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This is the time of year when hope springs eternal for legislative hopefuls. Think of it like the spring training for state politics. One pretender that's feeling particularly enthusiastic is Ann Buckvold. She's the DFL-endorsed candidate for House District 13B. This morning, Ms. Buckvold sent me a flurry or tweets explaining why she should be taken seriously.
In those tweets, she said "I'm running for the people of district 13A. I love hearing a Republican say, "You are a Democrat I would love to support." Upon committing $$ to my campaign. I have Republicans and fiscal conservatives in my district who also have told me I have their vote. One guy in 14A told me he wished he and his wife could move to my district just to vote for me. Then that same guy sent me a check for more than originally committed. I also have Republicans in 13B who are supporting me. Yes, that's plural. They've lived in the area a long time."
Being the heartless, mean-spirited conservative that I am, I asked Ms. Buckvold if she'd written her concession speech yet. Seriously, I wasn't being mean-spirited. I just saw what the 2014 election looked like. It wasn't pretty:
In 2014, the DFL candidate won 3 of the 25 precincts in the district. Jeff Howe, the GOP incumbent, won with 60.6% of the vote. If you eliminate Rockville, the reddest precinct in HD-13B, from the vote totals, Rep. Howe would still have won with 59.5% of the vote. FYI- How won Rockville with 722 votes compared with 255 votes for the DFL's sacrificial lamb, meaning that Rep. Howe won that district with 74% of the vote.
You know it's a safe district when you can eliminate the reddest precinct and still win with 59.5% of the vote.
My analysis isn't mean-spirited. It's just based on verified facts.
Technorati: Jeff Howe, House of Representatives, MNGOP, Ann Buckvold, DFL, Election 2016
Saying that this editorial doesn't have a pro-DFL tone to it is understatement. Let's start with where the editorialist says "when Gov. Mark Dayton pocket vetoed HF 848 which would've provided significant tax relief to the citizens of Minnesota, it sort of felt like something major was lost."
I don't think Gov. Dayton realizes that his veto of the Tax Bill is killing the DFL. When the editorialist writes "Gone was tax relief for veterans, gone was tax relief for small business owners, gone was a tax break for farmers, gone was a tax break for the residents of Houston County who live in Minnesota but work in Wisconsin, gone was the forgiveness of interest paid on debt on the new school building." he listed all of the groups of people who were hurt by Gov. Dayton's veto. That's a devastating paragraph.
It's even more damaging to the DFL when the editorialist adds "All because the governor wanted additional monies for a light rail line in Minneapolis. Two years of hard, hard work by Rep. Greg Davids (Rep. Preston) on the bill dissolved by the governor not signing the measure into law." This places the blame for Minnesotans not getting tax relief squarely on Gov. Dayton's shoulders. People won't care about the drafting error. Their response is likely to be 'Call a special session and fix it then.'
Contrary to popular opinion, Republicans aren't the ones at risk. The DFL is. While Gov. Dayton and the DFL whines about the end-of-session process, Republicans talk about the tax cuts that Gov. Dayton vetoed. In a messaging fight of end-of-session process vs. DFL vetoed tax relief, tax relief wins by a wide margin. If the DFL thinks that's a fair fight, I'll agree. It's as fair a fight as I'd like.
Davids, when receiving the phone call from the governor of his plan to veto it, worked to appeal to their friendship. The governor chose politics.
That's as surprising as finding out that the sun rises in the east. There's more:
The Republicans came up from $600 million to $950 million in the bonding bill that would've addressed transportation needs in the state. Davids said anything over $1 billion jeopardizes the state's bond rating. The governor wants $1.5 billion with about $600 million going towards a new light rail line in the metro.
Gov. Dayton is foolish if he thinks Republicans will cave on SWLRT funding. Like I said earlier, Republicans are in the stronger position. The DFL is sitting in a position of weakness, especially in outstate Minnesota.
People living in outstate Minnesota won't care if SWLRT is funded. They'll care that Gov. Dayton vetoed their tax relief. The longer this drags out, the better it is for Republicans. That's because they're fighting for fixing roads and bridges and significant tax relief.
That's a winner for the GOP and then some.
Technorati: Mark Dayton, Pocket Veto, Bonding Bill, Tax Bill, SWLRT, Special Session, DFL, Greg Davids, Farmers, Veterans, Small Businesses, Property Tax Relief, Student Loan Debt, MNGOP, Election 2016
Friends, this is as close to a GOP trifecta as we've seen in quite some time:
Stewart Mills leads Rick Nolan
Minnesota's Secretary of State race heats up
Westrom leads Peterson in private polling
If the MNGOP wins these three races, it'll be a big night for Minnesota Republicans. It's still too early to predict victories in these races but I'd rather be the Republican in each of these races than be the Democrat.
Technorati: Stewart Mills, KSTP-SurveyUSA Poll, Torrey Westrom, Dan Severson, MNGOP, Rick Nolan, Collin Peterson, Steve Simon, DFL, Closing Arguments, Secretary of State, Election 2014
Whatever the outcome of Novembers's election, KSTP's poll has stripped away the BS from DFL pundits:
Franken clings to a six-point lead over his closest Republican challenger Mike McFadden, 48 percent to 42 percent. The poll has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.1 percent.
"This poll is a cannon burst into the Minnesota U.S. Senate race," says political science professor Larry Jacobs of the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute.
It isn't just that McFadden is close. It's that Sen. Franken has a microscopic lead over Jim Abeler:
Franken has a larger lead over another potential challenger, state Representative Jim Abeler. Franken leads Abeler by nine points, 48 percent to 39 percent. "The fact that even Jim Abeler is only nine points behind Al Franken indicates there appears to be a solid base of opposition to Al Franken," says Jacobs.
Let's put this more succinctly. It isn't just that there's a "solid base of opposition to Al Franken." It's that lots of people haven't seen Franken make a difference in Washington, DC. It's like they know he's there but the average Minnesotan, not the political activists, couldn't make a list of Franken's accomplishments.
The news is worse for Gov. Dayton:
The GOP-endorsed candidate for governor, Jeff Johnson, trails Dayton 46% to 40%. Dayton leads former House Speaker Kurt Zellers by seven points, 46 percent to 39 percent. Former House Minority Leader Marty Seifert is eight points back (46 percent-38 percent) and businessman Scott Honour is ten points back (47 percent-37 percent).
This time, Dayton doesn't have a third party candidate to put him over the top. This time, Gov. Dayton can't take the Iron Range for granted, especially after he picked Tina Smith of Minneapolis to be his Lt. Gov. running mate. This time, the DFL's smear campaign will be responded to.
At this point, it's difficult to tell the impact of the DFL's tepid support for PolyMet will have on the election because that will affect both turnout and voting habits. If the DFL doesn't get a huge turnout on the Range, Gov.-Elect Johnson and Senator-Elect McFadden are a distinct possibility.
