But the Bush-Obama-Cheney nexus means rather less than it may seem. Conventional genealogies conceal how rapidly genes get diluted down the generations. You inherit directly only half of your father’s genes, a quarter of each grandfather’s, an eighth of any great-grandfather’s. And with ancestors much further back, you may share no more genes than you do with a random stranger met in Times Square.
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Edwards continues to pile up union support, support which is critical in the early states.
The handwriting is clearly on the wall with regard to Iowa. Yes, the race is a dead heat, but Edwards hasn't spent anything in the way of television ads, while his "frontrunner" opponents have wasted millions.
Why in the world would Hillary Clinton, with her name recognition, spend millions on ads? It tells me the ground operation there isn't all that strong, while Edwards has spent the past three or so years building his up.
Biden should do well there. He is good at "retail politics."
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Ron Paul won the straw poll of people who were at the Conservative Leadership Conference last weekend in Sparks.
The results are interesting, but they show just how far out of the mainstream attendees are.
It would be like having a straw poll of posters at Democratic Underground where Dennis Kucinich almost always finishes close to the top.
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The Republicans had a debate tonight on Fox News, but I was unable to watch it because of satellite problems.
I almost always problems with receiving the signal from Fox, and I often have problems with Court TV as well. That's the big problem with having a satellite dish as opposed to cable.
But I'm not going back to cable for a long time, if ever. It costs too goddamned much.
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