Below The Beltway

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll of Iowa Caucus goers is out, and it doesn’t bode well for Mitt Romney:
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the Iowa caucus finds former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee with 28% of the vote, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 25% support, and everyone else far behind. National frontrunner Rudy [...]

Having grown up outside New York City, I’ve long been convinced that the more the American public comes to know about Rudy Giuliani’s tenure as U.S. Attorney and Mayor, the less they will like him.
Today, the Politico reports that while Mayor he billed the City of New York for “security expenses” during the time he [...]

Once again, Stephen Green will be drunkblogging the Republican debate tonight over at Pajamas Media. As I noted earlier, I’ll be watching the debate with the assistance of a fine Cabernet or three but can’t do it live because the television and computer are in separate parts of the house and I don’t have access [...]

Time Magazine June 28, 2004
You know, I have repeatedly defended President Bush against the left on Iraq, even though I think he should have waited until the U.N. inspections were over. I don’t believe he went in there for oil. We didn’t go in there for imperialist or financial reasons. We went in there [...]

Guy walks into bank, tries to deposit fake $ 1,000,000 bill:
AIKEN, S.C. - A bank teller had a million reasons to deny this transaction.
Police say a man tried to open an account with a $1 million bill, which does not exist. The teller refused and called police while the man started to curse at bank [...]

The Democrats did it in July, and now the Republican candidates for President get to go subject themselves to the inanity of the CNN/YouTube Debate:
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (CNN) — The Sunshine State takes center stage Wednesday night in the race for the White House as eight Republican presidential candidates face off in the party’s first [...]

If you’re planning on moving to a nation ruled by Sharia law, don’t name your teddy bear Mohammed:
KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) — A British teacher arrested in Sudan after allowing her class to name a teddy bear “Mohammed” has been charged by authorities with offending religion, British officials say.
Gillian Gibbons, 54, is being held by police [...]

Some thoughts on why not every libertarian agrees with Ron Paul’s foreign policy over at The Liberty Papers.

From what this New York Times article says, the answer seems to be yes:
The religious divide over Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith that his supporters had long feared would occur is emerging in Iowa as he is being challenged in state polls by Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor who has played up his faith in [...]

As I noted yesterday, the Virginia Republican Party will require everyone voting in next year’s Presidential Primary to sign a statement that they will support the parties’ nominee in the 2008 election.
Not surprisingly, the news received some negative reaction from even the most Republican of Virginia bloggers. Leslie Carbone noted that, though the oath [...]