The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

Hillary has won several state primaries. Barack has won several state primaries. When they win, they make victory speeches. When they lose, they make concession speeches.
Barack will not “win” the nomination until a majority of the delegates vote for him at the Democratic convention. THEN, he can claim victory. THEN, she should concede, endorse him, […]

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I went to the Mike Huckabee campaign blog Mike Huckabee for President - Blogs - Romney is leaving race… to see what they were saying about Romney’s departure, and for some reason, this comment jumped off the page (By the way, the campaign has officially said next to nothing about Romney’s decision, but there are […]

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Conservatives may be in for a period in the wilderness, as it were, but we as a movement are far from dead. Republican candidates will still do their best to sound like us:
One of the things we try to do in our writing is to be fully forward and frank about causes and effects. There […]

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Thursday afternoon, Jennifer Brooks interviewed me over the phone regarding Thompson’s campaign demise and where would Thompson supporters go now.
I explained to her what originally attracted me to Thompson in the first place and how I was trying to apply the same template to the candidates now currently in the race.
Federalism was a big attraction, […]

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This story from Orlando (Mike Huckabee for President - Newsroom) is an example of Mike Huckabee’s seemingly unique abilities (efforts?) to appeal to what used to be called “Reagan Democrats.” For the first time in its 119-year history, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workders is “endorsing” a Republican primary candidate.
I’m not sure […]

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Cross posted by Toni at Bear Creek Ledger
Rush LImbaugh had a great commentary on Jan. 17th about John McCain and the problem Conservatives have with McCain. He begins with a Debra Saunders’ column refuting what she sees as positives for McCain point by point. But then Rush goes on to explain just why […]

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The Tennessee Republican Assembly (TRA) held their 2008 Convention today for the purpose of endorsing candidates for the upcoming elections in the Fall.
Present to address the Convention were the following candidates for office:
Juan Borges, TN House, District 60;
Gerard Donovan, US House, 5th District;
Ron Hickman, TN House, District 60;
Timothy Lee, TN House, District 55;
Susan Lynn, TN […]

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Adam Graham of the Truth and Hope Report, John McJunkin of the Voice of Liberty podcast, Fabian Story of Political Straight Talk, and educator Bill Schulke join David Oatney in a roundtable to discuss the Michigan Primary Results.
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Writer Jeffrey Lord has a rambling, bullying op/ed at The American Spectator On-line about some Mike Huckabee statements in reference to American corporate greed as reflected in CEO salaries. I say “bullying” (and “rambling”) because Lord spends way too much of the piece beating up on a strawman . . . perhaps he’s actually […]

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Cross posted by Toni at Bear Creek LedgerAside from former Gov. Huckabee’s past political actions, his proclivity to personally attack adversaries vs. attacking their actions is particularly Clintonian and unbecoming of a Republican candidate. Here’s what Huckabee said today about Fred Thompson:
Huckabee on Fox and Friends
Let’s look once again at Huckabee’s tax policies […]

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