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"Many of you used a term that I’d like to see outlawed from the vernacular of the party: RINO," he said, calling it a "pejorative term" that questioned one's purity. Huckabee pointed out that he got a tweet from someone who complained that he was a RINO, which upset him. "With all due respect, I’ve fought in the trenches of Republican politics for over two decades, but I wouldn’t pretend that I’m lord over determining who the real Republicans are versus the so-called RINOs," he said.

Democrats close to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton take seriously a possible third-party presidential candidacy in 2008 by Michael Bloomberg despite the mayor of New York’s disavowal of interest. One prominent investment banker with political connections predicts that Bloomberg will dispose of his multibillion-dollar business interests before his term as mayor ends a year before the presidential election. While expected to continue his heavy philanthropy, he will have millions to spare for a presidential campaign. A footnote: Unity08, the third-party movement established by ex-Jimmy Carter aides Hamilton Jordan and Gerald Rafshoon, is reported by political insiders to be seeking financial aid...