This video provides a good perspective on the races:
Gov. Dayton and Sen. Franken are in the fight for their political lives. Whether they survive depends partly on the quality of their campaigns and partly on the amount of outside money spent. In 2010, ABM spent tons of money smearing Tom Emmer. This time, they'll have to decide which races to spend money on. It'll be difficult for them to help Gov. Dayton and Sen. Franken while trying to hold onto the majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Technorati: Al Franken, Mark Dayton, Smear Campaign, Alliance for a Better Minnesota, DFL, KSTP-SurveyUSA Poll, Jeff Johnson, Mike McFadden, PolyMet Mining, Iron Range, MnGOP, Election 2014
I've written tons of posts about the mining issue and its potential to divide the DFL the past 3 years. It's nice to see people are noticing its potential. This article, for instance, notices that:
Minnesota Democrats have decided against debating a proposal to support the state's non-ferrous mining development in Minnesota's Iron Range as part of the state party political platform.
"The mining issue has the potential to rip up the last remaining hard-core Democrats," Democratic-Farmer Labor Party activist Joel Holstad told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
This article certainly mentions the potential crisis too:
There's another nagging problem that could grow into a major headache for the DFL: how to handle mining. If the environmentalists keep pushing for more and more environmental impact statements, they could push the Iron Range — long a party stronghold, into the laps of the GOP … or at least push longtime DFLers into apathy.
Throughout the day Saturday, there were meetings among Rangers and party officials over how to handle mining.
Even a milquetoast resolution party members had designed to try to please everybody was found to be offensive by the Rangers. (The resolution essentially said the DFL supports mining that doesn't contaminate the water, etc.) "If they're going to do a resolution like this on mining, why not on 3M, why not on every industry in the state?" asked Sen. Dave Tomassoni, who is from Chisholm and was a convention delegate.
Meanwhile, Republicans are finally starting to understand the potency of the issue:
They were one in a message that had been honed specifically for a post-convention fly around stop on the Iron Range by Republican candidates and party officials. That verbal missive: The Minnesota GOP and its candidates are 100 percent behind mining, especially proposed copper/nickel/precious metals projects, and with a commitment to do more than just talk a good game on the issue.
"The modern DFL in Minnesota has declared war on mining," said Stewart Mills, 8th District GOP candidate to face U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan. Both Mills and Nolan are from the Brainerd area. "They (Democrats) need to do more than talk the talk … they need to start walking the walk" on copper/nickel mining, said House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt of Zimmerman, which is about 40 miles north-northwest of Minneapolis.
If the DFL won't truly represent the miners, these candidats will. He actually did things to push the process, compared with Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar saying that they've talked with the Forest Service.
Cravaack held monthly meetings to push the issue with the MPCA and the federal government. Franken and Klobuchar have chatted with the Forest Service.
The difference in commitment is startling. DFL Chairman Ken Martin can yap all he wants about the DFL's commitment to the Range but actions speak louder than words. Thus far, the DFL is all words. Thus far, starting with Chip Cravaack, the GOP has been all action.
Technorati: Mark Dayton, Al Franken, Ken Martin, Mining, DFL, Chip Cravaack, Kurt Daudt, Mike McFadden, Republicans, Election 2014
This weekend's Republican Convention was a study in how 2 candidates handled things differently. Mike McFadden and Marty Seifert both said that they were keeping their options open on going to the primary if they weren't endorsed at the convention. That's where the similarity ends.
Friday's first ballot in the senatorial campaign produced 2 stunners. Julianne Ortman finished in third. Meanwhile Chris Dahlberg came in first. While Dahlberg might've hoped for that, there's no way he should've expected that. That result established him as a serious candidate.
It also hurt Sen. Ortman's standing with the delegates. Had she finished with 35% and in first place, she might've played it positive the rest of the way. Instead, they went negative. That hurt her with the delegates.
Through it all, Team McFadden kept grinding away, staying in close contention on each ballot. Then they caught a break after the 7th ballot. The next morning, they were back at it with renewed confidence. They won it before the results of the 10th ballot were announced whe Dahlberg graciously conceded.
Contrast that with Team Seifert. They didn't lead at any point. When the outcome became clear, Dave Thompson conceded while giving a gracious concession speech. Seifert approached the podium while Sen. Thompson spoke. It was thought that he'd concede, too.
Instead, he released his delegates publicly while telling them to leave the convention so there wouldn't be a quorum. Without a quorum, there couldn't be an endorsement. Activists on Twitter didn't take that well. The convention video shows some people booing while others applauded.
This statement sums things up pretty nicely:
Delegate and Minnesota Tea Party Alliance chair Jack Rogers was blunter. "Marty [Seifert] has just galvanized every faction in this party to work for the endorsed candidate," he said.
That can't be what Team Seifert was hoping for. I'd think the fundraising doors slammed shut during Seifert's speech, too.
Had Seifert accepted defeat or announced outside that he was going to the primary, he wouldn't have upset the delegates. Instead, he essentially said that if he couldn't win the endorsement, he'd do whatever he could to make sure nobody was endorsed.
That selfish act won't play well with people. There's no question that Seifert has loyal supporters. There's no question that he's alienated those who aren't already his supporters.
McFadden earned a ton of political capital this weekend because he didn't disrespect the delegates. Seifert lost whatever political capital he had by disrespecting the delegates.
As a result, McFadden's stock is on the upswing while Seifert's has ebbed.
Technorati: Marty Seifert, Mike McFadden, Julianne Ortman, Chris Dahlberg, Dave Thompson, State Convention, Endorsing Convention, Senate, Governor, Activists, Republicans, Election 2014
The second ballot totals for the GOP endorsement for US Senate are just in and it isn't looking good for Julianne Ortman:
Sen. Ortman's support dropped by 2 points from the first ballot to the second. Did this flier have that much of an effect?
This certainly isn't what Team Ortman was expecting. It's one thing to be trailing after the first ballot. It's another to trail 2 candidates after the first ballot. It's quite another to be trailing those candidates after the second ballot. It's the ultimate slap in the face to be trailing those candidates after the second ballot and losing ground. This isn't the script Team Ortman had written.
To steal a Yogi Berra saying "It's still early but it's getting later than you think." I'd just ad that it's getting later faster than Team Ortman would like.
With the MnGOP State Convention underway and with the delegates voting on the US Senate seat, anti-Ortman people have sent out a flier that'll hit Sen. Ortman hard. Here's the flier:
That's gotta sting Sen. Ortman. Conventional wisdom said that she was the favorite for endorsement coming into this weekend's convention but she only got 22% of the delegates. That was only good for a third place finish for the first ballot.
