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 | | August 13, 2008
Vol. 43, No. 17a
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To: Our Readers Outlook - The Olympics provide a rest opportunity for both campaigns, neither of which announced a running mate. We assume the candidates have chosen their No. 2s, but they are waiting for the time they calculate will provide the best media coverage. One problem: The Democratic convention begins immediately after the Olympics end.
- Russia's invasion of Georgia provided an opportunity for the candidates to show their differing foreign policy approaches. Sen. John McCain was bellicose and clear in his support of Georgia. Sen. Barack Obama was more neutral and diplomatic, at first making it sound as if both sides were equally responsible for the conflict, and equally capable of bringing about peace. It's unlikely the candidates' responses to this crisis will play into any voter's decision this fall, but the reactions could foretell the foreign policy images they will put forth in the general election. Such moral ambivalence as Obama portrayed will not be a winner.
- By admitting his infidelity to his sick wife—and his repeated lies to the media about it—former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) ended whatever chances he had of being Obama's running mate. More importantly, it is a disastrous blow to the labor union hopes that Obama would make Edwards his attorney general, a notion floated in January by Illinois Democrats close to Obama. Trial lawyer Edwards atop the Justice Department was a prize sought by important elements within organized labor and for conservatives one of the grimmest potential consequences of an Obama victory in November.
| At last, a quotation book from conservatives Finding an anthology of quotations that isn't distorted by liberal bias is increasingly a challenge. For instance, did you know that Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition, features 37 quotations from Franklin Roosevelt, 28 from John F. Kennedy -- and only three from Ronald Reagan? And here's the kicker: when the book's editor, Justin Kaplan, was told that all three Reagan selections seemed chosen to make Reagan look ridiculous, he replied, "I'm not going to disguise the fact that I despise Ronald Reagan." That's why Great Quotations that Shaped the Western World is so welcome -- and so necessary. Unlike most other quotation books, this one was compiled by a conservative - and includes 30 Reagan quotations. Its stated mission: "to celebrate liberty, which is sustained by virtue, which is sustained by religion, and to glory in the wonderful words of free men and women." You won't find this book in most bookstores, so click here to find out more about Great Quotations That Shaped the Western World | House 2008 Illinois-6: Rep. Peter Roskam (R) was a bright spot for Republicans—particularly for pro-life conservatives—with his slim victory in the brutal year of 2006, holding onto the seat of retired Rep. Henry Hyde (R). The 6th District, in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, was one of the prime battlegrounds of that election, with disabled Iraq veteran Tammy Duckworth (D) drawing huge support from Democrats nationwide. Democrats had hoped Duckworth would run again this year, but by the summer of 2007, when she was serving as the state's veterans affairs director, she decided against a rematch. That left Roskam mostly safe. As of June 30, Roskam had outraised his opponent, Iraq veteran Jill Morganthaler (D), $1.8 million to half a million dollars. Considering Roskam beat a better-funded top-tier candidate in 2006, it's hard to imagine how he could lose to a lesser candidate with less money. It would take a serious Roskam error or quite a Democratic tsunami for Roskam to lose. Likely Republican Retention.  |
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