pelosi Asks for Closed House Session, but Democrats Lose Bid for Closed House
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked her colleagues Tuesday to close the House’s doors for a highly unusual secret session to discuss a classified intelligence analysis on global terrorism.
Such a session hasn’t happened in the House since July 1983, when the chamber went …

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The NYT’s and WaPo are both running stories today about an National Intelligence Estimate report due out shortly. The crux of the articles points to our Iraq War is the cause of the escalation of radical Islamic extremists..We are fighting in Iraq, therefore we created the problem.
Hugh Hewitt accuses the NYT’s of publishing …

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As we have addressed here and here, Clinton became enraged with Chris Wallace and if the reaction from the viewers is any indication, he did himself no favors!
Allahpundit says the righties are going to have a field day fact-checking him. Points to take away:
1. He showed leadership by not pulling out of Somalia while …

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Condoleezza Rice has an interview in this month’s Essence magazine. I will warn you, only the first part of the interview is available free on the website. You have to actually buy the magazine to get the complete interview. They ask a lot of the tough questions, but Condi answers with confidence and intelligence as [...]

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This is a quote from Sam Harris in his article; Head-in-the-Sand Liberals Western civilization really is at risk from Muslim extremists. He is the author of “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason” and “Letter to a Christian Nation” Why do I cite his article? Well, he is a self-professed …

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“This bill is all about authorizing the President to invade the homes, e-mails and telephone conversations of American citizens in ways that are expressly forbidden by law.”
That’s how excitable Pat Leahy described the legislation that passed from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate floor today
Hugh Hewitt say: “Every vote for any Congressional Democrat …

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The Democrats, far too worried about litigation than lives, were blocked today, when they tried to “rein in President Bush’s domestic wiretapping program Wednesday amid a sustained White House campaign to give the administration broad authority to monitor, interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.”
While refusing to give the president a blank …

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Here is some background presented by Bryan on the Hamdan decision:
It stripped part of President Bush’s wartime powers to deal with captured enemy combatants and put much of that power in Congress’ hands. He can’t try them via military tribunals, as captured enemy operatives were tried in World War II and previous conflicts. One could …

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Yesterday, Secretary Rice released the following statement in recognition of the fifth anniversary of 9-11.
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Tell me what your reaction was!
Hot Air has a comparison of edited vs. unedited tape from the film! And this comment
Here’s a quote to get the ball rolling: “Berger, Freeh later thought, was not a national-security adviser; he was a public-relations hack, interested in how something would play in the press.”
Michelle Malkin:
Betsy …

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Rush Limbaugh appeared in the Free Speech segment of The CBS Evening News. Here is a link to the video via Hot Air or via CBS And the transcript via CBS
(CBS) It is time to face a hard cold fact: Militant Islam wants to kill us just because we are alive and don’t …

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