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links for 2008-05-09

• Judging McCain - Quin Hillyer, American Spectator

  Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s speech on judges on Tuesday was a mostly successful effort in his continuing attempt to rebuild bridges with conservatives justifiably angry at him about both issues and attitudes, not to mention anger, in his

  (tags: mccain 2008 judiciary)

• In Defense of RINO Hunting - Pat Toomey, Wall Street Journal

  The Club for Growth Political Action Committee has long been attacked for intervening in Republican primaries and targeting the party’s most economically liberal incumbents.

  (tags: republicans elections 2008)

• EU trade chief hits at Democrat hopefuls - Alan Beattie, Financial Times

  Peter Mandelson, European trade commissioner, has said the protectionist stances taken by the US presidential candidates risk taking the world trading system back by decades.

  (tags: europe democrats hillary_clinton obama 2008)

• Oink! Oink! Oink! Congress goes hog wild with farm bill - Editorial, Washington Examiner

  There will be unmelted snowballs in Hades before this Congress agrees to cut out the pork in the farm bill headed for a vote within the next week, so President Bush should get his veto pen ready.

  (tags: farm congress spending pork)

• The 2007 Congressional Scorecard - Club For Growth

  Club for Growth is publishing this scorecard so our members and the public can monitor the actions and the voting behavior of members of Congress on economic growth issues.

  (tags: congress politics)

• Leave Bobby Jindal Alone - Ragnar Danneskjold, The Jawa Report

  I’m getting so completely sick and tired of hearing otherwise sensible people angling for Gov. Bobby Jindal for McCain’s VP.

  (tags: bobby_jindal mccain 2008)

• Former Lobbyist Holds Obama Fundraiser - Amanda Carpenter, Townhall

  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has promised he would not accept campaign donations from lobbyists, but apparently former lobbyists don’t fall into his self-imposed ban.

  (tags: obama 2008)

• Poll: Americans almost evenly split on home bailout - Beth Braverman, CNNMoney.com

  Americans remain split on whether homeowners about to default on their mortgages should receive special treatment to help them keep their houses, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Poll.

  (tags: housing congress)

• McCain’s not-so-secret plan to lose Michigan - Susan J. Demas, Lansing State Journal

  Say you’re running for president and dropping by the most economically ravaged state in the nation.

  (tags: mccain 2008 economy)