Juan Hernandez, supporter of Open Borders, and Hispanic Outreach director for the John McCain campaign, is one subject I'd like to hear Mitt Romney ask McBackstabber about on the record. At Hot Air we read:

Hernandez is also on the record advocating a “Mexico first” policy for Mexican-Americans who have been living in the US for generations. The Soros-connected former Mexican cabinet officer is also on the record as seeing the US, Mexico and Canada as a bloc or region within which there shouldn’t be borders.

A voter, not a media person, asked McVain why Hernandez is on the staff.

He’s on my staff because he supports my policies and my proposals and my legislative proposal to secure the borders first.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has weighed in on the Hernandez issue. And provided videos of the guy making his statements. Her point:

A very telling answer. So how about it Mitt, will you ask the Senator what's up with Juan?

UPDATE 2: Now the additional question needs to be asked of Senator McCain, why does he have Jerry Perenchio on his team? You know, the guy who:

poured millions of dollars into fighting the California movement to teach schoolchildren English. Does John McCain share Perenchio’s zealous opposition to pro-English immersion initiatives?

I REALLY wish Romney would start asking questions about these guys, 'cause the Enemedia will not.

The world becomes an increasingly more dangerous place every day. The prospect of nuclear exchanges between countries is not diminishing, it's escalating. The missile shield planned for Europe is doing nothing but antagonizing the Russians who announced via Sky News:

Russia's military chief of staff says Moscow would use nuclear weapons in pre-emptive strike if it felt threatened.
General Yuri Baluyevsky said there were no plans "to attack anyone" but reasserted Russia's right to defend itself.
"To defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia and its allies, military forces will be used, including preventively, including with the use of nuclear weapons," Gen Baluyevsky said.

Allies? Like Iran? So in part, NATO comes out with it's new manifesto. The Guardian reports:

So, my point is that we should all not be blissfully and ignorantly going through life pretending the unthinkable will not happen. Be smart, be careful, be prepared, and pray. Did I say be prepared?

The Packers gave the game away, they didn't deserve to win. The Chargers revealed their weaknesses and inability to deal with the Patriots. So now the NFL makes us wait TWO weeks for a game on a Sunday night, at a neutral site lacking any home field excitement, in a stadium packed with the elite, choreographed with excessive hoopla and bands most people don't care that much about. I wish the NFL would have it's championship game for the fans, not the media or the excessive advertising dollars. Of course, that's ridiculous, what AM I thinking.

Conservatives reject John McCain, and the Establishment is lashing out. Micheal Medved thinks conservatives are all wet.

Who gets to define which candidate counts as a “real conservative”?
Should we listen to talk radio titans and sharp-tongued pundettes who’ve never held public office? 
Or does it make more sense to listen to idealistic elected officials who toil every day to put conservative principles into practice? Who knows more about the true character and credentials of a presidential contender like John McCain?

The Weekly (Beltway) Standard huffs in indignation:

critics target John McCain for a single incident: McCain's leadership in preventing Bill Frist and others to attempt to deploy the so-called "nuclear option" to prevent the filibuster of judicial nominations; they criticize his membership in the bipartisan "Gang of 14." And their criticism betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of both the facts of that fight and the larger principles at stake.

But we can't be fooled by McBackstabber's enablers. Powerline puts it best:

(McCain's supporters believe) with the Democrats now already in control of the Senate and in a position to capture the White House, it’s actually a good thing the nuclear option isn’t in place. This, I think, is their best argument. But it assumes that, if the Republicans use the filibuster to block the judicial nominees of a Democratic president in the future, the Democratic Senate won’t adopt the nuclear option or use the threat of doing so to severely limit Republican filibustering. Unless one is prepared to make that leap of faith, conservatives aren’t being unfair when they criticize McCain’s participation in the Gang of 14.

So don't be sucked into any baloney by your Independent moderate moron friends. McCain is NO conservative, and NO friend to the Right. He must be defeated. Amnesty, McCain/Feingold, Gang of 14, anti Bush tax cuts, and CONSTANT pandering to the Liberals and the Enemedia, etc. etc.

The  primary in Michigan proved to be more honest than expected, thanks to an early morning snowfall that kept many Democrats from voting in the Republican contest. As a result, the winner had much more validity than expected, eliciting a sour grapes comment from John McCain. So, now that Romney has won more primaries than any other candidate, South Carolina's vote in four days looms as a true test of the Republican field.  But the MSM will not rest. The Politico continues the struggle to promote McCain:

In short, McCain is getting a free pass, and it’s beginning to show. In campaign events across western Michigan, voters are once again being reminded of the qualities of character that have made him an admired figure on the national political scene, without the distraction of ads designed to muddy that image.

Qualities? Like being against free speech, Bush's tax cuts, supporting Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, and caving in the the Democrats every chance he can?

What will be interesting is how the Enemedia reacts to the beating of it's favorite RINO. You can bet Romney will continue to be dismissed as Michigan's favorite son. But the winner of South Carolina will have a huge momentum swing. This is getting very interesting.

