Bob McCarty Writes

With fall just around the corner, the International Coaching Federation issued guidelines today for schools and other organizations to follow when hiring a coach. I thought it would be interesting to adapt the group’s guidelines — they call them “the Five Cs” — to the political process in advance of the 2008 presidential election. 1. [...]

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If the 2008 presidential election was held today based upon the outcome of the Iowa caucuses, American voters would be faced with this choice: Democrat Barack Obama vs. Republican Mike Huckabee. To see how the two might fare in mortal combat, however, you’ll need to visit a web site I came across this morning. Talk [...]

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I’m not an Iowa voter, but I spent some “quality time” over the weekend imagining what one might be thinking as he considers his options. A product of that time appears below: Few voters actually participate in the Iowa caucuses, according to one report today. Among those who do, I can’t imagine there exists anything [...]

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In today’s American Minute, Wiliam J. “Bill” Federer highlights a 207-year-old prayer: On Nov. 1, 1800, John Adams became the first U.S. President to move into the White House. The following day he wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, in which he composed a beautiful prayer. A portion of that prayer was inscribed on [...]

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a Dear Ron Paul Supporters, Including my first mention of Ron Paul in a post on this blog March 3, I’ve written about or mentioned the dark horse Republican presidential candidate from Texas in no fewer than 37 posts. Early on, I was lukewarm to the 72-year-old with the libertarian message as evidenced in my [...]

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Sources inside the Mike Huckabee for President campaign tell Bob McCarty Writes the former Arkansas governor’s fund-raising efforts have spiked in recent days — to the point that it raised $160,000 during the first three days of October alone. That news was accompanied by other noteworthy observations about Huckabee‘s third-quarter report filed with the Federal [...]

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Recently, I read a news report about a supporter of Rudy Giuliani throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign. In response, I’m asking supporters of Mike Huckabee (a.k.a., HUCKABEELIEVERS) to contribute to his campaign $4.15 for each year they’ve filed a federal tax return. Why $4.15? [...]

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