It's been a busy week, with two trips to New York, which is why I have have not been blogging. Back in New Hampshire now, with an eye on the following:

A reporter from the Washington Post spent some quality time with our Secretary of State Bill Gardner and State Representative Jim Splaine. For those of you who don't know, Splaine wrote the 1975 law that gives Gardner almost total power over the date of our Presidential Primary. In the article, Gardner and Splaine (mostly Splaine) speculate about a possible December 11 primary date (John Distaso also writes about it in his Granite Status column in the Union Leader). New Hampshire primary veterans (like me) know that the date of the primary is limited only by the logistics of a filing period to get candidates on the ballot (anyone can get on the ballot who meets the Constitutional requirements for serving as President and can pay a $1,000 fee) and the time needed to print and distribute the ballots. According to Gardner, only about two weeks will be needed after the filing period is closed to get it done, which leaves open the possibility of a December 11 date. For me, the most powerful argument for such an early date is that it will give candidates time to recover from whatever happens here in New Hampshire. The greatest problem with the front-loading of the primaries is that it compresses the action to such a degree that only the well-funded front-runners can possibly win the nomination. A better system would spread the primaries out so that the nation could take a long, hard look at the candidates as they battle through adversity. Unfortunately, this year's events only prove that the process cannot be controlled so long as it is subject to the decisions made by people who cannot be deterred by any possible sanction from the major party leadership.

The former commander of ground forces in Iraq (whose exit from command was not under favorable circumstances, by the way) says there is no end in sight to the war. You think the anti-war left is angry at George W. Bush now, just wait until you see how angry they get with President Hillary Clinton when she keeps our troops in the fight.

Must reading...."An Inconvenient Peace Prize".

So, the Jews really do rule the world.