With questions being asked if Sen. Ortman parked some delegates with other candidates, it isn't unreasonable to think that she might do better with the second ballot. This flier is a reminder to delegates that she isn't the "conservative champion" that Sarah Palin called her.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. Saying that the outcome isn't clear is understatement. Still, Sen. Ortman can't afford many more hits like she's sustained thus far.
You can tell that the GOP and DFL state conventions start tomorrow. Yesterday, within a span of 3 hours, I got emails from the Hillstrom campaign on the DFL side and the Severson campaign and the Howe campaign on the GOP side.
The Mariani email announced that "the DFL African American Caucus" announced "their endorsement of Debra Hilstrom for Minnesota Secretary of State." I take this to be an announcement to help her win the DFL endorsement to be the DFL's candidate for Secretary of State. It isn't the type of announcement that will help Rep. Hillstrom win a general election.
The Severson campaign's email announcement was essentially a video presentation. Rep. Severson talked about his history in the military, including the fact that he led a team of F-18's.
The Howe campaign's email laid out his message while also talking a little about his fundraising. Here's a graphic that the Howe campaign put together:
The Howe campaign's email talked about Sen. Howe's executive experience:
In addition, I am also the only candidate with executive experience in both the private sector as Chairman for the Sears Dealer Stores and public sector as a former Mayor of Red Wing…
before talking about dealing with election corruption:
In the last election cycle, I personally encountered Democrats violating the Minnesota Campaign Finance laws. Thirteen DFL Senate candidates were charged with violating campaign laws which prevents coordination between state parties and individual campaigns. The largest monetary violation of that law was by my opponent in Red Wing. Of the thirteen, eleven of them are now sitting Minnesota Senators that gave the DFL the majority in the Minnesota Senate, which in turn gave us the largest tax increase in the history of the State of Minnesota. All the DFL had to do was pay the board $100,000.00 as a settlement.
Then he proposed a solution to this crisis:
As your Secretary of State, I will fight for legislation for special elections and/or criminal charges to prevent parties and candidates from illegal activities. You shouldn't be able to cheat and keep your seat.
Rep. Hillstrom won't fight to prevent that type of corruption. She's a Democrat first. Being Minnesota's chief election officer is incidental.
Sen. Howe's solution is the right solution to this type of corruption. People who knowingly cheat, which is what the DFL did, shouldn't be able to profit from their illegal activities. If you'd told Alida Messinger that DFL control of the Senate would require illegal coordination between the candidate and the DFL plus a $100,000 fine, she likely would've written that check that minute.
It isn't that I think fundraising is the be-all, end-all. It's that I know you can't run a competitive statewide race on a shoestring budget.
The point is that the DFL won't hesitate in throwing the kitchen sink at the Republican candidate. That requires the Republican candidate have the fundraising ability to get his message out. At this point, there's only one candidate that fits that description.
His name is John Howe.
Technorati: Deb Hillstrom, Election Corruption, Alida Messinger, DFL, John Howe, Executive Experience, Fundraising, Dan Severson, Military Experience, State Conventions, MNGOP, Election 2014
It's been a topsy turvy day in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, After reading Commissioner Sivarajah's statement announcing her intent to run in the GOP primary, I'm left wondering if she hasn't already admitted she can't win the primary. Here's what she said that makes me question her:
"We are told we need to broaden the base of the Republican Party and a primary will help accomplish that," she observed. "I am eager to take my record of achievement to the voters of Sixth Congressional District which will allow all voters–Republicans, Independents and Conservative Democrats, to have a say in who they think will best represent them."
There aren't many conservative Democrats or independents that'll vote in this August's GOP primary. Politically speaking, Tom Emmer's support is a mile wide and a mile deep. They've passionately supported him since he ran for governor. Their enthusiasm for him hasn't dipped since 2010.
I wrote in this post that "activists will show up en masse for the primary, too, possibly in record numbers to send the message to Sivarajah and Krinkie" that they enthusiastically support Tom Emmer.
"Voters are hungry for an accomplished conservative candidate," she said. "My record of cutting taxes and reducing the size of government is unmatched by any other candidate in the race. People want results, not rhetoric."
That's been Commissioner Sivarajah's battle cry since getting into the race. It didn't sell during the precinct caucuses and it didn't sell during the BPOU conventions. Even Commissioner Sivarajah admitted that Tom Emmer will win a first ballot endorsement victory.
What activists know, however, is that Tom Emmer didn't have a prayer of cutting taxes because the DFL was the majority party in the Senate. Cutting taxes with a conservative majority is considerably easier than cutting taxes with an intransigent, obstructionist DFL majority in the Senate.
"I don't fear the voters," Sivarajah concluded. "People are not swayed by inevitability; I want to earn their vote. I am confident I will do so."
That last paragraph of Commissioner Sivarajah's statement makes me question whether she's serious. She's an experienced candidate so she knows how to count votes. Commissioner Sivarajah knows she lost the CD-6 Straw Poll by 50 points. Even before Wednesday's announcement, Commissioner Sivarajah knew she was heading for a first ballot defeat at the CD-6 Convention.
That's before factoring in her pathetic fundraising totals the last 2 quarters and Emmer's significant name ID advantage. If independents and Democrats don't turn out to vote for Sivarajah in historic numbers, Commissioner Sivarajah will lose the primary by 30-35 points. It won't be that close.
Technorati: Rhonda Sivarajah, County Commissioner, Anoka County, Congressional District, Endorsing Convention, Tom Emmer, Name Recognition, GOP Primary, Election 2014


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Definition of the noun mesophyte
What does mesophyte mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: mesophytes
- land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
- lexical domain: Plants - nouns denoting plants
- synonym of mesophyte: mesophytic plant
- more generic terms: tracheophyte / vascular plant = green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
Mesophyte: Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are adapted to neither a particularly dry nor particularly wet environment. An example of a mesophytic habitat would be a rural temperate meadow, which might contain Goldenrod, Clover, Oxeye Daisy, and Rosa multiflora.
Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Mesophyte
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Biology pamphlets. supplement (1869)
A typical mesophyte is a plant of a tropical rain forest where mesophytic conditions prevail throughout the year. In north temperate regions mesophytic conditions rarely prevail in any area throughout the year or even throughout the growing ...
Deserts and Desert Environments (2009)
by Julie J Laity
A mesophyte is a plant that flourishes under conditions that are neither very wet nor very dry. Such plants have limited distribution in the deserts, being largely confined to areas near streambeds. The phreatophyte ("well plant") lifts water from ...
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences (2012)
by Michael Allaby
mesophyte. A plant adapted to environments that are neither extremely wet nor extremely dry. Compare HYDROPHYTE and XEROPHYTE. mesosome. A complex infolding of the plasma membrane in *prokaryotic cells. It contains respiratory ...
