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I’ve got a ton of work for the next few days; so posting will be light.

Michael Kinsley has a hilarious take on candidates who just won’t quit.

A memo from Bush pollster Matthew Dowd puts New Hampshire in perspective:
The notion that “so many” Republicans voted in the Democratic primary this year, that their “enthusiasm” on primary day showed how angry they are at President Bush and that this will “spell trouble” in November is flat wrong. The facts from Tuesday’s exit polls [...]

He did too use Botox!

Posting will be light today because of work. So you get to play Karl Rove today. What strategy should President Bush use to defeat John Kerry? Should he run a massive barrage of positive advertising? Focus on 9/11? Point out Kerry’s liberal record? Or his flip-flops? Click Comments and explain what strategy the president should [...]

Slate’s Timothy Noah argues that Democrats should stop looking to the South and try to carry other states. While Noah’s snooty tone will offend many Southerners, he does have a point. If Al Gore had won 7,000 more votes in New Hampshire, he’d have become president without carrying a single Southern state.
However, the picture is [...]

John “Botox” Kerry?

James Taranto sums up the results from New Hampshire:
John Kerry is the winner here–and the only winner. It’s a wash for John Edwards, who was never expected to come close to winning New Hampshire and who moves South beginning next week. Everyone else is a loser.
It’s hard to see why anyone would vote for Wesley [...]

Here are just a few of the votes John Kerry has cast in his long, shockingly liberal US Senate career:

Voted against funding our troops in Iraq, one of only twelve senators to do so.
Voted for at least seven major reductions in defense and military spending.
Voted repeatedly to slash the budgets of intelligence agencies by billions [...]

What liberal media?

Exit polls all show Kerry and Dean in the thirties, with Dean close on Kerry’s heels. This is great! If Dean comes in closer than expected, he could declare himself the “comeback kid.” Even if a Dean nomination – that would ensure a Bush landslide – is looking unlikely, at least Kerry won’t get to [...]

Here’s an impressive list of things the president has achieved for conservatives. My gripe, though, is that the president has also done too much for liberals. If it were just rhetorical concessions, like Bill Clinton gave to conservatives, I wouldn’t mind. But President Bush has worked with a Republican Congress to implement major components of [...]

Whenever John Kerry reminds you that he’s a Vietnam veteran, remember this.

All the polls have Kerry leading by double-digit margins in today’s New Hampshire Democrat primary.

Fred Barnes has collected a few Kerry flip-flops.
Barnes is just scratching the surface. Kerry’s flip-flopping nature was apparent when he fought in Vietnam, only to return home and become a virulent critic of the war. Since then, his life has been one big opportunistic lie. He’s lied about everything from being Irish to having prostate [...]