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"But what if Romney had been able to reach a mind-blowing 70 percent of the Hispanic vote? Surely that would have meant victory, right? No, it wouldn't. Romney still would have lost, although by the narrowest of electoral margins, 270 to 268. (Under that scenario, Romney would have won the popular vote but lost in the Electoral College; he could have racked up huge numbers of Hispanic votes in California, New York and Texas, for example, and not changed the results in those states."

FBI abruptly canceled tonights press conference per Fox TV scroll.

Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”

"Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he was "confident" Republicans could agree to a comprehensive immigration bill. "

Results of WLS Republican Primary Poll conducted by the TV station. Presented during newscast within the past hour.

"This (Lee's resignation) came after a media frenzy after reports surfaced that he allegedly sent provocative pictures of himself, along with e-mails, to a woman on the internet."

"In the telephone poll of 815 registered voters nationwide, conducted June 4 to 8, Mr. Perot was supported by 39 percent, Mr. Bush by 31 percent, and Mr. Clinton by 25 percent. The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points."

Rush just announced that he'd had so much response to his remarks concerning Trump last week that The Donald would be on today in the second hour to answer questions.

Laura Ingraham is playing excerpts this morning from a speech GWB made at Southern Methodist University yesterday. She is playing the audio, but I have been unable to find anything on the internet so far.

"Former First Lady Nancy Reagan announced Monday that the first debate of the 2012 Republican primary contest will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., on May 2, 2011."

West leads by 16,000 vote with 75% reporting. 55% - 45%. Race still not called.

"Expressing the strongest public reservations about the conservative star made by any senior Republican figure, Mr Rove said it was unlikely that voters would regard someone starring in a reality show as presidential material."

West Virginia Republican John Raese, locked in a tight race for the state's Senate seat, said Tuesday he "absolutely" supports the abolition of the minimum wage.

Another new TV ad from the JD Hayworth campaign that highlights McCain's history of supporting amnesty and opposing border security.

Today's JD for Senate email presents a new TV ad, highlighting McCain's past support of amnesty bills along with Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama. https://www.jdforsenate.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=91

The first debate between JD Hayworth, John McCain and Jim Deakin will be broadcast tonight at 10:00 EDT, 9:00 CDT and 7:00 MST. Phoenix is not on DST, so the time difference might look odd from you time zone. Two sources that will stream video of the debate: C-Span azfamily.com And radio broadcast: KFYI AM

An email from the Hayworth campaign today featured his first TV advertisement featuring his wife Mary Hayworth. She hits McCain pretty good, and truthfully, mentioning how he's sold out Arizona on immigration, bailouts and tax increases. And, she hits McCain pretty hard for his negative ads directed at JD for the past few months.

In a bombshell development that could bring a halt to seismic changes in college realignment, sources tell Orangebloods.com Texas is at the table with the 10 remaining Big 12 schools working on a TV deal put forth by commissioner Dan Beebe that would hold the conference together.

A humorous new campaign ad from J. D. Hayworth where John McCain states that: "the people of Arizona will judge me on, not what I have done for them, but what they think I can do for them." Maybe a Freudian slip from a 2/15/2010 statement.

Yesterday morning, February 9, Bill Bennett gave a short endorsement of McCain over Hayworth in the Arizona Republican Primary Senate race. Bennett said that, on paper, he probably agreed more with Hayworth, but he had to endorse McCain because McCain often took stands as only he could, giving McCain's 'strong stand' last week to uphold Don't Ask, Don't Tell as an example. Since I'd only heard it once on radio, I posted nothing about it yesterday. A couple of callers mentioned it this morning and Bennett reiterated much of what he said yesterday, saying he disagree with McCain on Amnesty...

Opening his radio show today, JD Hayworth announced that everyone interested should be listening this afternoon in the 6:00 hour of his show (Mountain or Pacific?). I think that is the final hour of his show which just started at 6:00 eastern.

"Fox News is reporting that a former University of South Alabama student has been indicted in Mobile, Ala., and faces charges he is a terrorist linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist network."

"State health labs have confirmed 652 cases of influenza in the past four weeks and all of them were the H1N1 strain. Two deaths in Alabama have been linked to the virus since it was first detected in April."

CNBC has announced an "historic meeting" tonight to include the Federal Reserve Chairman, Secretary of the Treasury and key members of Congress including those from Committees of Jurisdiction. Expected to discuss creation of a new government agency to oversee financial crisis.

"Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee who has endorsed John McCain, is being vetted as a potential running mate for the Republican presidential hopeful, according to an adviser to Mr McCain’s ­campaign." "Conservatives would be pissed as hell – I think you would have a revolt, but sometimes John does what John wants to do,” the McCain adviser said.

An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published an essay written by Obama, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The paper's decision to refuse McCain's direct rebuttal to Obama's 'My Plan for Iraq' has ignited explosive charges of media bias in top Republican circles. 'It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama's piece,' NYT Op-Ed editor David Shipley explained in an email late Friday to McCain's staff. 'I'm not going to be able to accept this piece...

Among the findings: * Only 34 percent of McCain voters, 42 percent of Clinton voters, and 52 percent of Obama voters correctly identified their candidate as favoring eventual citizenship for illegal immigrants who meet certain requirements. * Of McCain voters, 35 percent mistakenly thought he favored enforcement that would cause illegals to return home, another 10 percent thought he wanted mass deportations, and 21 percent didn’t know his position.

I would have posted an article, but I can't recall any that I've seen. Our policy toward Israel seems to have always been an issue in presidential debates in the past. But this year it seems to be a topic seldom if ever discussed. I certainly haven't watched every debate, listened to every stump speech, or read every position paper. Maybe others are more up on this subject than I am.