Bob McCarty Writes

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson officially entered the 2008 presidential race yesterday, announcing his bid for the White House Sunday.
Tommy Thompson — not to be confused with former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, who’s also considering a run — billed himself as both the “reliable conservative” and the “dark horse” candidate in a crowded Republican [...]

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An Associated Press report out of Tehran today leads this blogger to believe Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is going to milk this homemade hostage crisis for all it’s worth, virtually terrorizing Britons and their Western Allies for weeks to come. The substance of the report appears below:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP)
Iran’s ambassador to Russia renewed a [...]

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Bob McCarty Writes has learned two recent telephone polls show Arizona Sen. John McCain winning among likely South Carolina Republican voters. Whether or not his first-place finishes will be enough to secure victory in the 2008 presidential race — a race that’s still a year out — remains to be seen.
Running against George W. [...]

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After becoming the first Democrat Party candidate to declare his candidacy for president, Tom Vilsack became the first to withdraw from the 2008 presidential race, according to an Associated Press report published this morning. Sources tell Bob McCarty Writes, the former Iowa governor feared having to display WARNING: TOM VILSACK labels on materials [...]

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In his Living Politics column published last week, Newsweek columnist Howard Fineman asked the question, so there must be some validity to it: “Is Obama losing the web war?”
Comparing Obama’s web presence to that of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Fineman wrote, “Obama got in the first major salvo—which Hillary has answered with an [...]

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