Iowa Presidential Watch
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Q U O T A B L E S

October 18, 2005

 "The real question," Dick Morris asked, "is would she [Condoleezza Rice] refuse to run if millions of Americans cast votes for her and she appeared to be on the way to winning the nomination?"

"Before the first indictment you [Ronnie Earl] tried to coerce a guilty plea from Tom DeLay for a misdemeanor, stating the alternative was indictment for a felony which would require his stepping down as Majority Leader of the House of Representatives," attorney Dick DeGuerin for DeLay wrote.

"Based on the allegations, it seems that Tom DeLay has no problem with recommending the use of conduits to hide the source of money going to campaigns," said Larry Noble, director of the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, which studies money in politics. Noble was chief counsel to the FEC at the time of Pete Cloeren's complaint about DeLay. "He seems to be somebody who likes playing in the gray areas, and occasionally stepping over the line."

"No one knows how I would rule," said Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers

   

J U S T   P O L I T I C S

 

Warner’s friend problem

Virginia Governor Mark Warner is making the commentaries rounds with thoughts that his close association with his Lt. Governor Tim Kaine may scuttle his presidential ambitions. Kaine is trying to succeed Warner as Governor and his positions are definitely on the liberal side, according to the Body Politic website:

How much pain will Kaine inflict on Warner’s presidential aspirations? Warner is in a very difficult position. He can help a liberal like Kaine win today but cost himself the "centrist" label, or Warner can save his political future by distancing himself from Kaine. If Kaine loses the race, will Warner get blamed for not helping enough? Whether its property taxes, abortion, the death penalty, guns, or gays, Kaine’s positions are just too liberal for the national stage. Any way you slice it, Warner has a political price to pay.

Khobar sell-out

Former Clinton strategist Dick Morris says that Clinton sold out on the Khobar investigation for lower gas prices. Morris claims that through hindsight he understands why during Clinton’s reelection campaign he would stress the cost of gas at American pumps [report on NewsMax ]:

"For Clinton to have picked up the phone and demanded that the Saudis let the FBI question their suspects would have risked annoying them by implying skepticism about their toughness on terrorism. And Clinton could not risk alienating Riyadh."

Instead - even as Clinton was publicly vowing to hunt the Khobar killers to the ends of the earth - he was signaling the Saudis, Morris said, that the Khobar probe was not his top priority, gas prices were."

 

 

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