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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Will Huckabee departure unite GOP?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mike Huckabee withdrew from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, praising nominee-to-be John McCain as a man of integrity. Will Huckabee’s pledge of support, coupled with an expected endorsement Wednesday by President Bush, rally the party behind the Arizona senator?
And do you think Huckabee’s graciousness might be returned with an invitation from McCain to join the ticket?
Clinton’s got an excuse to stay in the race
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It looks like Hillary Clinton will get the excuse she needs to stay in this race. She’s tenacious, she wants to be president and she’s determined to stay in this campaign if she can justify it.
Even if she only wins Ohio, it looks like Texas will be close enough to give her the excuse she needs to stay in until Pennsylvania.
That’s bad news for the Democrats since John McCain is free to campaign against both of them.
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Clinton and the fear factor
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The latest polls show Clinton’s lead growing in Ohio, while the two remain neck-and-neck in Texas. Some analysts believe Clinton has regained momentum with the “red-phone” ad questioning Obama’s fitness to be commander-in-chief.
If Clinton somehow pulls out a win in both states, then she has an excellent argument to make to the superdelegates: Voters still respond to fear.
Obama’s campaign has been based on the implicit argument that voters no longer respond to fear. If Clinton wins both states, that probably proves Obama wrong on that point.
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Sunday booze: Does the Bible tell us no?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Norcross resident B. Emory Potter argues that opponents of Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia have no Biblical argument to back their case. Read the column
Jesus turned water into wine, and He “forged the new testament with bread and wine,” writes Potter.
“It is not our Lord Jesus who commands no alcohol sales on Sunday, nor should the same be said of Christians,” Potter wrote. “It is people using the name of the Lord in vain to support their personal message of forced temperance.”
What do you think?
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