Long after the Republican Roundup was over, a group of diehard Eric Cantor fans stayed around, as he drove down from D.C. after working on the bailout. This photo was taken an hour after the event was supposed to be over. (Cantor is at  right with his back to the camera). [More photos at Conservativa].
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Elections matter. Mark Warner, who wants to be in the Senate, has now been endorsed by Jason Alexander. That’s right, an actor best known for playing a feckless Yankee in an old TV show, a show proud to be described as “about nothing,&#8221…

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Anyone want to weigh in on some reasonably neutral sites that offer comparisons of Obama and McCain?
I’ll start:

votesmart.org (Obama, McCain)
ontheissues.org (Obama, McCain)

Okay, your turn. Please link to NEUTRAL sites (or nearly so). It helps if the sites cite sources - names, dates, bill numbers, newspaper articles, etc., instead of just making assertions.

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Just a quick report from the sign wars… heard from friends in Richmond - they have had SIX yard signs (for McCain) stolen from their yard. That’s right, six times someone has stolen a McCain sign from their yard, which is on a busy street i…

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‘Member this? The condescending NBC Nightly News report on Wassila? I didn’t put the whole transcript there - I left out several pieces, including this one:
“Nonetheless, the area grew, and so did government spending and the city’s debt. Palin was able to cut property taxes because the previous adminstration had increased the sales tax. [...]

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‘Member this? The condescending NBC Nightly News report on Wassila? I didn’t put the whole transcript there - I left out several pieces, including this one:
“Nonetheless, the area grew, and so did government spending and the city’s debt. Palin was able to cut property taxes because the previous adminstration had increased the sales tax. [...]

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Or, how do people get the idea that the MSM is condescending to small town America? Here is my transcript of some of a report on NBC news tonight. Here’s the link (which plays a commercial first) - scroll to pick the story on Wasilla. (Excerpts here are my transcript).
So anchor Brian Williams says: “NBC’s [...]

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From CNN, “Coalition troops on Monday formally handed over security control of Iraq’s Anbar province — once the hub of the country’s Sunni insurgency, to Iraqis on Monday.” Is it all sunshine and roses? No, but it is a true milestone, in a good way. I like this quotation from a Guardian story:
Anbar was once [...]

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(OODA loop info here). More here - an excellent article by Bill Whittle (H/T - Kat).

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This photo, released by DVIDS, shows a Russian missile lying in someone’s house in Gori. While the DNC fest is going on in Denver, let’s not forget what is happening in Georgia. This post is a bit of a link roundup, but they are good links.
Plenty of heavy stuff to come, but let’s start with [...]

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This photo, released by DVIDS, shows a Russian missile lying in someone’s house in Gori. While the DNC fest is going on in Denver, let’s not forget what is happening in Georgia. This post is a bit of a link roundup, but they are good links.
Plenty of heavy stuff to come, but let’s start with [...]

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That breathtaking answer given by Sen. Obama to “at what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?” - “Well, you know, I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, you know, is above my pay grade.” (CNN transcript here). [...]

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Mark Warner is to be the keynote speaker at the Democratic Convention. The Times-Dispatch covers it, burying this excellent quotation at the very end:
Gilmore’s campaign spokeswoman, Ana Gamonal, said the choice of Warner “is an honor for him.” But, she added, “it puts to rest the false claim that he is bipartisan. What will he [...]

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…Mrs. Ethel Smith-Harris once saw Jack Abramoff walking down the street in Washington, DC! No really! He almost bumped into her, then he said, “Oh, excuse me” and went on AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. And she went back to teaching school the next day! HOW COULD SHE! She is like radioactive now!!!! Who knows how [...]

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Virginia former-governor cage match! Well, a little more formal than that… It will be at the Homestead, this Saturday, July 19, 11 a.m. Moderator will be columnist David Broder. Credentialed media are invited to attend. The debate is hosted by the Virginia Bar Association.

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No, really! This is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, from Minnesota’s 6th congressional district. She has been a federal tax attorney, so she understands very well what high taxes mean to families. Here, she is speaking to the Jennifer Byler Institute on Wednesday as it met in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, her speech was very short as she [...]

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More Rep. Eric Cantor for Vice-President talk, this time from the New York Post. It makes a lot of sense. Cantor is all over energy independence - he has this recent post on his blog, “The Drill Nothing Congress.” He’s just saying what many, many Americans are thinking, “Why on earth don’t we _do_ [...]

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Norm posted this video over at Tertium Quids. C’mon, sing along! Barack Obama: Friends.

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Republican Senate Candidate Jim Gilmore listening to Colonel (Ret.) James Hopper of the United States Army Reserve. Col. Hopper recently returned from Iraq, where he was part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team.
Gilmore served in the Army in Germany doing intelligence work, so he is well-positioned to ask the right questions of our current military people [...]

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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling share the stage with former presidential candidate and Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney (and AG Bob McDonnell) at a fundraiser in Glen Allen, Va. on Thursday night. They had also appeared together with Senate candidate Jim Gilmore and Congressional hopeful Keith Fimian earlier in the day.
More photos at Conservativa.

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