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Beltway Boys (6:00-6:30 ET). Fred Barnes and Mort Kondracke just stated that immigration "restrictionism" was a losing position for Republicans. Barnes proudly trumpeted that the Weekly Standard that he writes for is pro-amnesty and guest worker. Thanks Fweddy. By the way, I saw this immediately after changing away from Lou Dobbs This Week (6:00-7:00 ET) on CNN which had a report tonight pointing out that Tom Tancredo and a few others who are strong on the immigration issue did not lose in the election, an indication that being strong on immigration and security is not a losing position. Take that,...

Congratulations to The Weak-ly Standard. The "conservative" magazine did a wonderful job promoting Democrat senatorial candidates Jim Webb, Harold Ford Jr., and Jon Tester in it's last two issues immediately preceding Tuesday's election. The Standard wrote a long tribute to Webb, calling him a "blood and soil conservative". Despite Harold Ford Jr.'s very low ACU lifetime congressional voting record of 19, the Standard tried to portray him as being similar to his conservative opponent Bob Corker on the issues. Apparently, the magazine was enamored of the notion of having little Harold in the U.S. Senate. But, most outrageously, the last...

Rep. Tom Tancredo said it is 'probably not the worst idea' for embattled House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to step down while he deals with ethics allegiations.Stepping into a swirling Washington controversy, the Littleton Republican said he doesn't think the current accusations against DeLay amount to much. But Tancredo said that from a personal perspective, DeLay has handled the ethics issue 'stupidly.''I don't think we should try and oust him,' he said in an interview Thursday at the Capitol. 'Right now, I would not encourage him to leave. If he chose to resign as majority leader until these matters are...

Playing to the demands of their Christian-right base, Republicans chose to abandon even the slightest notion that they support states' rights in the case of Terri Schiavo.