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McCain for President? Vote in This Urgent Poll. This poll by NewsMax.com is up now. Ask for your preference for John McCain, Condi Rice, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and George Allen for the ‘08 Presidential run. Also asks, “If the 2008 President race was between John McCain & Hillary Clinton, who would you vote for?” If I have to pick from this sorry lot, I’d swallow hard and pick Mitt Romney. http://www.newsmax.com/poll/mccain/?refid=1284

George Allen appeared on CNN’s “Inside Politics” yesterday. He discussed issues ranging from John Roberts to stem cells, to his own presidential ambitions. Allen gave the traditional non-answer when asked about 2008, but was more detailed on the question of expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research: What I'm looking to do is find a way that we can advance stem cell research in a way that it actually helps people. And of course adult stem cell research right now is finding cures and helping people. So far as the embryonic stem cell research, there are three filters that I'm...