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Well the pre-game is over. Today the game starts in Iowa. Starting Lineups (alpha order) Visitors Dems: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and Bill Richardson. Home GOP: Rudy Giulani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson. Predictions on both sides top three in order: Dems: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards GOP: Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson I think Fred Thompson is going to do better then expected by passing up McCain and Rudy. Mitt and Mike will come in first and second as currently...

I have a very simple question, and I'd really like your take on it. I don't mean this as antagonistic, but I'd really like to hear your answer. Somewhere between 70 and 80 percent of the people here on Free Republic consistently express their clear preference in poll after poll for Fred Thompson or Duncan Hunter over Huckabee or Romney. My question is: Why? Why do you think, despite Romneys many millions spent and the claims of both Romney and Huckabee to be genuine conservatives, that Freepers haven't bought it? It is quite clear that most here are firm in...

A recent study by Emory University, found that when debating political hot topics and listening to debates from opposing candidates, both Democrats AND Republicans have knee jerk, emotional reactions to issues and ignore facts to reach whatever conclusions they had previously held. Well, they got it half right. The report on the study itself was vague, undetailed, and led a reader to believe it was probably unscientific and irrelevant. Find it here....... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009379 After all, if a report on a study performed does not list the numbers of people in the control group, the specific stimulus applied, and the percentage...

The hmong who killed the hunters used an SKS. I'm trying to clarify that the SKS is a fixed magazine rifle. As such, it was never illegal to own, not even during the AWB, right?