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What a lovely, lovely man. Never a pointed word. Always soothing. Just one big kumbaya lug of a president. Can’t we all be as civil and wonderful and eternally non-radically sweet in our political dialogue as Ronald Reagan? Um….excuse me. Snap out of it! For reasons that appear unfathomable other than the clamor from GOP consultants selling their how-to-attract-Independents-Minorities-and-The Women’s Vote sure-fire soap suds -- and that would be for a pretty penny not to mention in vain -- a strange fate has befallen the former president. Ronald Reagan has been bland-ed. By the Right. The man Rush Limbaugh fondly...

Comparison of the Media Coverage on Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman June 20, 2011 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: In my show prep perusal today, ladies and gentlemen, it is clear that Jon Huntsman is gonna announce tomorrow, the former ambassador to the ChiComs for Obama, former governor of Utah. He's gonna announce. The Drive-Bys are orgasmic. They can't wait. They are just over the top with excitement. Everywhere you look today there are stories about Huntsman and how there are sighs of relief within the power structure of the Republican Party. "Finally somebody reasonable! Finally an adult," and all this is...

“My candidate can eat your candidate: Chris Christie, 2012.” (Bumper sticker spotted near Trenton, N. J.)

Seventy metal books found in cave in Jordan could change our view of Biblical history.....For scholars of faith and history, it is a treasure trove too precious for price. This ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of Christianity. Academics are divided as to their authenticity but say that if verified, they could prove as pivotal as the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947. On pages not much bigger than a credit card, are images, symbols and words that appear to refer to...

With a reach across the political divide for Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as ambassador to China, President Barack Obama may have sidelined for now a potentially formidable Republican moderate and possible White House challenger in 2012. ... Huntsman, 49, is fluent in Mandarin Chinese from his days as a Mormon missionary in Taiwan. He previously served as U.S. ambassador to Singapore and as a deputy U.S. trade ambassador. ...As ambassador, Huntsman could play a critical role in getting China to sign onto a new international agreement to curb the emissions blamed for global warming. The Obama administration has said it...