The American Heritage Science Dictionary (2005)
by American Heritage Dictionary
mesophyte (mez'a-flt') A plant that grows in an environment having a moderate supply of water. Mesophytes tend to have root systems and vascular tissues that are well-developed, and many species ...
The New international encyclopaedia. Courses of reading and study (1916)
by Herbert Treadwell Wade
and, to specific situations: Mountain Plants Alpine Plant Cliff-Plants Beach Plants Ruderal Plants Hylophytes Benthos Enalids Plankton For the relation of a plant to moisture and climate, see : Hydrophytes Hygrophytes Mesophyte Amphibious ...
Choice Dictionary of Biology (2010)
by Sanjay Yadav
mesophyte: Any plant ...
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (2013)
by Chris Park, Michael Allaby
Contrast HYDROPHYTE; MESOPHYTE. xerosere The vegetation *succession that begins in a ...
A Dictionary of Geography, Second Edition (2007)
by F. J. Monkhouse
mesophyte One of a category of plants requiring a moderate or average amount of moisture, including most trees; adj. mesophytic. Ct. XEROPHYTE, HYGROPHYTE, HYDROPHYTE.
Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments (2009)
by Danny B Draper, Peter A Richards
Mesophyte A plant adapted to survive in moderately moist soil conditions. Mesopores Medium pore spaces in soil containing water available to plants. See also Pore, Micropores and Macropores. Metriguard Stress-wave Timer® See Sonic ...
Dictionary of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences (2011)
Mesophyte A plant whose normal habitat is neither very wet nor very dry. A plant whose normal habitat is neither very wet nor very dry is called mesophytic. Mesotrophic 1. Habitats of moderate nutrient capacity. 2. A water body or wetland with ...
the new international encyclopaedia (1916)
and, to specific situations: Mountain Plants Alpine Plant Cliff-Plants Beach Plants Ruderal Plants Hylophytes Benthos Enalids Plankton For the relation of a plant to moisture and climate, see : Hydrophytes Hygrophytes Mesophyte Amphibious ...
Dictionary of plant sciences (including horticulture) (1989)
by L. L. Somani
A plant intermediate between a mesophyte and xerophyte. Mesquite (Prcsopis glanduloso). An indicator plant; soils usually suitable for irrigation agriculture where water is available. Meta. A prefix meaning (a) a low hydrated form of an acid ...
Special Edition - Environmental Engineering Dictionary and Directory (2000)
by Thomas M. Pankratz
mesophyte A plant that grows under typical or moderate amounts of atmospheric water supply. mesosphere The ...
Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Informatics (2008)
by George P. Rédei
Mesophyll Mesophyte: Plants avoiding extreme environments such as wet, dry, cold or warm. Mesosome: An invaginated membrane within a bacterial cell. Mesothelin (MSLN/MPF, human chromosome 16): A 33kDa protein expressed in the ...
A Dictionary of Scientific Terms, Pronunciation, Derivation, and Definition of Terms in Biology, Botony, Zoology, Anatomy, Cyctology, Embroyology, Physiology (1920)
by Isabella Ferguson Henderson, William Dawson Henderson
mesophyte (mës'öflt) я. [Gk. mesos, middle ; phyton, plant.] A plant thriving in temperate climates with a normal amount of moisture (bot.). mesoplankton (mës' öpläng'ktön) я. [Gk. mesos, middle ; plangktos, wandering.] Floating animal and plant ...
Dictionary of Plant Breeding, Second Edition (2009)
by Rolf H. J. Schlegel
it functions in photosynthesis and in storage of starch bot mesophyll explant: An explant prepared from internal parenchyma tissue biot >>> mesophyll mesophyte: A plant with an intermediate water requirement bot messenger DNA ( mDNA): ...
The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science (2007)
by Bruce C. Wyman, L. Harold Stevenson
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The Blue Devils may find themselves fighting an uphill battle for the services of Ghee, who has ties to Virginia Tech, Tennessee, and Wake Forest.
"George Bell, who was my teammate here, goes to Virginia Tech and likes it a lot. Also my brother plays for Wake Forest, and I moved from Tennessee, so I am familiar with all of those programs."
Despite those ties, Ghee says there is no reason to think that he's not looking at every team that is coming calling.
"I'm open to everyone that's interested in me," said Ghee. "I just want to go somewhere that can get me a good education with a good football program."
As a junior Ghee earned all-conference honors after tallying 50 tackles, five interceptions, and seven pass breakups as a shutdown corner.
In the weight room he has recorded numbers of 260 pounds on the bench, 415-squat max, and a 4.4 recorded time in the forty yard dash.
"I think my speed is my best asset when it comes to coverage. I can do a lot on the field because of that and a natural coverage ability."
That self analysis is echoed by TheInsiders.com's Atlantic Region scout Miller Safrit who reported:
"Ghee has a ton of potential with his athleticism, speed, and strength. He could play on either side of the ball very easily."


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Paris Hilton Has Some Words of Wisdom for You
Fear not, people; the genius of Paris Hilton is being immortalized for the ages.
Reuters reports that the celebrity heiress is being included in the next edition of the Oxford Book of Quotations.
Are they including Hilton's catchphrase "That's hot" for the benefit of future generations?
Not quite; Hilton's contribution to the tome will be, "Dress cute wherever you go, life is too short to blend in."
Words to live by, indeed—and Paris couldn't be happier about her inclusion.
"So cool that I have a quote in the dictionary," Hilton Tweeted yesterday.
Yes, Paris. Yes, yes it is.
Let us know in the comments section: Why do you think it took so long for the Oxford Book of Quotations to get hip to the wisdom of Paris Hilton?


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Indian employers angered by eMigrate system
The eMigrate system was launched to smoothen and streamline the recruitment of Indian workers.
About 5,000 employment visas are going to expire this month, bringing recruitment of individual workers from India to a standstill, Khaleej Times reported today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his ongoing visit to the country, the first by an Indian premier in 34 years, met several Indian workers and businessmen and listened to their problems.
Indian missions in the UAE, meanwhile, have requested that the new online recruitment system be suspended, after glitches in the system jeopardised the placement of thousands of blue-collar workers to the UAE and other GCC countries, the paper reported separately.
"I have travelled to the Indian embassy five times to try to resolve this issue. They promised to complete the process but they could not due to failure of the new system," said Al Ain—based contractor John Cherian, adding that the visas he had acquired for two workers have expired because of the delays.
Samkutty Chacko, who runs a small technical shop, said he has faced similar problems while attempting to bring in two Indian workers.
"I have contacted the Indian embassy by telephone and in person several times. But the result is negative. The new system is not working at all.
"I have lost about 6,000 dirhams ($1,633) and lost quota approval from the Ministry of Labour for two employees.
