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The Presidential Election Flea And Tick Circus is in full swing. The "big buzz" in Politico Land? It's supposedly a remark made by Mitt Romney over whether he'd have a "Muslim in his cabinet."

Michelle Malkin wrote a terrific piece. Short and sweet and to the point:

Well, we will see what Romney is made of in the aftermath of this kerfuffle. Will he back away from supporting common-sense national security profiling? Or will he continue to speak hard truths about what’s needed to win the war on jihad at home?

In their zeal to "expose" Mitt as some sort of semi-quasi backroom racist they overlook one very important point. The majority of the voters may not feel the "need" to have a Muslim in the Presidential cabinet. In fact they might just feel the opposite. They also might be in the market for a Presidential candidate who feels he doesn't have to place certain members in his cabinet in order to appease a segment of our society.

It's a matter of priorities. When we vote, we vote our own, it's as simple as that.

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From Newsweek:

New York -- Markos Moulitsas, the founder and publisher of dailykos.com, will become a Newsweek contributor for the 2008 presidential campaign, offering occasional opinion pieces to the pages of the magazine and to Newsweek.com.

"We have always sought to represent a diversity of views in Newsweek, and we think Markos will be a great part of that tradition," said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham. "He will give our readers in print and online a unique perspective. As always, our job is to create the most energetic and illuminating magazine possible, and Markos will help us do that as the campaign unfolds."

Markos posted this blurb from Newsweek on his blog, DailyKos.com, along with this little shot across the bow to his conservative adversaries:

Yeah, there's a lot of heads exploding in wingnutlandia today over this bit of news. But Newsweek is "balancing" me out with someone that should make heads on our side explode. Announcement on that name is still a couple of days off.

"Heads exploding in wingnutlandia" is yet another "Liberal Urban Legend" but it does make for good imagery. Markos' track record in backing candidates is a pretty dismal one. None of the over a dozen politicians Markos has backed in prior elections on Dailykos has been elected.

The Moulitsas-anointed Ned Lamont beat out Lieberman in the primaries. To some in the MSM this kind of track record has poll-vaulted Markos to political Kingpin status.

Of course, when it counted, Lamont suffered the fate of all those blessed by Moulitsas: he lost.

The rest of us just shake our heads and wonder how a guy who consistently backs losers is considered an "expert."

Source – Daily Kos - Newsweek

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Rudy Guiliani makes a campaign stop and was confronted by the Troof. Saturday.

“A group of 9/11 conspiracy theorists heckled Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani as supporters booed and chanted "Rudy" at a campaign stop in Loveland, Colorado Saturday.

Jason Charles, a member of wearechangecolorado.org, accused the former New York City mayor of having prior knowledge of the attack on the World Trade Center and covering up evidence that would have shown a conspiracy.

"He covered up criminal evidence that was on the scene," he said.”
-- The Denver Post

At today’s quick stopover in Loveland, Colorado, Rudy Giuliani had yet another run-in with a small group of conspiracy theorists, or “Troofers.” Giuliani said that the Troofers were “protesting all over the place” and referring to the 9/11 accusations, “It is very sad; it’s not true.”

Giuliani was also asked about his involvement with former New York City Police Commish Benard Kerik and Giuliani’s recommendation of Kerik to head the Department of Homeland Security.

“I made a mistake,” Giuliani said. "I apologized for the mistake, I should have vetted him more carefully. I have done many things; that doesn't mean I made all the right decisions," he said. "Do I do everything right? No. Do I learn from my mistakes? Yes."

As to the Troofers accusations that Giuliani “covered up criminal evidence that was on the scene.” The conspiracy theories as to what “really” occurred range across a broad spectrum of crackpot assertions from Rosie O’Donnell’s claim that “fire does not melt steel” to the accusation that the Bush government and/or Rudy Giuliani were behind 9/11.

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