"All the factors say go, but my heart says no"

Photo source: TIME

◼ Huckabee Opts Against 2012 White House Bid
Mike Huckabee said Saturday there would be no sequel to his surprisingly strong 2008 White House bid, in which he won the Iowa Republican caucus and finished second in the primaries to Sen. John McCain.

"All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee, who was considered the GOP frontrunner in several national polls, said on his Fox News Channel show.

"The past few months have been times of deep personal reflection," Huckabee said. "Even though I wasn't actively establishing a campaign organization or seeking financial support to run again, polls have consistently put me at or near the top to be the Republican nominee."

...Donald Trump delivered a message after Huckabee's decision to opt out.
"A lot of people are very happy that he will not be running, especially other candidates, so Mike enjoy the show," Trump said. "The ratings are terrific. Good luck."

League of Women Voters Chapter President Resigns In Protest of Anti-Scott Brown Ad

◼ In response to the controversy over the Brown ad, the national President of the League, Elizabeth McNamara stated: “We are a nonpartisan organization, but we are political." - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

...the outrageous ad run against Scott Brown (R-MA) by the national League of Women Voters, depicting a child on a respirator and tying the condition to Brown's vote to strip the EPA of the ability to regulate carbon dioxide.

Putting aside what one thinks of the ad's substance, the ad signaled a complete disregard for the League's political neutrality. In fact, the League long ago lost its neutrality, having made a national Board decision to engage in issue advocacy, but the public perception lived on.

Now the head of the Andover/North Andover chapter has resigned in protest...

◼ Resignation letter from local League of Women Voters president - Andover Townsman
◼ Local League Responds to Scott Brown Ads - NorthAndoverPatch

Note the comment at Legal Insurrection: ◼ George Soros and the LWV - League of Women Voters Education Fund - received from Open Society Institute $1,723,000

Obama won by unsealing the secrets of foes' marriages; the NYTimes wants to do that same in 2012

◼ Let's face it, Bill Clinton was a scummy husband. So was Newt Gingrich. So are many men. So what. What do I care? It is their policies STUPID.... - femisex.com

Periodically, we take a second to introduce you to the Blogs in our sidebar.
◼ Femisex founders are 'mainstream media journalists appalled by the Misogyny and Sexism of the Liberal Press.'

A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the general election of 2008. Millions of Americans discovered the Liberal Press despises women. Not all women. Liberal Press does adore certain women--wives, mothers, workaday gals, these are all accepted models. However, the love STOPS DEAD for Alpha Women.... read more

Oddly, the White House press corps bothered neither to ask about Gates nor to find out why the briefing was off camera.

◼ White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today turned off the briefing room lights to address reporters in an unusual off camera gaggle - whitehousedossier.com

In other news, ◼ WHITE HOUSE TO QUIT FAKING 'NEWS' PHOTOS - Huffington Post

The White House said it is ending its long-running practice of having presidents re-enact televised speeches for news photographers following major addresses to the country, a little-known arrangement that fed suggestions of fakery when Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.

After Obama's live, late-evening address from the East Room of the White House on May 1, five photographers were ushered in to shoot pictures as the president stood at the podium and re-read a few lines of his speech – a practice that news organizations have protested for years.

And: Why Don't We Hear About Soros' Ties to Over 30 Major News Organizations?

◼ This information is part of an upcoming report by the Media Research Centers Business & Media Institute which has been looking into George Soros and his influence on the media. - FOX

When liberal investor George Soros gave $1.8 million to National Public Radio , it became part of the firestorm of controversy that jeopardized NPR’s federal funding. But that gift only hints at the widespread influence the controversial billionaire has on the mainstream media. Soros, who spent $27 million trying to defeat President Bush in 2004, has ties to more than 30 mainstream news outlets – including The New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, NBC and ABC.

Prominent journalists like ABC’s Christiane Amanpour and former Washington Post editor and now Vice President Len Downie serve on boards of operations that take Soros cash. This despite the Society of Professional Journalists' ethical code stating: “avoid all conflicts real or perceived.”

Shocking Excerpts Read at Tucson School Board Meeting From A 3rd Grade "Ethnic Studies" Book

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◼ Newt Gingrich running for president - Politico
◼ Newt’s In - Patterico
◼ Newt Gingrich makes his 2012 run official - Cubachi

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