For a small business person like me, it is a considerable loss ... The situation is very bad. The Indian embassy asked (me) to contact the help desk support team in New Delhi, and they are of no help," Chacko said.
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NBC "Meet the Press" - Transcript
MR. RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday -- a big win for Obama in South Carolina. The next 2008 battleground -- Florida -- with the Republican primary on Tuesday. Mitt Romney and John McCain lead in the polls, and Rudy Giuliani makes his last stand in the Sunshine State.
With us, the senior senator from Arizona, Republican presidential candidate, John McCain. Then -- the Democratic race turns bitter.
SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL): (From videotape.) While I was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shipped overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal- Mart.
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY): (From videotape.) I was fighting against those ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum landlord business in inner city Chicago.
MR. RUSSERT: Continuing debate over the campaign tactics of former President Bill Clinton -- insights and analysis from New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd; NBC News political director, Chuck Todd; and Byron York of The National Review.
But, first, a huge victory for Barack Obama in South Carolina last night. He beat Hillary Clinton 55 percent to 27 percent, a two- to-one margin. We'll talk about the lessons of that victory in our roundtable, but the next primary stop is here in Florida on Tuesday with the Republicans. We are joined by one of the leading GOP contenders, Senator John McCain, welcome back to "Meet the Press."
SEN. McCAIN: THANK YOU, Tim, nice to be back with you again.
MR. RUSSERT: Thursday night the debate was rather civilized. Over the last few days, however, the fire exchanged by you and Mitt Romney has been rather intense. This is what you said in the statement yesterday about Governor Romney, "The fact is, Governor Romney has hedged, equivocated, has ducked and reversed himself." What are you talking about specifically?
SEN. McCAIN: I'm talking specifically about a number of issues but in the specific case of whether we should have maintained the surge in Iraq and whether, at the April of 2007, when we had a choice between doing the surge when things were at their lowest, when Republicans and the Democrats were saying that we've got to withdraw, we have to have "timetables." "Timetables" was the buzzword at that time, and there were -- and it was a defining moment. It was a low point in my political career, and we, Lindsey Graham, I, the president and others said this is what needs to be done no matter what the consequences are.
Governor Romney obviously said there had to be "timetables," although they had to be secret because we weren't going to tell the enemy when we were leaving. I mean, that's just the fact, and if we'd have done that, as the Democrats and some Republicans wanted to do, we would have lost that surge, and al Qaeda would be celebrating a victory over the United States of America.
MR. RUSSERT: Governor Romney said he never suggested a specific timetable. You are being dishonest, and you should apologize.
SEN. McCAIN: I see. Well, you know, you flash these up on the screen all the time, let me just see -- he was asked should there be a timetable for withdrawing troops? Well, there's no question -- "the president and Prime Minister al Malaki have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about, but they shouldn't be for public pronouncement. You don't want the enemy to understand how long they have to wait in the weeds until you're going to be gone." That's, my friend, is the quote. That was a clear indication of setting timetables, but you don't want to tell the enemy when you're going to be gone. It's very clear.
MR. RUSSERT: Senator Clinton, when she suggested timetables, you said was waving the white flag of surrender. Is Governor Romney waving white flags?
SEN. McCAIN: Actually, Tim, what Senator Clinton said was that she would set a timetable within 60 days of withdrawal -- complete withdrawal from Iraq. To me, that's surrender. And I think in most people's view that would be surrender if we told al Qaeda that we are leaving Iraq within a certain period of time.
MR. RUSSERT: Is Governor Romney suggesting surrender?
SEN. McCAIN: I said that he has said is wrong, and I think he is equivocated on it. In one of the debates he said the surge is "apparently working." It was working, it wasn't "apparently."
Look, these were a tough time in American history. I think historians look back at April of 2000, when Harry Reid, the majority leader of the United States Senate, declared the war lost. When Republicans even were saying that we had to have "timetables" because we needed to get out of there. That was a critical time. I'm proud of the role that I played at that time, and I don't believe that Governor Romney's statement indicated anything but that we were going to tell, we were going to have a timetable for withdrawal.
MR. RUSSERT: Let me ask about Iraq, and the question I posed at the debate. This was the survey of attitudes of Americans, "Was removing Saddam worth the price in U.S. casualties and the cost of the war?" Worth it, 32; not worth it, 59 percent -- that's the highest level of people who said the war is just not worth it.
You're going to go into the November election, if you're the nominee, saying the war was a good idea, it was worth the price, and we're going to stay forever or 100 years -- (inaudible) --. Is that a winning formula in a presidential election?
SEN. McCAIN: Tim, let me just point out that I understand the frustration and the sorrow of the American people over the sacrifice that has been made. It was badly mishandled for nearly four years. On this program, I severely criticized the so-called "Rumsfeld strategy." Republicans criticized me at that time, and I advocated the new strategy under General Petraeus, and I think if we can show Americans success and continued success, that they will support it.
And there's now doubt, there's no doubt that this war has been mishandled, and some people talk about the impatience of the American people, I'm proud, frankly, of the patience.
On the issue of how long we stay there, I think that's a false argument. The point is, is how many Americans are going to be harmed there. We've got, right next door in Kuwait, we have military bases.
We have bases in South Korea and Japan and Germany, Bosnia, we have troops there. It's not a matter of American troop presence, it's a matter of American casualties, and I believe that by next November, I can show the American people significant more progress, significant withdrawals, as dictated by the conditions on the ground and General Petraeus's opinion.
Because -- and I also have to explain to them and maybe do a better job of the consequences of failure; the consequences of setting a timetable. So al Qaeda would then be able to tell the world that they defeated the United States of America. I agree with General Petraeus when he says that Iraq is the central battleground in the struggle against radical Islamic extremism. We have to succeed there. It's long, hard, and tough, and thanks for letting me give a long answer. I apologize for that.
MR. RUSSERT: Looking back, do you think the war was a war of choice or a war of necessity?
SEN. McCAIN: I think that it was a -- that's an excellent question, because I think if we had succeeded and implemented the right strategy, we would all be glad that Saddam Hussein, who had used weapons of mass destruction in the past and was seeking to acquire them, as we know then, but the mishandling of the war was really what has skewed everybody's opinion, and I understand that. I mean, it just was -- you know, I used to call it "whack-a-mole" when we didn't have enough troops there, and it would pop up one place and another. I believe the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone. I think that we are going to pay a heavy price in the future when we face other threats because of the failures we experienced in Iraq, and I think we're going to be in a very dangerous world for a long time.
MR. RUSSERT: But absent weapons of mass destruction --
SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hm.
MR. RUSSERT: -- how can it be described as a war of necessity?
