The Peaceful Debate: Republicans Face Off in Florida

The Fredless Horseman

The stage was set for a Rumble in Raton Thursday night, but Boca Raton resident Rand Simberg writes that at the GOP debate “there seemed to have been a mutual non-aggression pact declared among all the candidates on the stage.”

Meanwhile, South Floridian Patrick Cox reports that “it was not just civil and generally respectful, it was a show of solidarity in which even Ron Paul enjoyed none of the personal challenges aimed at him the past.”

Midday: Everybody Hates Bill Clinton

What are you looking at?

How quickly the favorite ex-president became a mangy and uxorious attack animal, berating journalists, slandering Barack Obama, and patronizing blacks. In the first of a new daily Midday news roundup, Michael Weiss charts the pandemic disillusionment with Bill Clinton — especially on the liberal-left.

Study on Bush's Iraq Deception and Lies: Full of Deception and Lies

Objective research?

The headline-grabbing report released by two non-profits, Iraq: The War Card—Orchestrated Deception on the Path to War, charged that the Bush administration issued “hundreds of false statements” on Iraq. Bob Owens contends that the pseudo-scientific research is filled with “spin, false pretenses, cherry-picked statements.”

Holland: Likely to Be the Next Target of Islamist Rage

Danish cartoon riots - coming soon to Holland?

PJM Groningen: Fear is in the air in Holland. The Dutch brace for massive rioting when a far-right member of parliament airs the film that he warns will include the Koran being “desecrated.” Michael van der Galiën reports on the latest chapter of the conflict between freedom of speech and keeping the peace in Western Europe.

Wooing Fredheads

Close, but no cigar

As soon as Fred Thompson announced he was dropping out of the GOP race, friends, acquaintances and total strangers started trying to win Thompson supporter Rick Moran over to McCain, Huck, Romney or Rudy. Who will he and his fellow depressed Fredheads turn to for their second choice?

Dirty, Rotten (French) Scoundrels Who Are Cozy with the UN PJM Paris: Nidra Poller has a whopper: the incredibly true tale of a French twosome who swindled millions — one of them is married to a top-ranking member of France’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Obama: My Pro-Abortion Views Can Draw Evangelicals (Life News)

Abortion Decisions “Need to Be Made in Consultation with Doctors, They Have to Be Prayed Upon” (Christianity Today)

Drunkblogging the GOP Debate (Vodkapundit)

Terror Attacks North and South of Jerusalem (Arutz Sheva)

The Law and Insurgents During the American Civil War (Abu Muqawama)

Wesley Snipes' Bizarre Memo to the IRS (Star Banner)

The 'Littlest Nazi": Adopted by the SS (Daily Telegraph)

Bill Gates Argues for a 'Kinder Capitalism' (Larry Kudlow)

Selling the Airwaves: The 700 MHz Auction (Popular Mechanics)

Parking Warden Tickets Man in a Diabetic Coma (This Is Cheshire)

Ezra Levant, David Frum, And A Whole Lotta Fred! Postmortems (PJM Political)

Too Many Targets, Too Few Robots (Strategy Page)

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Western Powers in Burma Appeal (BBC)

Saddam Interrogator Says Dictator Faked WMD Status to Avoid Iran Invasion (CBS News)

Kucinich Abandons White House Bid (AP)

Review of "The Bush Tragedy" (Washington Post)

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Blacks Didn't Earn More During Clinton's Presidency (Slate)

Scientists Inch Closer to Man-Made Life (New York Times)

A Clinton Twofer's High Price (Rosa Brooks)

Italy's PM Prodi Resigns After Losing Confidence Vote (AP)

Hillary Will Win by Losing South Carolina (Dick Morris)

Obama in Email Counteroffensive Against Muslim Rumors (Wired)

'Quantum of Solace': Details of New James Bond Film Released (Telegraph)

Kosovo PM Thaci: Independence Imminent (BBC)

Report Shows Palestinian Media Addicted to Hate (Solomonia)

U2's Bono in Pentagon Bull Session (Reuters)

Recession Fears Can Drive Recessions (Live Science)

It's a Deal! White House, Democrats Agree on Stimulus Plan for Economy (AP)

Italy's Prodi on the Ropes, Faces Crucial Confidence Vote (Times Online)

The $20,000 Cup of Coffee (NY Times)

Single Trader Responsible for $7.1 bn at French Bank Société Générale (CNN/Money)

PJM's Roger Simon: The John Wayne of the Blogosphere (Washington Times)

Chavez Government Seizing Food from Private Companies (The Belmont Club)

"Legendary" GOP Strategist Launches Hillary Name-Calling Effort (TPM Muckraker)

Strange Bedfellows: Hunter Endorses Huckabee (Michelle Malkin)

Hamas Staged Blackouts (Jerusalem Post)

Will the Clinton Hardball Hurt Democratic Unity? (WaPo)