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...Thompson campaign is hoping that this hawkish immigration message will help earn its candidate a bronze medal on caucus night, January 3. With the two Republican front-runners, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, both polling over 25%, a respectable third-place finish is the most that Thompson can hope for. But even that won't be easy, since three Republican candidates are vying for the third spot in Iowa - Arizona Sen. John McCain, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Thompson, each with poll numbers that hover around 10%. Though fourth or fifth place is not necessarily a death knell...
...pastor's power is to tell you what it all means. And so Mike Huckabee, the preacher turned politician, stands before several hundred in a convention hall here Friday, spinning a tale worthy of a worship service. His campaign, he says, is not just about his ideas for the country. It is about reclaiming the very essence of America - a land where any child, no matter how poor or disconnected from power, can grow up to be President of the United States...
...know if he was thinking of running for president then but it wouldn't have mattered because the issue hadn't come up then, certainly not on the national scene. So he's got a record and on the other hand, [former Arkansas Governor Mike] Huckabee's got one too and it's just the opposite. As Huckabee came up in the polls that certainly was a worry - like somebody shooting off a flare for us, you know be careful here. And you know you've got McCain coming up in the polls a bit, you've got Huckabee ahead...
...Democrat politburo instructing Hollywood to make anti-war movies - at least, not that I know of. And not every showbiz liberal agreed that the jihadist insurgency should be indicated with a finger that was wagging, pointing or raised. Some of them - Tom Hanks, writer Aaron Sorkin, director Mike Nichols - thought they should do what they do best: turn it all into comedy. The result, Charlie Wilson's War, is that seemingly impossible object these days: a picture about war and politics that has manages to be both rational and inspirational. It is also the year's funniest smart movie...
...parks. Rangers argue that the rule cuts down on the potential hazards to wildlife as well as to visitors in the congested parks. But now, 47 Senators have signed on to a letter to the Interior Department requesting an end to the ban on firearms. Initiated by Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo, the letters other signatories include Montana's two Democratic Senators - Max Baucus, who is up for re-election, and Jon Tester - as well as the entire delegations of Wyoming and Idaho...