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[Commentary] Ron Gunzburger of Politics1 looks at the McCain campaign and hits the coffin nail on the head:
The McCain campaign is essentially finished, but McCain must continue acting like a real candidate until January to qualify for the federal matching funds he needs to pay off the campaign debt and operating costs for the [...]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the Responsible Redeployment From Iraq Act, setting an April 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq.  The measure allows for a continued “limited presence” in Iraq and now moves to the Senate where, if passed, it faces a certain veto.  But the 223-201 vote is [...]

Congressman Tom Tancredo, Know Nothing-Colo., titles his book “In Mortal Danger,” and now he’s taking on the mortal danger of … babies?

The presidential candidate has introduced a bill that would strip citizenship from babies born to undocumented residents.  Instead, those children would only become citizens when one parent is a citizen or permanent legal resident.

There [...]

[Commentary] At Saturday’s Republican presidential candidate forum, sponsored by Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance, candidates spoke to the base, the hard core social conservatives and anti-tax Republicans that will likely choose the winner of the Iowa caucuses. Each candidate who spoke—and those that didn’t—said volumes not only about why they were [...]

The Stuff The Right Cares About

(Commentary) Conservative candidates fighting for the niche on the Republican right are having trouble setting their priorities between fetus-worship and nativism.
The Brownback campaign, seeking the pre-natal vote, takes a shot at Tom Tancredo:
“Tancredo has accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Dr. John Tanton, a founder of a [...]

I'm at the Presidential Candidate Forum sponsored by Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance at the Hy-Vee Center in Des Moines. Candidates speaking include former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, and California Congressman Duncan Hunter.
Go read the whole live-blogging below the fold.

Journalists call it “string saving” — collecting little bits and pieces that can eventually be tied together into a story.  Here are the loose threads of the week.
Caucus Date Leapfrog Update: Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic says South Carolina GOP chairman Katon Dawson will “definitely” move the party’s primary from Jan. 29.  South Carolina [...]

[Commentary] Tom Tancredo is now calling on Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance to reconsider and invite Ron Paul to Saturday's forum.  Maybe he thinks this wins some points from the Paul People, but I doubt it.  I would think the libertarian position on immigration would be to open the borders and [...]

In a surprise win, presidential candidate Tom Tancredo Friday  successfully tacked on an amendment to the Homeland Security appropriations bill that would withhold federal emergency services funding for “sanctuary cities” that protect illegal immigrants.

The House passed the amendment, 234 to 189, with 50 Democrats voting in favor.  In the Iowa delegation, Iowan Bruce Braley and [...]

Lost in the shuffle of Wednesday’s dual announcements that Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are skipping the August straw poll in Ames: Tom Tancredo is also making some campaign changes.  The Rocky Mountain News reports:
Rep. Tom Tancredo plans to change direction in his long-shot presidential campaign so he can pressure fellow Republicans into rejecting an [...]