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The trial balloons floated last week touting White House Budget chief and former Iowa Rep. Jim Nussle as a possible candidate for Republican National Committee chair seem to be rising. Nussle’s chief competition seems to be former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
“As a Republican House member from Iowa, (Nussle) was part of the Gingrich transition team [...]

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback from Kansas is bringing in the band Kansas, and hoping he won’t be dust in the wind by day’s end. Congressman Duncan Hunter of California has hired an Elvis impersonator. And unlikely Led Zeppelin fan Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, will be playing bass with his own band.
“Take a [...]

Fred Thompson is quite the ladies man, the Times of London reported in a piece called “Old girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson.” It’s an interesting read in which several old flames fawn over Thompson and tell the Times that they would support his presidential candidacy if he runs. Here’s a gem from the story:
In [...]

[Commentary] Since hearing Newt Gingrich say the Republican Party needs “to do more than attack Hillary and Obama,” I’ve managed to recover from the hypocritical irony of such a statement from the man who led the charge to impeach Bill Clinton. In fact, I’ve thought about what else he had to say Thursday in Iowa [...]

1:30.  Just back from a short press conference.  Highlights.
Iraq.  "If you do what the liberals want you'll have chaos and massive death, and send a message that America can't be counted on."  He would triple the Iraqi forces and get the U.S. out of cities and not use Americans for policing.  Holly Berkowitz starts to [...]