Things are changing. As always. The Democrats are having to constantly reshape their message, and the Republicans need to keep their eye on the ball. Why? The Dems no longer can harp about the War in Iraq. We are winning, as we always said we could. Illegal Immigration is the third rail for the Dems. This leaves....Ta Dah!!!! THE ECONOMY.
What will Obama say about fixing the economy (the Left insists it's broken)? Tax the rich? Won't fly. Punish corporations who move jobs overseas to avoid taxes? Shouldn't fly. Remove the tax cuts that got us out of the post 9/11 downturn and lead to a strong economy? You get the point. The Leftist Third of America will vote Dem no matter what, so the wealth envy free stuff with no responsibility shtick has already been played on them. The middle third of voters watching the national debates will be listening to both sides. And if the GOP displays substance over the Economy's impact on everyday lives, against the Dems populist demagoguery, they have a chance.
The rub is, who will be the GOP nominee? And here's where the Enemedia is doing it's most conniving underhanded work in the trenches for the Secular Liberal Socialist Democratic Party. We saw their failed attempt to win NH for Obama. Now the fix is in for McCain or Huckabee. Neither can win the general election. We're seeing CNN polls that proclaim that only McCain can have a chance of being close to beating Hillary or Obama. We MUST vote for them, right?

CNN POLL: CLINTON OR OBAMA WOULD BEAT ANY REPUBLICAN
Sat Jan 12 2007 20:13:41 ET

CNN/OPINION RESEARCH CORPORATION POLL
Interviews with 1,033 adult Americans, including 840 registered voters, conducted by telephone on January 9-10.

CNN/OPINION RESEARCH CORPORATION POLL
January 9-10
Registered Voters'
Choice for President

Clinton 50%
McCain 48%

Sampling error: +/-3.5% pts

Baloney. They're fixing the whole thing. Romney may very well win Michigan. Keep your powder dry, wait till you see the whites of their eyes, ignore the polls, and vote for a conservative.

The demand for deportation of Illegal Aliens has been a hot topic for conservatives. The counter argument has been the enforcement of employer sanctions will dry up the jobs, and they'll just leave. Well, it seem Oklahoma has succeeded in doing just that. At Captain's Quarters, we read:

Oklahoma passed one of the toughest laws on immigration enforcement in the nation, arguable tougher than an Arizona bill that has convinced illegal aliens to leave the state. Oklahoma's "1804" has had the same dramatic impact as its employment enforcement provisions have yet to take effect. Thousands of people have simply left their jobs, leaving some business owners struggling to adjust:

the economic impact has been mixed. The state may be saving some costs in education, health care, and law enforcement, but agriculture and construction businesses have been hard hit by the labor shortage. Oklahoma had almost full employment before 1804, so the seasonal work will be hard to fill when everyone already has full-year employment. Sales are off at retail stores, and the housing market will suffer another hit in a year that already portends dark days for residential real estate.

In order to make up for the labor shortage, these industries will have to raise wages, and therefore prices. Taxpayers may save some money and be able to absorb the inflation, but only if Oklahoma cuts taxes and spending to return the savings to the taxpayers themselves. Otherwise, it's going to get pricey in Oklahoma. One Republican legislator who opposed 1804 says it will be the worst economic event to hit the state since the Dust Bowl, while another says it will eventually show that the net economic impact of illegal immigration to be negative.

The point being that the Conservative policies of Low Taxes and Cutting Spending must go hand in hand with employer sanctions.

Although I haven't found a quote verifying Breitbart's assertion he "predicts" a Middle East settlement, President Bush's gushing optimism about a Palestinian State may have gone too far. Little Green Footballs says:

President Bush keeps saying that although Hamas may still be a problem, the Palestinians in the West Bank are ready for their own state—ready to lay down their weapons, live in peace with Israel, and build a functioning society.

In a word, NO WAY. Actually thats two.
I'm sure the Israelis will have something to say about the issue also.

It's an albatross circling over the MSM, and the candidates. John McCain wants us to just get past it. Victor David Hanson says:

The spin masters may think illegal immigration is an issue that pits conservative Republicans against liberal Democrats. But it doesn't always.

Nowadays, worry about illegal immigration is just as likely to mean that African-Americans are terrified of racist alien gangs in Los Angeles. Asian-Americans are frustrated that their relatives with college degrees wait years to emigrate legally, while thousands without high-school diplomas to the south simply break the law to enter the United States.

And many Mexican-Americans are probably tired of being expected to defend the indefensible of foreign nationals breaking immigration laws simply because they may share an ethnic heritage with illegal aliens.

To the extent Democratic candidates ignore illegal immigration, or demonize those who worry over hundreds of thousands of new illegal aliens each year, or talk of guest workers and amnesty before they mention closing the borders, it is a losing issue that could alienate millions of voters.

The stupid party should be hammering this as THE issue now that the Enemedia has decided to forget about Iraq. To be fair, it is being discussed in the GOP debates, but not nearly enough. What about the recent spending bill that's gutting the fence act?

And the Mexican Miltary keeps invading our country, uncontested. Michelle Malkin asks:

Perhaps the current field of GOP candidates should be asked about this dangerous anarchy. What exactly would they do to stop it–and why should we believe them?

