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Insider Report: Condi Rice Leads 2008 Poll Special From NewsMax's Most Informed Sources
Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. Viguerie: Elections Show GOP Paying Price for Bush Results from Tuesday's elections confirm the results of a recent poll that showed President Bush's move to the left has hurt Republican electoral chances, said conservative icon Richard Viguerie.
The day after Democrats won the race for governor in New Jersey and red state Virginia, Viguerie said: "Republican candidates yesterday paid the price for President Bush's move to the left exhibited by his expansion of government programs, power and spending at the expense of personal, religious and economic freedom. Story Continues Below
"He has not been in sync with conservatives, who are the mainstream of American voters, on immigration and too many other policies. "Voters rejected the politics of compromise by President Bush and the Republican leadership, and want a more principled, populist direction within the GOP." In the poll by Viguerie's ConservativeHQ.com:
"To save his presidency and prevent devastating Republican losses in '06, President Bush needs to take drastic action by replacing most of his White House policy personnel with effective, principled conservatives," said Viguerie, who pioneered ideological and political direct mail and helped elect Ronald Reagan in 1980. "President Bush's ratings are not low for acting like a conservative. They're low for not."
2. Islamists Funding Russian Terrorism Dozens of Islamic extremist organizations are pouring money into Chechnya to fund rebels fighting the Russian government, a new report reveals. "In the opinion of some U.S. experts, one of the largest sources of financing for Chechen extremists is The Fund for World Assistance, an Islamic organization," said the Malden Institute, a conservative think tank that publishes "The International Reports: Early Warning." "According to statements by U.S. intelligence agencies, they have grounds to assume that this organization, whose activity in the United States is banned, financed al-Qaida as well." Chechen extremists are also receiving financing from sources in Australia, according to Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) officer Nikolay Varavin. In Turkey – which publicly condemns terrorism – organizations facilitating the transfer of "international philanthropic" money to the Chechens operate there, according to MVD operatives. The son of the late president of Chechnya, Anzor Maskhadov, who lives in Malaysia, also collects funds and channels them to Chechnya to support what Chechens call the "holy struggle with the infidels." According to MVD data, more than 60 international Islamic extremist organizations and around 100 foreign firms have been used at various times to give financial and material aid to Chechen fighters. Islamists in Syria, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates are also providing funds for destabilizing one of Chechnya's neighboring constituent republics, Dagestan. The Malden Institute reports: "The organizations the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Haramain and the Center for the Fight Against Infidels, which are part of the al-Qaida international terrorist network, allotted $10 million … for organizing terrorist acts in Moscow and the North Caucasus." Among recent terrorists attacks in Russia, authorities blamed Chechen rebels for the almost simultaneous crashes of two Russian passenger jets soon after takeoff in Moscow on August 24. All 90 people aboard were killed. A week later, Chechen commander Shamil Basayev masterminded the storming of a school in Beslan in neighboring North Ossetia. By the time the siege ended, 331 people – including many children – were dead, and more than 700 were injured.
