As the primaries draw nearer, I guess I should state something explicitly that I hope everyone reading this blog realizes anyway: Any opinions I express about any of the prospective presidential candidates are mine alone and are not necessarily shared by the other members of the Old War Dogs pack. That said, I'm free to state for the record that I think Mike Huckabee would be the worst President this country has seen since Jimmy Carter, only slightly better than a Democrat, and I'll work hard at making sure you know why you should vote for someone else in the primaries. I'm not too thrilled about Mitt or Rudy either, but in their cases I'll try hard to remember The Eleventh Commandment. ("Thou shalt speak no evil of a fellow Republican." -- I'm not at all convinced Huckabee or Paul either one qualify for protection under that rule.) The only one with any chance of getting the nomination that I could actually feel really good about voting for is Fred Thompson, and I'll continue to do my best to make sure you understand why.

Quick hits:

• Israel: 'Faulty' report on Iran may spark war

• White Flag Dems Watch: Senate passes troop funding bill with no nutroots strings attached

• IEA: Iraq’s oil production now exceeds pre-war levels

• The Quiet Victory Of Musa Qala

• Jihadists plead guilty to plotting attacks on US synagogues

• Goose Creek Two update: Now there’s a third

• Voices of Reason on Climate Change

• Old Mister Withers Speaks

• Everything You Need To Know About The Top Tier GOP Candidates In A Single Column

• “Worst debate in western history” may be gettin’ a do-over

• Charles Krauthammer: The proper role of faith in the presidency still eludes candidates.

• Quin Hillyer: Fred Ain't Dead

• The Very Deep Thoughtts Of Mike Huckabee
• Playground Diplomacy?
• Another troubling Huckabee clemency
• The Perils of Huckaplomacy
• Huck Duping Evangelicals? Appears So
• He's not a doctor of theology, he just plays one on tv
• Coulter [who apparently reads this blog]: “Huckabee is the Republican Jimmy Carter”
• Video: NBC on Huckabee’s ethics;
  Update: 21 Huck gift-givers received appointments, says Politico

• Would An Obama Nomination Change The Tone In 2008?

• Noonan: It takes a Potemkin village.

• Stephen F. Hayes: Saint Barack of Iowa

• LAT: Air of inevitability escaping Clinton
• Time to Move On...From Hillary
• Kinder, gentler Hillary trades explicit dirty tricks for hints of dirty tricks to come
• Team Hillary: You Want Change? We’ll Bring Change.
  And We Didn’t Mean to Say Barack Was a Drug Dealer.

Contributed by Bill Faith on December 15, 2007 at 12:01 AM | Permalink

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