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From Eric Dondero: Roll Call's The Political Wire is reporting this morning: A new Honolulu Star Advertiser poll in Hawaii shows Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) has a big lead in the Demo­cratic primary for U.S. Senate opening an early double-digit gap over former Rep. Ed Case (D-HI), 56% to 36%. That's a huge lead for the ultra-leftist in the race, over the more moderate and much respected across party lines Ed Case. Polls from a couple weeks ago, showed Republican moderate Linda Lingle ahead of... Read Full Story

From Eric Dondero: Republilcan-turned-Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson won a key Florida straw poll over the weekend. From MSNBC , "Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, ex-Republican, wins Libertarian straw poll in Florida": Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson on Saturday won what he called his first foray into a statewide Libertarian presidential race. Johnson, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race in December to seek the Libertarian Party nomination, garnered 42... Read Full Story

WARNING: VIOLENT VIDEO From Eric Dondero: Little context is given on this just-released video from Russia. But it appears that a Muslim thug, perhaps the owner of the store, smacked two native Russian woman. First he hits one, and then another woman, likely her friend, comes up to complain. He then punches her hard. She falls to the floor. Was he upset women were in his store buying liquor? Read Full Story

by Eric Dondero Reason claims to be all about "free minds and free markets." Yet when it comes to Islamists cracking down on free speech rights, they're noticeably AWOL. Ditto for other left-libertarians like Cato.org, Radley Balko's TheAgitator (a particularly blatant hypocrite on free speech issues), Daily Paul, Humble Libertarian, and of course, LewRockwell.com. Here's the latest instance of non-reporting of a story that doesn't quite fit their template. From Yahoo News , "Malaysia deports... Read Full Story

Top Jordanian official pledges to make it easier for Muslim Brotherhood to seize power on Israel's eastern flank From Eric Dondero: Syria is falling to the Islamists. And now Jordan's King Abdullah has committed to full parliamentary elections immediately following the next general election. Islamists are already preparing for a take-over. From Bikyamasr , "Jordan premier: Door should be opened to Islamist rule" Jordanian Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh Friday said that election laws... Read Full Story

All Muslim women should be required to wear hijabs and burkas with severe penalties for refusal From the International Business Times (UK), "No Freedom in Islam, Says Egypt's Presidential Candidate" Feb. 11: Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail, Egypt's presidential candidate and a vocal supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, has said that there is no room for personal freedom in Islam. In a recent television interview translated and reported by Jihad Watch, Ismail said that being a Muslim... one has to go... Read Full Story

“The federal government is bloated beyond excess and must be stripped bare and kept limited. As your representative, this is my message to you and I hope yours to me.” From Eric Dondero: Roll Call has just pronounced that the congressional district of retiring blue dog Democrat Rep. Heath Schuler, (southwest North Carolina), has been moved from "toss-up," to "lean Republican." There are four Republicans vying for the seat. One of them, who ran in 2010, is a definite Glenn Beck/Tea Party... Read Full Story

Absolute Must See! From Eric Dondero: One leftist protester at C-PAC in D.C., tells a conservative reporter straight out; he's getting paid. $60 bucks. He reveals he's a member of a local union. He has no idea why he is there, or what he is protesting. He's just happy to get three twenties in his pocket. Read Full Story

Now 120 to 72 to 32 to 16 From the AP (via KNEWS 4 Reno ): The former Massachusetts governor won at least eight delegates, with six delegates left to be allocated, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Texas Rep. Ron Paul won at least seven. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were shut out. Romney leads the overall race for delegates, with 120. Santorum has 72, Gingrich has 32 and Paul has 16. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination. MittRomney.com Read Full Story

From Eric Dondero: Andrew Ian Dodge, a friend of this website, was quoted at Politico on the Romney win over Ron Paul in the Maine caucuses yesterday.("Mitt Romney wins 2012 Maine caucuses"). “His visits to the state have done him immeasurable good. Romney supporters, there is a much bigger spring in their step. Before Romney got here, there was a bit of a feeling of being left out, that Ron Paul supporters got to see their boy but they didn’t get to see theirs,” said Andrew Ian Dodge, a tea... Read Full Story