On The Editors At National Review Online

Ah yes!

Now we get it!

NRO's position on global warming/alternative energy must be unfashionable, yet informed.

Why? Because John McCain's position is exactly the opposite of theirs.

Of course, writing it on your editorial page don't make it so.

To put in another way: What do people think the true cost is, in treasure and blood, to continue hauling a dirty, finite resource out of hellholes around the globe? To have a foreign policy driven by our addiction to oil? To have a unholy dependence on nation states who would slit our throats if they could only figure out a way to take money from a dead body?

It's. A. Lot.

And we figure that any critique of any progressive energy plan better have those numbers in the "cost of doing nothing" column.

John McCain's energy plan is far from perfect. But it's a start. Which puts him ahead of 99% of DC Republicans (and their publishing organs) and ahead of 50% of the Republican Governors.

And he came up with his plan not because it's "fashionable" or "politically expedient". He came up with his plan because he knows what our energy reality is. And that reality has as much or more to do with our national and economic security as it does with polar bears and melting ice caps.

So the boys and girls at NRO might spend a little less time on "Any talk of ending our dependence on oil is an Al Gore plot to turn the keys of our kingdom over to Red China", and a little more time using their large soapbox to start a dialogue on what a fossil free future looks like and how to get there.

We're just saying.

National Review's New Romney Editorial (UPDATED)

The editors of National Review just went potty - or tried to - on the New Hampshire press corp over Mitt Romney.

Look, we have a hell of a lot of respect for The National Review. It's a quality news outlet.

And when we're dining at the Chevy Chase Club after a few sets of tennis and a stiff 18 hole marathon, we're sure that NR's world view, as seen from their perches in DC/NYC, will come in real handy.

But this isn't about Scotch & Sodas in Maryland, this is about grassroots politicking in New Hampshire.

And about who really knows what.

20 newspapers in the New Hampshire market have endorsed John McCain for President.

20 newspapers that spent the last 2 years (or more) watching each presidential candidate closely.

20 newspapers that took a pass on Mitt Romney.

It's not just the Union Leader, it's not just the Concord Monitor's anti-endorsement and it's not just the Boston papers.

It's 20 newspapers.

And while we are quite sure that The National Review is privately quite embarrassed to have "zigged" when everyone else "zagged", their new editorial is just plain sad.

Because all it does is reiterate the fact that Romney's political support is one mile wide. And one inch deep.

We're just saying.

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(UPDATED) Team Romney - foolishly (in our humble opinion) - is jumping into this fight in a very public way, by blasting out emails telling their supporters to call the UL and complain.

Which begs the question: Does Team Romney ask their supporters to call the other 19 NH based newspapers and complain?

Here is their email that just hit our mailbox:

Dear New Hampshire voter,



This morning, National Review, the leading conservative magazine in America, criticized The Union Leader for using an absurd double standard in their attacks on Governor Mitt Romney.



As National Review noted, "The Union Leader 's advocacy of John McCain has become so fierce and lopsided that it has practically transformed itself into a pro-McCain 527 organization."



With the New Hampshire primary just 11 days away, it is crucial that people understand the honest differences between Governor Romney's record and Sen. McCain's. Help us by forwarding this email to as many friends and family members as you can, and please take a moment to call or email The Union Leader and tell them that the people of New Hampshire deserve the whole truth, not just one candidate's side of the story.



Call The Union Leader today at ( 603) 668-4321 or (800) 562-8218 or send an email to letters@unionleader.com and share your views on your support for Governor Romney.



On the issues, National Review concluded:

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Taxes: "Senator McCain … voted against the tax cuts, as he had voted against the 2001 tax cuts. He flip-flopped on estate taxes, defending them after having voted to get rid of them. As he geared up to run for president this time around, however, McCain became a born-again supply-sider. Now he wants to keep the tax cuts he originally opposed."
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Immigration: " … Romney was right. McCain has voted to let illegal immigrants who meet certain conditions become citizens and then receive benefits for their prior illegal work. Few Senate Republicans joined him."

Thank you for all your help! The support of people like you will make all the difference on Jan. 8.



Sincerely,

The New Hampshire Romney for President Team

Romney NH Earned Media Team So Under Water That They're Drinking, Literally

The New Hampshire Union Leader tees-off on Mitt Romney.

Again.

And while the UL might be the leader of the anti-Romney band, it's far from the only member in the band.

Which makes the New Hampshire earned media hurricane Mitt Romney is currently whirling around in that much harder to break out of.

But it's not all bad for Team Romney. They got National Review's endorsement.

And, maybe NR knows something that the New Hampshire press doesn't?

We figure that NR's editors must have spent a solid 3 or 4 hours sipping wine and gobbling steak with the highest levels of Team Romney in some fancy-dancy DC eatery before crowning Willard with their endorsement.

Of course, the New Hampshire press corps has only been watching Romney up close for the last several years.

Hmmm.

We have to wonder what National Review was thinking.

Pass the whipped mashed potatoes?