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GOP strategist and former Bush advisor Karl Rove laid out all the reasons why he believes Herman Cain's presidential campaign is finished. In an interview with Fox Business, Rove listed several of Cain's recent gaffes — and policy positions that are out of line with many GOP voters — to show why the Cain boomlet won't continue. "I think it has created an image of him as not being up to this task," he said. "That’s really deadly." Despite the missteps, Cain's fundraising topped his third quarter numbers in just three weeks — with the campaign raising over $3 million...

The Obama Boomlet John LeBoutillier Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 In the past ten days, we have been assaulted and/or inundated with a pro-Barack Obama campaign unlike any seen since 1995, when a similar book-related, inside-the-beltway-driven campaign urged us to ‘draft' Colin Powell to run for president. The Obama campaign tells us much about the Left, from whence it comes, and about the wrenching internal morale problem of the Democratic Party. Let us explore: Time's Joe Klein and the New York Times' Bob Herbert and other proud-to-be-liberal writers are leading the Obama effort. Why are they doing this - especially for...