President Bush is considering an $800 tax rebate for economic stimulus…

I’m all for it… but we still need to make Bush’s earlier tax cuts permanent.

As improvements in Iraq continue, the anti-war left have failed to force us to retreat, and thus are changing their strategy…

After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups is backing away from its multimillion-dollar drive to cut funding for the war and force Congress to pass timelines for bringing U.S. troops home.

In recognition of hard political reality, the groups instead will lower their sights and push for legislation to prevent President Bush from entering into a long-term agreement with the Iraqi government that could keep significant numbers of troops in Iraq for years to come.

Remember what the Democrats a claimed they’d be able to do if they were in the majority. They said they’d get us out of Iraq. But they couldn’t. In the end, defeatism lost. It was their main priority as the majority. And they failed… as they’ve failed with so many other things on their so-called agenda… and it’s not just because Americans reject their liberal platform. It’s also because of their lack of leadership and incompetence.

I’ve had my fair share of experience with Ron Paul’s determined supporters. It was clear many many months ago that Pauliacs (perhaps even Ron Paul’s campaign itself) had the strategy of giving the appearance of huge internet/grassroots support for his campaign by flooding online polls with votes and spamming. In regards to their coordinate spamming efforts, I asked back in May, “[W]hat good are phony results? Isn’t it more valuable to see what the true temperature of the American people or the conservative blogosphere is? Wouldn’t Paul supporters rather know a more accurate reflection of Paul’s support and use the data from the [GOP Bloggers] straw poll to assess how best to increase that support?”

Perhaps they should have listened to my advice… Between Iowa, New Hampshire and Michigan, Ron Paul hasn’t won a single caucus or primary. I thought myself he’d do better in New Hampshire than he actually did, but clearly the strategy of giving a false impression of Paul’s online support hasn’t made him a contender when it comes to his performance in an actual election.

Pauliacs need to learn that real voters will determine this election… not phony online spammers.

Talk amongst yourselves…

Linkworthy:

Rove previews strategies against Clinton, Obama
Bill Clinton paints Obama as ‘establishment’ candidate
Father of Marine Killed in Iraq to Challenge Democratic Vet in Pennsylvania
Democrats’ Gourmet Cafeteria Changes Prompt Grumblings From Colleagues
Republicans ponder deadlocked convention

UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: Obama says animals have rights…next he’ll say they should be able to vote?

UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: With all the talk of an open GOP convention, Richelieu goes contrarian and figures that South Carolina and Florida could seal the deal for the GOP.

According to Drudge, the exit polls show:

Romney 34%
McCain 29%
Huckabee 16%

UPDATE: Romney projected winner… Hillary defeats “uncommitted.”

With 51% reporting:

Romney: 39%
McCain: 30%
Huckabee: 16%
Paul: 6%
Thompson: 4%
Giuliani: 3%
Uncommitted: 2%
Hunter: 0%

Louisiana’s Daily Advertiser quotes Senator Mary Landrieu on governor Kathleen Blanco, “In a state that’s been tarred with a lot of corruption charges, she has served with a great deal of integrity.”

Meanwhile, as we’ve pointed out before, Landrieu is tarred with her own bribery scandal.

Last year, Republican Jim Ogonowski was narrowly defeated by Niki Tsongas in the race for the 5th Congressional District. It is now being reported that Ogonowski is planning to challenge John Kerry for his Senate seat. Does he have a chance of victory? I look at various factors that will come into play in the race here.

It amazes that despite so much positive things going on in our economy, Democrats have constantly talked it down, even go so far as to say that the economy is recession.

As part of her successful closing argument in the New Hampshire primary, Clinton deliberately made news at one of her events by citing new unemployment data to declare Jan. 5: “I think the economy is slipping toward recession.”

Pocketbook issues are moving to the fore as gas prices go up and housing foreclosures increase. Indeed, strategists in both parties speculate that the economy could be a bigger issue than national security in next fall’s general election.

“Hillary believes we need real action now,” says a policy paper to be issued by the Clinton campaign Friday. “While economists may still be debating whether we’ve met the technical definition of a recession, for hard-hit middle class families that question has already been answered.

While arguing about the economic outlook is one thing, there’s no reason for anyone to be giving the impression that the economy might be in a recession right now. Since Bush’s tax cuts have taken effect, we’ve experience continuous job growth. Unemployment has been at or below 5% (which is considered full employment)… As for the GDP, we’ve experienced 24 consecutive quarters of economic growth. Hardly the sign that may have “met the technical definition of a recession.”

Hillary’s use of anecdotal evidence to claim the economy is in bad shape is misleading, and her so-called economic stimulus package would do nothing to strengthen our economy. You can’t improve the economy by just spending money under the guise of economic stimulus.

To keep our economy strong, the first thing that needs to be done is to make President Bush’s tax cuts permanent.

The GOP candidates for president are about to participate in the FOX News debate in South Carolina… Remember, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards were too chicken to participate in a debate hosted by FOX.

In 2003, the Supreme Judicial Court imposed gay marriage in my state… and now our governor, Deval Patrick (Obama-lite to you), wants to impose allowing illegal immigrants to get the in-state tuition rates for state colleges and universities … without going through the legislature.