December 31, 2007
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Making news today:The gloves are (still) off

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Just how brutal has the presidential campaign gotten? Here's one sign: John Edwards — who has been on the receiving end of a week's worth of verbal blows from rival Barack Obama — is now suggesting the Illinois senator of being too "nice" to be president.

Here's another: Mike Huckabee is demanding an apology from rival Mitt Romney after weeks of being on the receiving end of negative attacks. Huckabee is also insisting that the former Massachusetts governor admit he lied about his own record, too.

And John McCain may have said publicly he's "moving on" from his weekend of dueling attack ads with Romney ­– but his new Granite State spot, which calls his fellow New Hampshire rival out by name, seems to say something else entirely.

Even Rudy Giuliani, who has called for an end to the worst of the back-and-forth from his perch above the fray (and out of the running in Iowa) is signaling his willingness to wade into the mud if necessary. On Sunday, he invoked the now universally-observed amendment to Ronald Reagan's eleventh commandment: "Don't criticize other Republicans, comma, unless they criticize me."

The former New York City mayor is spending Monday in the safety of his hometown, and McCain is off riding his new surge back east in New Hampshire, but the rest of the presidential field is spending the day on the main battlefield here in the Hawkeye State.

– — CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand

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Dina   December 31st, 2007 8:04 am ET

Divider, you are off your rocker. Barack Obama is not Louis Farrakhan, nor is he a member of the Nation of Islam. Get your facts straight.

Obama the divider   December 31st, 2007 7:51 am ET

Obamas "Church" is just the black Muslim cult.Obama buys into church"s philosophy, we have a blatantly racist presidential runner whose first allegiance is to Africa Looking for salvation? White people need not apply. it stresses the Afro-centrism. CAN OBAMA SERVE A COUNTRY THAT IS NOT ALL BLACK? If I belonged to a church that was White-centric questions would be raised about my ability to serve ALL the people! organization worships African to a far greater degree than they do Christ, impression of being separatist "church" as do certain supremacist "white brethren"or Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam. An excerpt from Mission Statement: "We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian… Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community. Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They must reflect on the following concepts:1. Commitment to God 2. Commitment to the Black Community 3. Commitment to the Black Family 4. Dedication to the Pursuit of Education 5. Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence 6. Adherence to the Black Work Ethic 7. Commitment to self-Discipline and Self-Respect 8. Disavowal of the Pursuit of "Middleclassness"9. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the Black Community 10. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions 11. Pledge allegiance to all Black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System 12. Personal commitment to embracement of the Black Value System." Sound familiar? Of course it is, since it's identical 12pt from white supremacist candidate's church;

Z   December 31st, 2007 6:09 am ET

For all you Democrats…….I hope either Obama, Clinton or Edwards runs for your party. That will definitely insure victory for the Republicans to win in 2008.

Vote Republican 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This country needs someone as President that has backbone.

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