3. Coulter Rips Clooney's McCarthy Film Best-selling author Ann Coulter says you can credit – or rather, blame – her for George Clooney's recent movie about the Joe McCarthy era. Clooney "claims he was driven to make the movie ‘Good Night, and Good Luck' because ‘a book came out about how great McCarthy was,'" Coulter writes in a column. She excerpts a recent published interview where the actor was asked if Coulter was the reason behind his movie: "Q: Ann Coulter's ‘Treason'? "GC: Yes. "Needless to say I was shocked to learn that George Clooney can read. Liberals haven't been so alarmed by a book since ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin.'" Coulter's book "Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism" explores, among a number of issues, the career of Sen. Joe McCarthy, and maintains he was basically right about Soviet agents working for the U.S. government. Coulter cites the movie's "two examples of McCarthy's perfidy," Annie Lee Moss and Milo Radulovich. "As described in detail on Pages 62-64 of ‘Treason,' Moss was a proved Communist Party member – who happened to be working in the Code Room of the Pentagon," writes Coulter, whose latest book is "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)." "It was an act of sheer madness. "As for Milo Radulovich, he had absolutely nothing to do with McCarthy. McCarthy never mentioned his name… "I guess [Clooney] borrowed some of Al Franken's ‘fact-checkers.'" "Good Night, and Good Luck," which Clooney directed, focuses on Edward R. Murrow's attempt to take down McCarthy through his news program. But Coulter says "it was hardly an act of bravery" for Murrow to attack McCarthy. "Every known news outlet was attacking McCarthy … Murrow merely jumped on the liberal bandwagon." Coulter adds that she doesn't intend to see Clooney's movie, saying "half the reviewers so far have said ‘good night' to Clooney, and the other half have said ‘good luck.'" Editor's Note: Get Ann Coulter's new book at a price cheaper than Amazon! Go Here Now
4. NewsMax Poll: Condi Best GOP Choice for 2008 Almost half the voters in a NewsMax Internet poll believe Condoleezza Rice should be the Republican candidate in the 2008 presidential election. Just under 45 percent of respondents voted "Yes" to the question: "Do you believe Condi is the best candidate the Republicans could nominate?" When Rice was matched against five other potential GOP candidates, the results were:
Also in the poll, a whopping 91 percent of voters said they believe Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2008. But when asked who they would vote for in a Hillary vs. Condi race, respondents – who numbered well over 150,000 – overwhelmingly chose Rice, 89 percent to Hillary's 11 percent. Condi has maintained that she has no interest in running for president, saying it is not "what I want to do with my life." But political pundit Dick Morris told NewsMax: "Unlike in dating, ‘no' doesn't always mean ‘no' in politics." Morris, whose new book "Condi vs. Hillary" makes the case for a Rice presidential campaign in 2008, said: "The real question is would she refuse to run if million of Americans cast votes for her and she appeared to be on the way to winning the nomination? "I believe Condi will do her duty." Editor's Note: Get a free copy of Dick Morris' bestselling book "Condi vs. Hillary" -- Click Here Now.
5. Did Someone Leak Alito's Name? Thousands of bettors visited an Internet gambling site and wagered on the person they thought President Bush would nominate for the Supreme Court after Harriet Miers was out of the picture – and some bettors were evidently acting on inside information. Bets on Samuel Alito at the Web site Intrade skyrocketed on October 28, three days before Bush announced his nomination. "Word of Alito's nomination apparently was starting to leak," Jim McTague reported in Barron's. When Ireland-based Intrade first began offering to handle bets on 28 potential nominees on October 27, Alito was a long shot for a seat expected to go to a female jurist. But betting on Alito took a huge spike on October 28 after Erick Erickson, a blogger for RedState.org, reported in the morning that "very credible people outside the White House and lower-level staff people inside the White House have Alito on their lips." Bets on Alito, which numbered only 180 the day before, surged to 1,495 after the blog hit the Internet. Bush formally named Alito at 8 a.m. on October 31. But even if some bettors did act in response to a leak, no one made a killing on Intrade – the largest single bet yielded just $740.
6. NewsMax Columnist Honored by Marines NewsMax columnist and ex-Marine Phil Brennan served as Guest of Honor at the U.S. Marines' Birthday Ball. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Mack, Commanding Office of Marine Air Control Squadron 24 in Virginia Beach, Va., invited the veteran newsman to the November 5 event celebrating the founding of the Corps, telling him in a letter: "I would be especially honored if you would be our Guest of Honor since you exemplify all that is right with the country that we fight for. "I spend a lot of time trying to introduce the Marines to great thinkers, writers, and patriots. I borrow many of your words when I'm teaching." After he was honored at the Ball, Brennan wrote in his NewsMax column:
"I found myself surrounded by 400 of the finest men and women on the face of the earth. Resplendent in their dress blues, many back in the U.S. and standing tall after one or two tours of duty in Iraq – assignments they rightly viewed as badges of honor – they reminded me that there are still some extraordinary and dedicated noble warriors in America who typify everything that is, and has always been, great and decent and glorious about the United States.
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