SCOTUS poised to strike down McCain-Feingold
April 26th, 2007 at 3:05 am . by nukeIn a NY Sun report from Jeff Goldstein, if the indications gleaned from yesterday’s oral arguments are correct, the Court is leaning toward striking down key First Amendment provisions in the McCain-Feingold bill related to campaign spending by grassroots organizations. Ironically, this could work in Senator McCain’s favor in the Presidential primaries, effectively removing one of the key issues which cause many conservatives to be less than enthusiastic about his candidacy.
Since deciding to go “all-in”, and stake his Presidential bid on the Iraq War, McCain’s fortunes have improved considerably among the conservative base. The Court’s apparent willingness to do what many thought should have been done four years ago will give McCain an opportunity to re-frame his position in a way that will be more acceptable to the base.
After a concerted effort to reach out religious conservatives who were offended by his statements in the 2000 SC 
primaries, McCain now will need to address the 800 pound gorilla in the room: illegal immigration, an issue that will be, in this writer’s opinion the prevailing issue among conservatives as the situation in Iraq improves.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/26/2007 9:51:24 PM
Hell, every one of them is willing to sell the country out, or should I say is currently selling the country out.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/26/2007 9:48:28 PM
Well, say what you will about McCain, he’s not standing there with a dripping knife fresh from stabbing the military in the back.
/Which means he’s about 1000% better than any Dems in the running.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/26/2007 9:32:36 PM
Heard this on Rush today. It includes the sound and transcript.
We Try To Praise McCain.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/26/2007 8:49:35 PM
As Rush has said for months, the Dhimmi Congress Critters own defeat.
I thought you had brought out your submachinegun, and were going brrrrrrt!
Comment posted by armybrat
at 4/26/2007 8:21:28 PM
oooops! looks like I lost the a in my name in #9!
Comment posted by armybrt
at 4/26/2007 8:19:57 PM
3 N2L- The dems have invested heavily in a loss in Iraq. At this point, in order to fullfill their prophecy and drive home their point that Bush is incompetent, the war MUST be lost. They will put up all roadblocks to success, because when we don’t loose, their allegiance with our enemy will be hard to explain.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/26/2007 8:02:21 PM
SwampMan’s male nail driving champion from his classes washed out in the first round of competition, but he was only in the 9th grade and got a little nervous against the big ol’ seniors from some of the other schools, I think. If he takes the class again next year, he should do well.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 4/26/2007 7:57:17 PM
A member of SwampMan’s class won the Nail Driving Championship sponsored by the builder’s association. A beautiful petite blond-headed girl from his class won the girl’s division. He’s so proud of her! The big ol’ giant boy from another high school that won the boy’s division, when they did the boy versus girl champions nail driving competition, just could *not* bring himself to “beat” a girl, and let her win.
Some of the girls from the other schools that were in the contest, now, SwampMan mentioned that he thought maybe should be chromosome tested to make sure they were in the right division. (I was having to kick him frequently.)
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/26/2007 2:24:57 PM
I remember stating I was baffled by Newt’s performance while attending a debate on gorebal warming with the failed Fwench candidate for POTUS.
There had to be another explanation for his behavior, and it appears there was…rope-a-dope!
We Can Have Green Conservatism — And We Should.
The time has come to define a fundamentally different approach to a healthy environment and a healthy economy. The time has come for the development of Green Conservatism as an alternative to big bureaucracy and big litigation liberal environmentalism.
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So in the future, I’m going to be talking a lot about Green Conservatism. After all, conservatives can stand toe to toe with any liberal anywhere in America when it comes to wanting to build a better future for ourselves and our families. Four hundred years of American experience has demonstrated that a commitment to science, entrepreneurship and free markets can create better solutions for a better future than lawyers and bureaucrats and their never-ending schemes of regulation and taxation.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 4/26/2007 11:41:09 AM
Yeah, like Tokyo Rosie leaving the view.
Then, I saw Greta still talking about Anna’s baby the other night.
Everything I don’t care about is focused on in the news these days, and it’s all gossipy and personality driven.
See ya’later nuke.
Need a bite of lunch and a short siesta.
