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It is all over the place. People are asking why and how Republicans won in Tennessee so big. Was it McCain? The "Black factor"? Obamas liberalism? Our candidates? Democrat candidates? The conservative message? Phil Bredesens inactivity? The money? Gray Sasser?

Remember the NYT, MoveOn.org and the General “BetrayUs” ad? Remember that fine Senator and patriotic American Harry Reid who said “The Surge has failed and the War is lost!”? Remember the drumbeat of quagmire, imperialist America, War for Oil and the rest of the Democratic Party nonsense designed to wear down our will and reduce our resolve?

This, from the TimesonlineUK…

Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda
American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.
After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq [...]

This, from the TimesonlineUK...Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda
American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.

Local Republican leader Bob Krumm, who once asked whether hurricane-ravaged New Orleans should be rebuilt at all, has got to be liking Senator John McCain's possible guillotine of the Lower 9th Ward:

If you all are not subscribed to The Patriot Post, or at least regular readers, you really are missing out! From Friday’s Patriot Post Digest:

Warfront with Jihadistan: Shi’ite fight

"Olden Warming:"

Republicans:
John McCain won big in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Not surprising, as the polls mostly predicted this and these states/district, other than Virginia (which is becoming less so) aren’t exactly Evangelical strongholds, which have been responsible for Huckabee’s victories. I have to think McCain is starting to get annoyed at Huckabee, [...]

Republicans:

Leftist Addiction posts an analysis of how the delegates could break in Tennessee on the Democratic side:

* The 9th district which is 59.7% black (which means an even higher proportion of Democratic primary voters). It is also a 6 delegate district, and Obama should be able to break the 59% he needs for a 4-2 split.