The candidate, trailing far behind John McCain, hopes Texas will hand him another victory.

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Mike Huckabee left Wisconsin in the midst of the presidential campaign last week so he could give a speech for pay in the Cayman Islands. This week, he’ll leave Texas in the midst of the campaign so he can give a speech for pay in Colorado.

No details available on the speech yet, except that it’s not campaign-related. As soon as the campaign releases more information, I’ll let you know.

Breaking news: Bible Belt Blogger, at 8:20 p.m., declared Barack Obama the winner of the Wisconsin Democratic primary. Exit polls showed Obama winning more than two-thirds of the male vote.

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“A lot of kids don’t know what work is.” Hillary Clinton, New York Post, May 11, 1996.

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Ohhhhh, the networks are annoying when they are coy with exit poll data. But they’re giving us some tantalizing hints this time. Some of these numbers, supplied by Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin, suggest a good night for Barack Obama. But there are still a few maddening gaps in the data.

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By the Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. – The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he’s being ripped off by Mike Huckabee.

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Every vote counts. Even at the Grammys. The Clark Sisters TIED Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige for the Best Gospel Performance award. They’ll all get the award.

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According to Politico.com, the Clinton campaign may try to convince pledged Obama delegates to break their oath to the voters who elected them, and back Hillary instead.

Former Virginia governor Douglas Wildler is warning that the streets of Denver could get ugly this summer…

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Hillary Clinton is accusing Barack Obama of plagiarizing speeches. But I’ve noticed surprising similarities between Clinton’s own speeches and those given by other political candidates. Here’s your challenge: find a phrase or cliche that Clinton has borrowed from another politician — living or dead. And post it here at www.biblebeltblogger.com The one who finds the most interesting example of “speech-borrowing” will win a copy of “Sunday in Plains” — audio recordings of Jimmy Carter’s Sunday School class.

P.S> Here’s a link to Sen. Clinton’s “speeches” webpage.

The Clinton campaign is accusing Barack Obama of plagiarism. And it’s bad to be a plagiarist if you work for a university or a newspaper. It’s a career-ending offense for journalists. But politicians borrow words all the time. Even Hillary Clinton.

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What do you think?

“Some Catholics may be hoping for a Huckabee miracle. Southern Baptists and Catholics haven’t always gotten along, but there is something just downright Knights of Columbus-friendly about the guy—squirrel-roasting aside. Huck’s delegate math will need to cash in more than a few chits with St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, but hey, in theology, if you can make do with five loaves and fishes, what’s the big deal about delegates?

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From the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom:

Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region Remains a Serious Concern, Commissioner Felice D. Gaer Testifies Before Helsinki Commission

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The LA Times says it’s happened a half-dozen times at Obama events.

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Or is Clinton the new “Mondale?”

Robert Novak says the Clinton campaign would like to paint Barack Obama as a modern day George McGovern. But they’d better be careful. There are other losers in that liberal house of horrors, and at least one of them, arguably, bears a spooky resemblance to Hillary!

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