SEN. McCAIN: Well, he was -- he had acquired those weapons in the past. It's clear that he was trying to acquire them. The sanctions were breaking down. There was a huge multibillion-dollar Oil for Food scandal in the U.N., as you know. He has practiced the worst kinds of brutality as you can imagine. I think the world and Iraq will be better off if we are able to succeed.
If we fail, obviously, then -- well, then we have enormous other challenges there and in the region, in my view, because I think you're going to have genocide and chaos and, unfortunately, I'm afraid, we'd be back in the region.
MR. RUSSERT: I want to bring you back to Thursday and an exchange we had. Here is a question I asked you and your response. Let's watch.
MR. TIM RUSSERT, "MEET THE PRESS." (From videotape.) Senator McCain, you have said repeatedly, "I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated." Is it a problem for your campaign that the economy is now the most important issue, one that, by your acknowledgement, you are not well versed on?"
SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): (From videotape.) Actually, I don't know where you got that quote from. I am very well versed in economics.
SEN. McCAIN: Now I know where you got that quote from, now I know where you got that quote.
MR. RUSSERT: I will show you where I got the quote. I got it from John McCain, and here it is, "McCain is refreshingly blunt when he tells me, 'I'm going to be honest, I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated'" -- Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2005. You repeated it to the Boston Globe in December of '07. You said it.
SEN. McCAIN: Okay, let me tell you what I was trying to say and what I mean, and that's obvious. I spent 22 years in the military. I spent 20 years on the Senate Armed Services committee. I've been involved in national security issues all my life. I attended the National War College. Of course, I know more about national security than any other issue. That's been my entire life.
Am I smart on economics? Yes. I was chairman of the Commerce committee --- that's why people like Phil Gramm and Tom Coburn and Warren Rudman and Carly Fiorina and the real strong economic minds -- Jack Kent -- the real strong minds on the economy and conservatives on the economy are supporting me. They don't think that I'm -- of course, I always have things to learn, and I continue to learn every day, but I'm very strong on the economy and, frankly, if my economic record is a lot stronger than that of the governor of Massachusetts when you look at his record as governor.
MR. RUSSERT: One of the questions that has been raised repeatedly in this campaign, Senator, is your opposition to the Bush tax cuts back in 2001; one of only two Republican senators. Back then you gave a floor speech and said this, "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief."
Then you were on "Meet the Press" in April of '04. I asked you about that vote, I also asked you about postponing the Bush tax cut, and this is what you said.
SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): (From videotape.) I voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportional amount that went to the wealthiest Americans. I would clearly support not extending those tax cuts in order to help address the deficit.
MR. RUSSERT: You wouldn't support extending them --
SEN. McCAIN: Mm-hm.
MR. RUSSERT: -- but you are now supporting extending them on the radio with this ad.
SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): (From audiotape.) I'll make the Bush tax cuts permanent.
MR. RUSSERT: That's a direct contradiction.
SEN. McCAIN: Well, at the time, I still wanted to do two things -- one was a different set of tax cuts that also had more emphasis on middle and lower-income Americans but, most importantly, most importantly, we are now facing a situation with a shaky economy with tax cuts not being permanent, and then people experience an increase in their taxes.
And let me go back to 2001 again. I was right. We had to have restraint of spending. I'm proud to have been one in the Reagan revolution where we not only cut taxes, which I am proud to have supported, and I have a record of it, but we restrained spending, and when you have tax cuts and not restrain spending and let things go completely out of control, as we did, look, we lost the 2006 election because we didn't restrain spending.
So I not only didn't -- had a different set of tax cut proposals, which were very strong, but I also had restrain of spending, and I believe, to this day, if we had adopted the tax cuts that I proposed, and I did have a strong tax cut proposal, today we'd be talking about further tax cuts instead of alienating our base by letting spending get completely out of control, and then -- we, then, are facing -- and it's one of the major contributors to the fiscal difficulties that we have in America today.
I am proud of my record of tax cutting, I am proud of my record of being a fiscal conservative. Would I have had those tax cuts differently? Of course, I would have, and now, right now today, Americans in 2010 are facing, unfortunately, the prospect of a tax increase when we had -- if we don't make them firm then, in a time of a very shaky economy. I think that's the worst thing we could do.
MR. RUSSERT: But you have changed your mind?
SEN. McCAIN: No, I have not changed my mind in that I want restraint of spending, I would have had a different set of tax cuts. We've got to make these tax cuts permanent. We have to; otherwise I think it will have a negative impact on our economy.
MR. RUSSERT: But you told me in '04 you were against making them permanent.
SEN. McCAIN: In '04 our economy was fine, and I have said many, many times since then, I've said many, many times -- as the tax cuts came closer to whether they need to be made permanent or not, I've said 500 times that I want the tax cuts to be made permanent. Did I want my tax plan approved when I was running in 2000? Yes, and if we'd done what I wanted to do, we'd be talking about more tax cuts today.
MR. RUSSERT: There is a suggestion that one of the reasons that you are now in favor of the tax cuts is because criticisms about you and how good a Republican you are. Here is the headline from the St. Petersburg Times, which I'll share on the screen, "Is He Republican Enough? Florida Republicans Say McCain is not Always Conservative." They point to that tax cut vote, your support for McCain-Feingold campaign finance spending.
Rick Santorum, a former colleague of yours, said this, "The bottom line is that I served 12 years with McCain, six years in the United States Senate as one of the leaders of the Senate, who had responsibility of trying to put together the conservative agenda, and almost at every turn on domestic policy, John McCain was not only against us but leading the charge on the other side."
SEN. McCAIN: Well, I don't know what to say except examine my record, look at my ratings by the objective organizations that judge these things -- Citizens Against Government Waste; National Taxpayers Union; Citizens for a Sound Economy." I am proud of my conservative record and the rankings. Those people who observe and the National Federal of Independent Business who named me the "taxpayers' hero" I have a clear, consistent record.
Have I always gone along with the Republican Party? A Rumsfeld strategy was a Republican policy. Abramoff, who I investigated, was a Republican, and we have former Republican members of Congress that are in serious trouble as a result of it.
Did I fight against the appropriators time after time after time and when we saw these pork barrel spending projects? Of course, I did, and that's why people like Senator Tom Coburn, the strongest fiscal conservative in the Senate, is supporting me. That's why I have a broad base of conservative support.
Tim, I am confident, as a nominee of the party, I will unite the party, I will bring all of them together, and I'm very proud, by the way, that polls show that I'm the most competitive, by far, against Senator Clinton or Senator Obama when all others lag far behind, because I not only can consolidate the Republican base, but I can reach out to independents as well. And there are times, I am very proud to say, I will put my country above my party, but I am a proud, proud Republican that was in on the Reagan revolution, and I'm proud of my conservative record.
