According to the head to head matches posted by RealClearPolitics.com, if Hillary were to face McCain in a presidential election, McCain would come out ahead. Some of the polls that showed this were the Rasmussen, Fox News, Zogby, and CNN. Now, these polls are over a week old because everyone is currently focusing on the Iowa caucus. It would be interesting to see if this was still the case after we get the results from Iowa.
With 2008 bringing changes not only in the United States’ leadership but also the Russian leadership, it is important to hear what the potential presidential candidates have to say concerning Russia. The candidates’ take on Russia is especially important now that the Russian government under Putin has been steadily moving away from democratic rule. Combine this with the fact that Russia has been contracted to build nuclear reactors in Iran and possibly sell them an air defense system and you got a major foreign policy issue.
The only real interesting thing I found in this article was Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy plan concerning Russia. From what was said in the article, Hillary obviously can’t grasp that the policies inside Russia’s borders have an affect their foreign policy. I deduce this from the following quote from the Boston Globe cited in this article:
In the wide-ranging interview, the senator, a Democrat of New York, also said her policy on Russia would focus on influencing that nation’s role in the world rather than trying to halt its internal move away from democracy. She would seek Russia’s help negotiating with Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program, she said, and try to prevent Russia from “being a problem in the Middle East” or bullying its neighbors.
“I’m interested in what Russia does outside its borders first,” she said. “I don’t think I can, as the president of the United States, wave my hand and tell the Russian people they should have a different government.”
Yea, and at this rate the Russian people won’t have much say about their government either. Who would have thought that Hillary would be the one to support a dictator as long as they would support the United States?
Well, after all the hype about Huckabee misspeaking yesterday about Bhutto, Hillary can join the ranks by not knowing how Bhutto’s father was killed and how many children she had. She is quoted as saying the following yesterday in Denison, Iowa :
She wrote a very moving autobiography which begins with the assassination of her father who had been the leader of Pakistan and was killed as well. I grieve for her family particularly her two children.
Read the whole article to find out how Bhutto’s father was actually killed and how many children she really had.
Well, it seems I missed a lot of action this past weekend while I relaxed at my peaceful North Carolina retreat…
First off, it seems that Hillary’s hostage situation on Friday, with all its media coverage, has yet to help her in the polls. Gateway Pundit has an interesting and comprehensive post on her fall from grace in the polls.
The next big and interesting event that happened over the weekend was Putin’s party’s contested election win this past Sunday. Pajamas Media has a great post on what this means for the future of Mother Russia.
And, lastly, Chavez’s utter defeat in trying to establish him dictator for life made up the trilogy of interesting events that happened while I was gone on my relaxing weekend. Pajamas Media warns that he may still have plenty of power at his disposal however Captain’s Quarters has a little more optimistic take on this.
Oh, and in very exciting news (at least for us Huckabee fans), the latest Rasmussen poll shows Huckabee ranked second only to Giuliani. Keep the Huckabee Surge going!
Michelle Malkin has an interesting take on Bill Clinton’s comparison of the critic’s attacks on Hillary to the swift boat ads in 2004. Check out Malkin’s article for it is sure to increase your conservative vocabulary. Also, Hot Air has a video clip of the debate posted along with pointing out that Clinton’s lead has dropped by a third since the debate.
Today’s New York Times has the article that spawned all this commentary.
