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ARG shows Romney leading McCain 34-32. The poll was taken entirely in the last two days, and reverses a 29-22 McCain lead from a week ago.

A week from today, February 5, is Super Tuesday, About 20 states will vote in the Republican primary. Many are large states like New York and California. Most have closed primaries, i.e. only Republicans can vote.

Super Tuesday will be our last opportunity to stop John McCain from becoming the Republican nominee.

If you care about America’s future, the Republican party, or conservative ideals, you must do your part to stop him.

I just went to Mitt Romney’s web site and made a contribution. It took only a couple of minutes. Please give whatever you can to the Romney campaign today.

Contributions like yours will make all the difference. Super Tuesday will essentially be an air war; it will be largely decided by TV exposure. McCain will get lots of free, favorable coverage. Romney will have to pay for any exposure he gets, through advertising. That means he’ll need a war chest, made up of many, many small contributions from people like you and me.

Please give today, or the man in the video below will realize his dreams and import tens of millions of poor, under-educated, low-skilled, non-English-speaking, socialistic Third Worlders to provide cheap labor for his big-money paymasters.

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Now what ????

An elderly RINO who’s been in the Senate since the beginning of time vs. a Clinton. We know how that goes.

So what should conservatives do, assuming that nothing changes the apparent McCain vs. Clinton match-up? I’ll vote for Ron Paul if he runs third party. Otherwise, I’ll vote for Hillary. Better to come back with a conservative candidate in 2008 than get behind another RINO. And better to let Hillary take the fall for the coming economic troubles.

I’m going to do my damnedest to make sure McCain does not get the nomination. Then we’ll see.

Every time I read or hear that McCain can win the presidency for the GOP, I think, “That’s what I’m afraid of! McCain in the White House, selling out our country to Mexico.”

Score one for the ‘What have you done for me lately’ files, the New York GOP party leaders are ready to kick Rudy Giuliani to the curb and replace his dropping poll numberswith the surging John McCain. It seems “America’s Mayor” is no longer the choice of New York:

While Rudy Giuliani fights for his political life in Florida, Republicans back home are already quietly plotting to abandon him.

With the former mayor tanking in the polls, nervous New York State GOP county leaders have been quietly holding meetings and conference calls to discuss contingency plans - namely, dropping Giuliani like a hot rock in favor of his surging rival, John McCain.

Calls for Rudy to drop out if he fails in Florida can be heard:

“We need a winner,” said one GOP county chief. “If Rudy loses bad in Florida, it would be anti-party for him to stay and go to Feb. 5. We’ll have three guys going forward, and if we aren’t consolidated behind one person in September, we shouldn’t even bother running in November.”

Much like New Jersey GOP bosses George Gilmore and David Von Savage, New York perhaps jumped to early on the Rudy Giuliani can’t lose bandwagon:

The New York Republican establishment endorsed Giuliani en masse in May when he was the national front-runner in hopes that having him atop the ticket would draw voters to the polls and help the GOP hold the state Senate. But now some of the same leaders are saying McCain could prove just as popular in New York, noting recent polls show him leading Giuliani among Republicans in his home state.

It is pretty obvious Rudy isn’t going to win or come in 2nd in Florida. It is possible that the absentee ballots that every one else thinks will push him to top, will net him 3rd place. If he finishes 3rd or worse, it’s over for Rudy.

There are a couple of GOP party bosses in NJ that will not only have egg on their face, but plenty of explaining to do.

It seems that the endorsement of John McCain for President by Florida Governor, Charlie Crist does not come without some disadvantages:

The disser-in-chief: former Florida House Speaker Allan Bense. He suggested the Republican governor’s endorsement of John McCain could actually hurt the candidate in the Panhandle because Crist is seen as too moderate.

Bense is a supporter of Mitt Romney.

‘’I think we’re conservative in this part of the world,'’ Bense said in a conference call. “Since the endorsement last night, I got 47 phone calls to my cellphone and home cell, either wanting to get [Romney] campaign signs or how to get to the rally that Gov. Romney will attend.'’

To be fair, Romney was lobbying Crist for his endorsement as well, but it appears not getting it has driven new supporters his way. But what’s the reasoning:

But Bense brushed that aside, saying: ‘’I personally think the endorsements at this late date probably don’t mean a whole lot.'’ He said McCain won’t attract conservatives.

‘’I think there’s just concern about it. This is a very conservative part of the state and there’s been some concern whether or not this is a conservative ticket McCain is running,'’ Bense said. He noted that many in his hometown of Panama City are upset with Crist over the case of Martin Lee Anderson, a black teenager who died after he was beaten by guards at a Panama City boot camp. The caught-on-tape beating divided the town along racial lines and many white conservatives grew upset with Crist when he settled the case with Anderson’s family before seven guards and a nurse were tried in the teen’s death. They were acquitted.

Again, being fair, Romney wanted this endorsement to, the point here is that people who are not fans of Crist appear to be moving to the Romney camp. I guess today’s polls will show the “Crist effect", if any.

Barack Obama trying to pander to win over the Latino community is promising drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, if elected President:

(01-28) 04:00 PST Washington – Sen. Barack Obama easily won the African American vote in South Carolina, but to woo California Latinos, where he is running 3-to-1 behind rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, he is taking a giant risk: spotlighting his support for the red-hot issue of granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.

It’s a huge issue for Latinos, who want them. It’s also a huge issue for the general electorate, which most vehemently does not. Obama’s stand could come back to haunt him not only in a general election, but with other voters in California, where driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants helped undo former Gov. Gray Davis.

Am I missing something, are illegal immigrants allowed to vote, why is he pandering to a group that can’t vote, or CAN THEY? How does he turn his back on the will of the American people in favor of rewarding illegal behavior?:

“Barack Obama has not backed down” on driver’s licenses for undocumented people, said Federico Peña, a former Clinton administration Cabinet member and Denver mayor now supporting Obama. “I think when the Latino community hears Barack’s position on such an important and controversial issue, they’ll understand that his heart and his intellect is with Latino community.”

So basically, Federico is claiming that Obama’s heart and his intellect are for illegal immigrants and against the Law in America. And one thing, Federico, they aren’t “undocumented", they’re ILLEGAL.

Not all Democrats are supporting this promise:

Democratic pollsters Stan Greenberg and James Carville issued a direct warning on the driver’s license issue in an analysis last month designed to guide Democrats through the treacherous immigration quagmire.

“The findings about driver’s licenses are particularly notable,” they said. Two-thirds of surveyed voters oppose them, the pollsters found, and the safety argument fails to dent the widespread conviction that granting a driver’s license rewards illegal behavior.

Do you see what this race is coming down to? Barack Obama or John McCain. Who the heck is going to be protecting our National Sovereignty??