MR. RUSSERT: Many conservatives point to your ubiquitous partner on the campaign trail, Joe Lieberman, who was the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2000 -- there you are. Lieberman, who is pro-abortion rights, pro-gun control, pro gay rights, against the Bush tax cut, he has a very liberal Democratic record on these social and cultural issues, and yet you seem to embrace him on the campaign trail.
SEN. McCAIN: I embrace him anywhere at anytime, including the fact that we were responsible for the establishment of the 9/11 commission, and the implementation of their recommendations on so many issues, but my admiration for Joe Lieberman on the number-one issue that faces this nation and the world is without bounds. He stood up against his own party and said, "We can succeed in Iraq. We have to support this surge, we can't wave the white flag of surrender." I am so proud of him for his steadfastness, and I'm proud to have him as a partner and a friend, and I know that one of the things all of our constituents, Republicans and Democrats and Americans, they want us to work together, they want us to work together, and I am proud to have worked with Joe Lieberman on a number of issues.
Right now, the approval ratings of Congress, as you know, are very, very low, and one of the reasons is they're frustrated is that we won't sit down together, a Lieberman and McCain, and establish a 9/11 commission and come up with those recommendations and implement them. I'm proud of my partnership with him and other Democrats where I've been able to get things done the way Ronald Reagan did, but maintaining my fundamental conservative principles.
MR. RUSSERT: If the Senate passed your bill, S1433, the McCain- Kennedy Immigration Bill, would you, as president, sign it?
SEN. McCAIN: Yeah, but, look, the lesson is it isn't won. It isn't going to come, it isn't going to come. The lesson is they want the border secure first. That's the lesson. I come from a border state. I know how to fix those borders with walls, with UAVs, with sensors, with cameras, with vehicle barriers. They want the border secured first, and I would do that and, as president, I will have the border state governors certify those borders are secured, and then we will have a temporary worker program with tamper-proof biometric documents, and any employer who employs someone in any other circumstances, will be prosecuted.
That means a lot of people will leave just normally because they're not going to be able to get a job. Then, of course, we have to get rid of the 2 million people who have committed crimes here. We have to round them up and deport them.
As far as the others are concerned, we were in an ongoing debate and discussion when this whole thing collapsed, and part of that, I think, has to be a human approach, part of it has to be maybe people have to go back to the country that they came from for a period of time while we look at it. But the principle the American want -- secure the borders, reward no one ahead of someone who has either waited or come to this country legally because they have broken our laws to come here.
But I am confident -- look, there are humanitarian situations, there's a soldier who is missing in action in Iraq. His wife was here illegally. America is not going to deport her. We have humanitarian circumstances. Look, America is a generous, Judeo-Christian valued nation, and we can sit down together. All the leading Republican candidates now, just about, agree that losing those principles that I just articulated, we can fix it, but secure the borders first.
MR. RUSSERT: But you would sign your bill, if it passed?
SEN. McCAIN: It's not going to come across my desk.
MR. RUSSERT: You won't pass it?
SEN. McCAIN: If pigs fly, then -- look --
MR. RUSSERT: So it's dead?
SEN. McCAIN: The bill is dead as it is written, we know that, we know that. And the bill is going to have to be, and I would sign it -- securing the borders first and articulating those principles that I did. That's what we got out of this last, very divisive and tough debate, and we have to get those borders secured. That's what Americans want first.
MR. RUSSERT: Rush Limbaugh, one of the leading voices in the conservative movement, said this the other day, "I am here to tell you, if either of these two guys," Mike Huckabee or John McCain, "get the nomination, it's going to destroy the Republican Party. It's going to change it forever, be the end of it. A lot of people aren't going to vote, you watch.
SEN. McCAIN: Well, all I can say is that I'm proud of winning Republican votes in New Hampshire and South Carolina. I know that there is a broad base of our party. I am a proud conservative. I think that when a lot of Americans, a lot of Republicans, review my credentials, they'll vote for me but also I believe that most Republicans' first priority is the threat of radical Islamic extremism.
I know the concerns about --
MR. RUSSERT: More than the economy?
SEN. McCAIN: More than the economy, at the end of the day. We'll get through this economy. We're going to restore our economy, and many of the measures we're taking right now -- although it's very difficult now -- this transcendent challenge of radical Islamic extremism will be with us for the 21st century.
We are in two wars, we are in two wars. We have young Americans sacrificing as we speak. I am most qualified to be commander-in-chief with the knowledge, experience, the background and the judgment.
Part of that judgment, I was the only one that's running that said Rumsfeld's strategy failed, we've got to do the Petraeus strategy.
MR. RUSSERT: The issue of your temperament has once again come to fore -- this is from a colleague, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who has known Senator McCain for more than three decades, endorsed Mitt Romney. Cochran said his choice was prompted partly by his fear of how McCain might behave in the Oval Office. "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Cochran said about McCain. "He's erratic, he's hotheaded, he loses his temper, and he worries me."
SEN. McCAIN: Well, I, you know, I've known and loved Thad Cochran for many years, and I've always felt we had a very close and warm relationship. My family goes back to the state of Mississippi; his colleague, Trent Lott, of course, is one of my strongest and best supporters. I have a wide circle of supporters, conservative and moderate -- Richard Byrd, Tom Coburn, and Lindsey Graham.
MR. RUSSERT: What is he basing it on?
SEN. McCAIN: I really don't know. Do I feel strongly about issues, and well know, as much as I love Thad Cochran, he is an appropriator, and I have fought him hard time after time after time on these pork barrel projects that he has been famous for, many of which, in my view, have been harmful to our economy and our environment.
So we've had strong words from time to time about pork barrel spending. He is one of the great pork barrelers, and he's very proud of that, he's very proud of --
MR. RUSSERT: He was a co-sponsor of your campaign finance bill.
SEN. McCAIN: He was, and I appreciate that, and there are many areas in which Thad Cochran and I have agreed, but I have to admit to you, and I think it is very clear -- we've had strong debate on the floor of the Senate about pork barrel projects.
In the last two years, the president of the United States has signed into law $35 billion worth of pork barrel projects, many of them sponsored, in all due respect, by my friends on the Appropriations committee on the Republican side. That could have meant a $1,000 tax credit for every child in America. That's where we have open and honest disagreements. Sometimes you feel very strongly. I feel very strongly about protecting the American taxpayer.
MR. RUSSERT: Before you go, I want to show a tape of Bill Clinton, the former president, talking about you and Hillary Clinton. Let's watch?
PRES. BILL CLINTON (D-AR): (From videotape.) She and John McCain are very close. They always laughed that if they wound up being the nominees of their party, it would be the most civilized election in American history, and they're afraid they'd put the voters to sleep because they like and respect each other.
MR. RUSSERT: Do you accept the endorsement?
