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...fruitful dialogue to call President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and say he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading Iraq? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. Carl J. Ekberg Purgitsville, West Virginia...
...control, abortion rights and same-sex civil unions. And outgoing Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney espoused liberal views on gay rights and abortion when he was running for office in Massachusetts, though he has disavowed them as he has moved into national politics. Many conservatives had high hopes for Virginia's George Allen and Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum--until they lost their Senate re-election races last year. And Evangelicals say they adore all-but-announced contender Sam Brownback, a former Evangelical who converted to Catholicism and is one of the Senate's most ardent opponents of embryonic-stem-cell research...
Huckabee is not the only Republican long shot who senses an opening. With each week, it seems the potential field of conservatives is growing. Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson has already formed an exploratory committee; California Congressman Duncan Hunter and former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore are expected to soon. Also being talked about as possible candidates are South Dakota Senator John Thune and a raft of current and former Governors that includes Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, Oklahoma's Frank Keating and Colorado's Bill Owens. But the one whom many conservatives are pining for--Florida's outgoing Governor, Jeb Bush...
...fruitful dialogue to call President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and say he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading Iraq? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. Carl J. Ekberg Purgitsville, West Virginia...
...into an Alamo of sorts. Cartee's unit hopes to stop the onslaught before Hamed's holdout of about 1,200 people falls, but lately hopes on both sides have dimmed. "They're not surrounded yet, but they will be soon," says Cartee, a reedy young officer from West Virginia who speaks with a slight southern accent. Cartee thinks Hamed's flock can last perhaps weeks, not months, before the Mahdi Army overruns them. "They don't have long...