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GOP strategists and party leaders are increasingly worried that the party’s run of bad news over the last month and a half is set to continue this week as the Republican National Committee (RNC) prepares to release what are expected to be markedly low fundraising numbers on Friday. The RNC has consistently outraised the Democratic National Committee on a month-by-month basis. Observers say that streak is likely to end this month. . . . . . Steele already had a high bar to meet; in January, under former Chairman Robert “Mike” Duncan, the committee raised more than $13.1 million, including...

Week of babies and lies Sarah Palin talks about her daughter's baby, and a hoax that fooled Oprah Winfrey falls apart. Buzz Week in Review A collective exhale ushered the volatile 2008 out the door this week, although one baby who caused a political storm managed to quietly slip himself out before the end. Meanwhile, a long-time Oprah hoax and high-seas piracy stirred up the Buzz—and the searches—during this transition period. Mom, Do We Have to Do a Combo Celebration? Bristol Palin's boy emerged not as the grandson of the first female vice president, but as another December baby who...

I just got a press release from a liberal pressure group called America's Voice headlined "Anti-Immigration Ads Don't Add Up in 2008." The group tried to make the same point that I've heard over and over again from amnesty advocates: The voters won't go for candidates who support immigration restrictions. "A new analysis of immigration advertisements finds that the strategy of using immigration as a political wedge issue in the 2008 election cycle was an utter failure," the release stated. Nonsense. What the voters won't go for is candidates who try to work both sides of the issue, such John...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Private information at bargain prices. It was a high-tech flub at the McCain-Palin campaign headquarters in Arlington when a MyFoxDC investigative reporter bought a Blackberry device containing confidential campaign information.

Run, don't walk, to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va., for an amazing Blowout Sale! Computers, blackberries, televisions, desks, you name it - everything must go. Hurry while the offer lasts! That's right, the failed McCain-Palin campaign is having a fire sale this week on leftover equipment. Everything is on sale at reduced prices. An email sent over the weekend to all campaign staff, which was subsequently forwarded to the Sleuth, reads: "Starting Monday December 8, 2008 the prices will be slashed to 36% of the original price for furniture, office supplies, blackberries, and many campaign computers....

Republican Sen. John McCain made three "big" mistakes while campaigning. Add those to the fact he had to follow in the footsteps of an unpopular president, and the Democrats were almost guaranteed a win Nov. 4, a political analyst said Friday. "It was a very unusual election, and almost all trend lines said it would be a Democratic victory," said Jerry Mayer, associate professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy and director of the master's of public policy program. "It was not your year, Republicans."

By now you’ve all heard the Fox News report last week that “unnamed” former McCain advisers leaked that Sarah Palin was confused about whether Africa was a continent, and which countries were in NAFTA. I was perfectly happy staying under the radar as an anonymous source for Fox News‘ Carl Cameron, but now that Palin has accused her accusers of being “unprofessional…jerks…cowards… taking things out of context, and then tried to spread something on national news” and begun to cast doubt on the Fox News report, maybe she’s right to a certain extent. For those of us on the McCain...

Video here: Sarah lets loose in an interview from her office on November 7, 2008, three days after the election. She deals with the clothes issue and then deals with the biased media coverage too!

a.k.a. Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are * VIDEO * (5 Stars, Very Funny!) WELCOME BACK WWW.FREEREPUBLIC.COM !

Byron York, Jen Rubin, and Michelle Malkin all have smart takes on the McCain aides' smearing of Sarah Palin. The Anchorage Daily News has a couple videos of Sarah Palin talking to the press after arriving back in Alaska, and it looks like she's more than capable of defending herself, if she thought it was worth her time. Regarding the leaks against her, Palin said: “If they’re an unnamed source, then that says it all. I won’t comment on anybody’s gossip, or allegations that are based on anonymous sources. That’s kind of a small, evidently bitter type of person who...

The search for someone to blame for John McCain's defeat was well under way yesterday. Many fingers, not surprisingly, were pointed at Sarah Palin. Actually, the Palin scapegoating began before the polls even opened, with top McCain staffers complaining that the Alaska governor was a "diva" given to straying "off message." Nonsense. True, she turned out not to be the magic bullet Republicans had hoped for. Then again, John McCain turned out not to be the asset Republicans had hoped for. Terming his performance - and that of the campaign itself - lackluster sort of understates the case.

11.05.08-02:30: Obama 4,073,207, 50.9%; McCain 3,872,553, 48.4%; Obama 200,654 +2.5%; 99% Precincts Reporting Courtesy Miami Herald

This is insane, by quoting the MSM (MSNBC, FOX, NBC, CNN, etc) and their lies, over and over again on FR, we are adding fuel to the losing fire they want for us. At least wait until the polls actually close, for heaven's sake! Whose side are you all on? WAIT!!!!!! I suggest that posting should not be done unless it is from the Secretary of State from any one state, the later, the better.

ON THE VERGE!!! We are on the verge of pulling off a miracle comeback today for John McCain. We can win this thing in Pennsylvania. We need your help! If you haven’t voted, please vote ASAP! You still have time, polls close at 8:00pm ET, and your vote will make the difference. If you don’t know where to vote, please click here to find your polling location. If you have already voted, please help us remind your fellow Pennsylvanians to get out and vote for John McCain. We need to do everything we can to make sure Pennsylvanians supporting John...

Video here. The hope of America is 44, Alaskan, and beautiful.

Very, very, very emotional video right here.

This is very interesting, considering the generally pro-Obama bump in most of the final polls. The final poll of Tarrance Battleground is 49-44, but when they allocate the undecideds, their prediction is... 50.2 percent Obama, 48.3 percent Obama, .9 percent Barr, .6 percent Nader. I think the McCain folks would prefer that to most of the other projections. It would mean that my projection from last night overestimated Obama.

Post what you are seeing or hearing here. Freepers and PUMAs unite for Mac/Cuda victory over the false messiah!

If there is one word in the English language that can drive a liberal to do crazy things right at this time, you can be sure it is “PALIN.” She pronounces it ‘PAYLYN’. Liberals are so steamed over that word that they have placed all emphasis on finding ways to destroy anything so labeled. The Internet is currently rife with doctored photos that are less than wholesome, and really, are almost as disgusting as the sleazy scumbags that have authored, or to be truthful, doctored, the pornographic images to make someone think that the result is a “PALIN.” But no...

This election will prove to be an indictment upon our education system. A system that no longer focuses upon the history of nation, the ideals and beliefs of our founding fathers and the concept of American Exceptionalism which created that shining city on a hill. Our education system teaches history in bytes and major events, never focusing on the small events that led to our nation's challenges. Today our nation may elect the first black president, but if Senator Obama should win, we will have also elected the most inexperienced, far left and untested leader in US history. The media...