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“She doesn’t have any foreign policy credentials,”

“You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean,          I don’t know what you can say. You can’t say anything.”

“I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, ‘I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia,”  “That kind of thing is insulting to the American people.”

---Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel (R)

Are you surprised that he said this about a fellow Republican?

Happy Blogging,

Mike

President Bush is among the headliners at the                RNC Convention tonight speaking to the crowd via satellite at 9:30 p.m.

Democrats are trying to tie Sen. John McCain to               Pres. Bush.  He has approval ratings hovering around          30-percent.   

Here's the question: Will The President be a liability,            or give a lift to the McCain-Palin Campaign?

What do ya think?

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Parade Magazine has essays from both Presidential candidates about patriotism. 

I pulled two of the most poignant quotes.

What do you think of them.

Happy Blogging,

Mike

"Patriotism in my mind — not just a love of America in the abstract, but a very particular love for, and faith in, one another as Americans"

---Senator Barack Obama

 If we are to be genuine patriots, we must remember also that we are patriots because we love the countrymen we will never know, who will be born after we are gone.

---Senator John McCain

From The Associated Press: Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 Democratic vice presidential candidate, for saying that Barack Obama "would not be in this position" if he were white instead of black.

Last week, Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.:  "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

What do you think about what Ferraro said? 

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Tomorrow is the "Potomac Primary" where D.C, Maryland, and and Virginia get to vote on the Democratic nominee.

Who has the advantage or disadvantage? 

Will one candidate sweep all three, or will it be a

mix-matched primary?

Make a prediction.

Happy Blogging,

Mike 

Today, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican presidential race.

It seems like McCain is getting all of the big time establishment Republican endorsements.

Will Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee or Ron Paul be able to recover from McCain's seemingly endless wave of public official endorsements?

How much do endorsements from public officials matter?

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Hi everybody,

I'm in the car right now, headed to St. Petersburg to cover Mitt Romney's campaign party tonight for FOX 35 and MY 65.

Some political analysts say for Florida voters on the Republican side, it's a choice between Romney and economic security vs. McCain and national security.

What do you think? 

Happy Blogging,

Mike

The Orlando Sentinel just endorsed Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton; saying in part:

"Mr. McCain has proved himself a leader over decades, in the military and then in Congress. He has a strong grasp of public policy, especially national security and foreign affairs. But he has made a name for himself in his willingness to buck the powers that be in Washington, D.C. -- including leaders in his own party and powerful special interests -- for such causes as campaign-finance reform and responsible budgeting."


"Mrs. Clinton is unrivaled in her experience and her knowledge of issues. She has been in the thick of public-policy debates in Washington since 1992. Since her election in 2000 to the Senate, she has put a special emphasis on studying the national-security issues she would face as commander in chief."

What do you think? 

Is the Orlando Sentinel on target, or off the mark?

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Did anybody see the CNN/Congressional Black Caucus Institute Debate last night in Myrtle Beach, SC?

At one point, Senator Obama told Senator Clinton he was helping unemployed workers on the streets of Chicago when "you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at               Wal-Mart."

Moments later, Clinton said to Obama that she was fighting against misguided Republican policies "when you were practicing law and representing your contributor ... in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago."

I'll admit, it did make for good t.v. 

And Clinton, Obama and Edwards did talk about issues.

But, have debates always been this nasty, this early?

And should they? 

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Today President Bush predicted that a Mideast peace treaty would be signed by the time he leaves office next year.

Other Presidents before him have tried to do the same thing.

What do you think? Can it be done? Will it be done?

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Ok, we know what the polls say.  But time for you to be the prognosticator.

How do you think the Republican and Democratic candidates will place in New Hampshire.

  Rank your predictions.

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Hi everybody,

You can find it the Candidate Matchmaker here on myfoxorlando.com.

Just click on "You Decide 2008" and you'll see the matchmaker in the upper right-hand corner.

It only takes a few minutes, and is very interesting.

Compare your position on key political issues with the presidential candidates.

After you're finished, please blog about whether you agree or disagree with the match-up.

Happy Blogging,

Mike

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Republican Presidential Caucus in Iowa.

In his speech tonight, he said he won despite being overwhelmingly outspent in t.v. and radio ads.

What does it mean?  Does money still count in campaigns?

Happy Blogging,

Mike