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THE CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
December 18, 2007
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Huckabee's Oprah
By Robert D. Novak
Townhall.com
WASHINGTON - Republican insiders, puzzled by the sudden
rise of Mike Huckabee as a serious presidential candidate,
are overlooking the role played for him by actor Chuck
Norris.
Called "Huckabee's Oprah" in Hollywood, Norris is helping
the former governor of Arkansas in much the same way that
Oprah Winfrey boosts Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the
Democratic presidential nomination. Huckabee began his
ascent from the depths of the second tier of candidates
after his endorsement in late October by Norris, called
the "marshal of martial arts."
Norris's endorsement is featured in a Huckabee TV ad, which
his money-short campaign has run mainly in Iowa and on the
Internet. Norris may be no big deal in New York and
Washington, but he is a folk hero with ordinary Iowans and
has helped push Huckabee ahead of Mitt Romney in polls
forecasting the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. The Norris endorse-
ment may be a bigger factor in Iowa than evangelical
support for Huckabee, an ordained Baptist minister.
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PRO-LIFE W?
George W. Bush, who has been repeatedly described by his
staff as the "most pro-life president in history," again
will miss the annual anti-abortion March for Life in
Washington Jan. 22 and instead make a live phone call to
participants.
This time, President Bush will be in the Middle East the
day of the march. He has called the pro-life demonstrators
from Manhattan, Kan., from Camp David and from Roswell,
N.M., in recent years. That the president usually ends up
out of Washington is annoying to thousands of pro-life
activists who take buses to the nation's capital.
"President Bush is the most pro-life president in history,"
was one of the talking points sent out by Bush headquarters
during the 2004 campaign. Tim Goeglein, the White House
liaison with religious groups, has said: "George W. Bush
is the most pro-life president in American history."
BOXER'S REVENGE
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, a personal
friend and political ally of the Clintons, is behind a
nearly year-long blocking of California Superior Court
Judge Jim Rogan for a federal judgeship because he was
one of the 13 House impeachment managers of President
Bill Clinton.
President Bush in January nominated Rogan as a district
judge in Los Angeles. Ordinarily, district court nominees
do not experience the confirmation difficulties of an
appellate judge. Boxer has prevented Senate action on
Rogan, informing this column he is not in the "mainstream."
A former Democrat, Rogan served two terms in Congress
representing a heavily Democratic Southern California
district but was defeated for re-election in 2000. He
was named as a Superior Court judge in 2006 by California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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RAHM'S REPUBLICANS
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus,
won private praise Wednesday from several conservative
Republican senators when he launched an attack on Senate
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
Emanuel attacked McConnell's plan to keep federal spending
at President Bush's recommended level but find room for
individual earmarks by cutting everything across the board.
Emanuel said McConnell is "fighting for earmarks over
funding for cancer cures, the veterans' health care crisis
and 50,000 new American teachers." He charged that
McConnell's "own re-election campaign would come first."
That is precisely what anti-earmark Republicans have been
saying in private but do not want to say publicly for the
sake of party unity.
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THOMPSON'S CONSERVATIVE
The endorsement of Fred Thompson's presidential candidacy
by Morton Blackwell, longtime Republican National committee-
man from Virginia and a prominent conservative activist,
was announced Tuesday a silent month after it was made.
Blackwell's support had been sought by Thompson. After due
consideration, Blackwell decided Thompson was the best
conservative who could be nominated. He so informed the
Thompson campaign of his decision but then heard nothing
until Tuesday's announcement.
The intervening month was a time when Thompson could have
benefited from good news. Several Republicans trying to
help Thompson have found their overtures rebuffed.
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