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The Ref's Averages
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
The Ref's Average
Giuliani Leads by 12.5%
Giuliani 29.5
Thompson 17.0
McCain 15.3
Romney 10.9
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
The Ref's Average
Clinton Leads by 22.0%
Clinton 44.9
Obama 22.9
Edwards 12.4
HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUPS
In Order of Most Likely
Clinton 44.8
Giuliani 40.3
Clinton 49
Thompson 38
Clinton 47.0
McCain 38.5
Clinton 48.7
Romney 36.3
STATE PRIMARY LEADERS
New Hampshire
Romney +8.7
Clinton +20.0
Iowa
Romney +16.1
Clinton +7.3
South Carolinha
Romney +3.0
Clinton +21.0
Michigan
Romney +8.4
No Delegates (Dem)
Florida
Giuliani +10.6
Clinton +23.6

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NOT SO CLEVER ATTEMPT AT HUMORCropped and modified from the image originally posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/trumanlo/230587068/. Original image uploaded on flickr.com by user trumanlo. Originally taken on 2006.08.29. This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License (cc-by-sa-2.0). In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it under this or a similar cc-by-sa license.       FALSE START: We like Brian Williams because overall he's fairer than some of the others in the liberal media, but he does not shy away from carrying the Democrat's water from time to time.  On Saturday Night Live he joked that the media had already decided to back Hillary Clinton in this election.  The line drew little laughter probably because it rang true, almost as an admission bubbling out. That clip showed up on YouTube but is no longer available "due to a coypyright claim by NBC Universal."  Interestingly, other clips of Williams's appearance have not been removed from YouTube despite the fact that NBC Universal holds the same copyright on those clips. Maybe Brian should guard against his tendency to tell the truth in the future, at least until NBC has had a chance to review his version of the truth. 

THE ABSURD EDUCATION DEMAGUOGERY CONTINUESPresidential candidate John Edwards, 3. September 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA.. September 03, 2007 at 11:23. Authors: Joey Gannon from Pittsburgh, PA . This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License (cc-by-sa-2.0). In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it under this or a similar cc-by-sa license. PERSONAL FOUL: John Edwards continued on his never-ending two Americas theme today when he pointed out that there are two public school systems in America, one that fails low-income students and another for wealthy students. Edwards Talks Education in Iowa, Amy Lorentzen, AP. Of course it's not true. There are thousands of public school systems, some good and some not so good.  Most fall in the middle of the pack. Edwards creates a dichotomy of two to play on the doubts of those parents whose kids may be enrolled in a decent school, but maybe not one that receives the highest of praise. Edwards is not alone on this issue in this election cycle. Pandering to teachers Bill Richardson has called for a minimum wage of $40,000.00 for them. The Democrats continue to play class warfare whenever the opportunity arises. They play on fears and insecurity. They ignore the remarkable achievements of America's public education system so they can squeeze votes out of those who are looking for someone to hate. Disgraceful. 

SOME RARE COMMON SENSE FROM DEMSDianne Feinstein. This United States Congress image is in the public domain. This may be because it is an official Congressional portrait, because it was taken by an official employee of the Congress, or because it has been released into the public domain and posted on the official websites of a member of Congress. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright. FIRST DOWN: Senators Diane Feinstein and Chuck Schumer agreed to pass AG nominee Mukasey out of the Senate Judiciary committee. Considering the current mood of the Democratic caucus and their supporters, this act demonstrates some rare common sense from two Democrats anyway.  This country needs an Attorney General and this act of party disloyalty helps Bush and the American people.  It's rare, but Feinstein and Schumer did the right thing. 

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November 5, 2007

NBC Censors YouTube: Unguarded Brian Williams Moment too Truthful

Brian Williams appeared on Saturday Night Live this week.  He uttered a line that NBC Universal did not approve of.  He said that the media has already decided to back Hillary Clinton.  A video of the statement appeared on YouTube.com but has been removed "due to a copyright claim by NBC Universal."  NBC made no other such claims regarding other videos from the same show.  Clearly NBC fears the implications of such a video floating about in cyberspace.  This selective copyright claim appears to be a form of censorship.  If NBC had made a practice of refusing to allow any such video to appear on YouTube this would not be conspicuous. The freedom YouTube provides to post links and embed video proved too much for this revealing statement that simply was too close to the truth.  From what we could find the clip is also not available on NBC's website.

Musharraf's TV address

"Pakistan is on the verge of destabilization if not arrested in time, now, without losing any further time or delaying the issue."

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