SEN. McCAIN: I thank Senator Clinton for his endorsement. Let me just say I will have a respectful debate whether it is Senator Obama or Senator Clinton or whoever it is, but it won't be boring, it won't be boring. We're going to be talking about more or less spending, higher or lower taxes; we're going to be talking about the role of government in health care, and we're going to be talking about the struggle we're in against radical Islamic extremism. It's going to be anything but boring.
MR. RUSSERT: Is he being mischievous, trying to give you the kiss of death in the Republican primary?
SEN. McCAIN: I don't know. I know that he is one of the most talented politicians that ever appeared on the American scene, and I only attribute to him the noblest of motives (laughs).
MR. RUSSERT: If you were the Republican nominee, and Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee, would you have to run against Bill and Hillary Clinton and how would you do it?
SEN. McCAIN: You know, I don't know, but I think it would be clearly a philosophical difference. But I haven't, frankly -- obviously, Senator Obama's win last night makes him very, very competitive. Senator Edwards is still in it -- active. Look, I've only won two primaries, Tim. I've got a pretty massive ego, but not quite so much as I'm planning on that yet.
MR. RUSSERT: If you don't win in Florida, what happens?
SEN. McCAIN: Oh, I think we have good polling numbers throughout the nation, and I think we go on. I think it's going to be a close race here on Tuesday, but I think we've got some good momentum. General Norman Schwartzkopf, our friend Mel Martinez, the senator from Florida, and Charles Crist --
MR. RUSSERT: So you go on after Tuesday, win or lose?
SEN. McCAIN: Oh, sure. Governor Crist and Senator Martinez, the two leading Republican politicians, are bound to give us a little bit of a boost.
MR. RUSSERT: Senator John McCain, as always, we thank you for sharing your views and be safe on the campaign trail.
SEN. McCAIN: Thanks for having me on again.
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2005-06-30 at 10:42:00 am #11755Oil prices 'drive US action on climate
The pressure on the US president to do something on global warming along the lines sought by other world leaders comes not from traditional green activists, but from rising oil prices.
Every increase causes a flutter of concern among drivers on supermarket forecourts, where the larger bill for filling a tank means less money to spend on consumer goods – so threatening to put a brake on general economic growth.
And that causes more than a flutter of concern in Detroit where the two big American car-makers, General Motors and Ford, are losing market share to Japanese makers of cleaner cars.
So Mr Bush is proposing a raft of proposals in an energy bill which "will help us make better use of the energy supplies we now have, and will make our supply of energy more affordable and more secure for the future".
Concerns and solutions
Some of the proposals might please traditional environmental activists and some might appal them.
Mr Bush has indicated, for example, that he might not be against tax incentives to promote the manufacture and sale of cleaner cars that don't burn the gasoline, which many scientists believe causes global warming.
That would please the green lobby. The flip side, though, is that other measures that Mr Bush proposes would run counter to the demands of campaigners.Mr Bush is sympathetic, for example, to the oil companies which want more refining capacity and that might mean laxer pollution regulation. He also wants to open oil reserves in the Alaskan wilderness.
So there is a complex mix of concerns with a complex mix of solutions, some of which might harm the environment.
To an outsider, the argument on the environment in America doesn't seem as focused as it does in other parts of the world.
In parts of Europe, for example, insurance premiums have risen on property on flood plains, offering house owners a direct connection between their wallets and the weather.
In America, on the other hand, space seems abundant and extremes of nature in a country that's really a continent seem normal.
Misguided greens
There's no doubt the environment is going up the agenda but it's often as a vague concern rather than as a precise engagement with specific science.
Organic food, for example, is more popular than it was five years ago but with no real knowledge of whether it's better for the environment – it's really part of a consumer movement rather than an environmental one.
In the trendier supermarkets, the check-out staff ask you what sort of bag you want: "Paper or plastic?" Some green shops offer pens made of wood rather than plastic.
It's not clear which is friendlier to the Earth and the suspicion is that a vague feeling of doing good is being addressed rather than an informed judgement.If American popular concern is less focused, American attitudes to policy are less dogmatic.
Republicans are mistrustful of big statements made by politicians on the environment and mistrustful of big treaties which might not deliver very much improvement – so they are coming up with ingenious ideas that might actually work.
In Chicago, for example, there is a market in pollution where companies can buy and sell the right to pollute from each other, giving them a monetary incentive to reduce emissions.
Each company has a bench-mark of pollution – if it exceeds the mark, it pays a penalty; if it pollutes less, it can sell its savings to another company.
California is as tough as any country on cleaning up cars and is advanced in promoting non-gasoline vehicles.
The view of the Right in America is that there are compelling reasons to cut consumption of oil – it's a product that comes from politically volatile, often hostile countries.
The market may push Americans towards cleaner technology; shouting by green activists and politicians won't.


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With 13 days to go before the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 kicks-off in Queensland, Australia, on August 11, the elegant left-handed opener advised players appearing in this event to play with "no regrets".
"Without a doubt the ICC U19 CWC is a launching pad for future stars. You can see how many people have played U19 cricket and are now playing full international cricket," said Cook in a media release issued by ICC.
He added: "It is not a guarantee or anything but it's just a start to people's careers rather than a pinnacle. But it was a really good experience for me, one I look back with fond memories and I really think it helped my career."
Cook captained England in the ICC U19 CWC 2004 in Bangladesh and finished as the second most successful batsman in the tournament behind India's Shikhar Dhawan (505) with 383 runs from seven matches with an average of just under 77. England reached the semi-final of the Super League where it lost to the West Indies by 94 runs. In that match, Cook was his side's second best batsman after Tim Bresnan (41) with 33 runs.
Reflecting on the tournament and his time in Bangladesh eight years ago, Cook said: "Us personally, we reached the semi-finals. We were disappointed that we didn't get to the final as we had a very good team.
"What is really good value is it gives you some exposure to conditions outside your country. Our World Cup was in Bangladesh and it was my first tour to the sub-continent. So, the tour gave me the opportunity to experience what pitches are like and also a different way of life. As a whole, the learning curve and experience was fantastic.
"When you are playing U19 cricket for your county or state side, there is no media, there is no public interest. And suddenly, you are thrown at the world stage where people can make a name for themselves. After the matches, you have to do media interviews and you get to play in matches which are being broadcast live.
"Experiences like these can only help you develop as a player and realise what future you have, if you are lucky to play full international cricket," said Cook.
The 27-year-old Essex batsman advised the teenagers to enjoy their cricket in Australia and play with no regrets. "Well certainly, they have to enjoy it, without a doubt. Obviously, it is a very important time of their lives. They should enjoy competing against other people of their age and try to find out how good they are, both individually and as a side.
"Certainly enjoy cricket, as cricket should be enjoyed no matter what level you are playing at and play with no regrets."