MARK LEIBOVICH writes for the New York Times about what parts of their pasts ‘08 candidates are keeping quiet about.

Romney rarely mentions which state he governed for, McCain hardly ever brings up his signature measure he got passed in the Senate, Edwards doesn’t mention he once ran for Vice President, all those four years ago.

To follow-up from the news that NM & 2008 candidate would be at Google Headquarters for a talk here is the video of that event:

From MediaBistro the Dems have put out their debate dates and FOX News wasn’t included in the party. I still think its a shame but what can you do?

July 23, 2007: YouTube/Google and CNN in Charleston, SC

August 19, 2007: ABC in Des Moines, IA

September 26, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC in Hanover, NH

October 30, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC in Philadelphia, PA

November 15, 2007: CNN in Las Vegas, NV

December 10, 2007: CBS in Los Angeles, CA

RedState had the story yesterday before the debates and John McCain confirmed, it looks like the Republican leadership might be close to a deal on immigration reform. The problem is that many in the Republican party base fear that deal could include amnesty.

In 2000 Ralph Nader claimed there was no difference between the Republican & Democratic Parties. He may have been right then but after watching all the debates thus far I have to say there is quite a wealth of difference out there today just within the parties alone.

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Probably the biggest shock out of last nights debate was Ron Paul’s assertion that American foreign policy may have contributed to the 9/11 attacks. I personally entered graduate school not long after 9/11 and this was basically the theory of every left wing professor you would run into. It was not the kind of thing you would expect at a Republican debate though and it really pissed off Giuliani.

If you also take into account this next video you can clearly see Paul has been reading his Noam Chomsky VERY carefully.