They will have to shove a stake through her heart and cut off her head to get rid of Hillary Clinton. The Enemedia is doing everything it can to win this election for Barack Obama, yet like Dracula, Clinton always finds a way to escape into the shadows to prey on her victims again. ABC opines:

the pre-election polls in the New Hampshire Republican race were accurate. The problem was isolated to the Democratic side - where, it should be noted, we have not just one groundbreaking candidate in Barack Obama, but also another, in Hillary Clinton.

Back tracking by the MSM? Brian Williams at NBC says:

I interviewed Lee Cowan, our reporter who covers Obama, while we were out yesterday and posted the interview on the web. Lee says it's hard to stay objective covering this guy.

The professional journalists, so described by Helen Thomas, seem to be having a hard time being professional. They all agree that McCain should be the GOP pick, but the Clinton machine is going at the MSM with knives sharpened. Fascinating. They eat their own.

The Omnibus spending bill. The mountains of pork. Shocked, just shocked I say.....round up the usual suspects. Yet there is a strong movement urging the president to issue an executive order bringing it to a halt. The Daily Standard reports:

Bush faces what students of President Ronald Reagan's presidency might call a "PATCO" moment. PATCO, you'll remember, was the air traffic controllers' union that flouted the law banning strikes by government unions and declared an illegal walkout during Reagan's first year in office. Unlike his predecessors (who tolerated illegal strikes by government unions such as the Postal Service), Reagan stood up to the lawbreakers and promptly fired all 13,000 controllers. Those who didn't return within 48 hours were permanently banned from federal service.

Contrary to the conventional wisdom of the day, our aviation system didn't grind to a screeching halt. Replacements were quickly trained and hired. Most importantly, Reagan set a precedent for decisiveness and principled action that paid dividends throughout his two terms in office.

, taxpayer groups and other fiscal hawks are urging Bush to make a similar stand and sign an executive order directing federal officials to pay no heed to earmarks that appear magically in conference reports or are exceedingly vague. They argue that Bush should seize the principled high ground reserved for our nation's chief executive and do what he can to end this out-of-control practice.

It is precisely the role our founding fathers envisioned for the president.

Sounds like something a president coming to the end of his term could get away with. Just imagine, following the intent of the founding fathers. In modern day Washington.

I've emailed the White House, how about you?

The Republican debate on ABC just concluded, I'm left feeling that Mitt Romney should be registering different numbers in the polls. John McCain is adamant that amnesty is not amnesty, Rudy still defends his sanctuary city court battle with Congress, Ron Paul's Tin Foil Hat is slipping down over his eyes, Mike Huckabee hopes no one will remember he thinks they are racist xenophobes, and Fred Thompson strangely jumps on the pile when McCain personally attacks Romney. You'd think Romney was the frontrunner, yet he's way down in the polls. Either they know something we don't, or his ideas are endangering his fellow nominees. I'm warming up to the governor, and look forward to hearing more from him.  Tonight went to Romney in my book.

UPDATE: Romney won the Fox debates in New Hampshire.....the others couldn't hide their records. interesting.

In a deliberately provoking column, Drew Sharp of the Liberal Detroit Free Press (race baiter unparalleled), sticks his finger in the eye of University of Michigan fans. How lame, and how transparent an attempt to gain attention. Hey, he got mine. The question is, would Michigan root for Big Ten champion against Southeastern Conference rival coach who spurned opportunity to take the vacant coaching job at U of M?

Do they don sacrilegious robes and support regional nemesis Ohio State in the BCS title game Monday night at the Louisiana Superdome? Or do they oppose The Vested One in a battle against the Big Ten's national enemy -- the Southeastern Conference? 

Are you out of your mind?

True M Go Blue fans hope to see the Buckeyes get embarrassed and crushed, and Les Miles get run over on the sidelines by an out of bounds running play. Or maybe the players would accidentally drop the gator aid jug on his head when they give him the celebratory bath. Either way, who cares....Rich Rodriguez is bringing the spread offense to U of M next fall, and Michigan will advance out of the dark ages. Go Blue.

Iowa bored me to death. But the Enemedia is spasming over McCain and Huckabee, which of course points condemnation in bth their direction. Who's the worse candidate? Both raise taxes, McCain recently said he'd still vote against the Bush tax cuts. Both worked for bi-partisan efforts, (caved to Liberal interests) and both are socially Liberal. Both think we are racist xenophobes on Illegal Aliens, but Huckabee is naive and inexperienced in foreign policy. And Huckabee is pandering to the Religious Right, which I find extremely distasteful. So as bad as McBackstabber of the gun control efforts, Scamnesty, Campaign Finance Reform, and terrorist coddling Senate is, Hucklebee Hound is scarier. And that's a lot to say. I can't decide if Ron Paul is worse than them or not.

The public opinion is about to catch up with Mike Huckabee's campaign. Always a few weeks behind the news, the general public is finally going....."HUH?" Mike may have jumped the shark. In the AP, it was reported...Nah, I'm not cynical about it, just glad he's shown himself to everyone for what he is. The record from Arkansas doesn't help either.