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links for 2008-05-06

• One CEO’s View: Why McCain’s Health Plan Is Better - WebMD Election 2008 News Blog

  John McCain does not believe that you fix health care by replacing one inefficient, irrational, and costly system with another.

  (tags: mccain 2008 health_care)

• Obama Strategist Has Family Ties to Earmark - Jonathan Allen, CQ Politics

  Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama likes to skewer rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for her assessment last year that “a lot of those lobbyists … represent real Americans.” So does his chief strategist, David Axelrod.

  (tags: obama 2008 earmarks pork)

• Next up: Romney v. Huckabee - Matt Lewis, Politico

  John McCain may be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but a struggle to determine who will carry the conservative mantle into the future rages just below the surface of his success.

  (tags: mccain 2008 romney huckabee)

• My Plea to Republicans - Newt Gingrich, Human Events

  The Republican loss in the special election for Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District last Saturday should be a sharp wake up call for Republicans.

  (tags: republicans congress politics gingrich)

• National “Earmarks Don’t Fly” Campaign to Oppose Largest Earmark in History - AFP

  Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today announced a national effort to prevent Congress from passing legislation that would prematurely overturn the outcome of a merit-based tanker procurement decision by the Air Force.

  (tags: military earmarks pork congress pelosi)