The National Abortion Rights Action League has gathered statements or quotes from each declared Presidential candidate on the life issue.  Check out where your favorite stands before he or she becomes the nominee.

“Are you ready to pay a regional gas tax, motor vehicle registration fee or property tax to ease traffic congestion in the Portland area?” asks the Gresham Outlook.  Here’s a emphatic “NO!” from this voter. 

Metro, our tri-county government will likely ask voters to approve new taxes in November of 2008.  Anyone else opposed to adding an extra buck-per-fill-up? 

Certainly, traffic congestion is only going to get worse in the Portland-Metro area.  The Reason Foundation estimates that by 2030, Portland will have worse congestion than Boston or New York (we’ll be doing better than Seattle though). 

I’m sure we could all agree that we want to reduce congestion.  But, I’m not sure why we have to have another tax to do it.

In World Net Daily article posted today, Dr. James Dobson announced that, as a private citizen, he will not vote for Rudy Giuliani if he is the Republican nominee for the 2008 election.  

Dobson and Giuliani part ways on several issues held dear to religious conservatives.  Last week Giuliani affirmed his support for abortion on demand, and is opposed to a federal marriage amendment (though he supports traditional marriage).  Dobson also cited Giuliani’s three marriages as a concern.  Quoting Harry S Truman, he asked “How can I trust a man if his wife can’t?”

Read Dobson’s article here.  Do you think this will have an impact on the Giuliani campaign either way?

I, for one, am glad that Giuliani and Dobson have both made their views clear.

Recently Michael Moore challenged former US Senator Fred Thompson to a debate.  At issue is Thompson’s criticism of Moore’s recent trip to Cuba.  Skim Michael Moore’s challenge to Thompson here, and then watch the hilarious 30 second response.

Former Clinton adviser and political prognosticator, Dick Morris, visited Eugene Monday speaking at a dinner held by Lane County Republicans. In his weekly column in Congressional news rag, The Hill, Morris wrote Wednesday, “Episodically, I just addressed a 450-person Lincoln Day dinner of the Lane County Republican Party in Eugene, Ore. A show of hands brought these results: Giuliani, 50 percent; Gingrich, 30 percent; McCain, 6 percent; Romney, 4 percent. A few days before, a speech to an Orlando investors group produced similar results.”

Morris writes, “Enter Newt. Hungry for new ideas and desperate after losing Congress, Republican voters seem to be rallying to the only real genius in the race — the former Speaker. The statute of limitations seems to have expired on his personal scandals and Gingrich is striking a responsive chord among conservatives.“

Morris, of course, has been plenty wrong before and nobody should be placing their bets on the GOP nom just yet. Remember, in 2004 he predicted that Hillary Clinton would face a “nightmare” in her 2006 senate race against moderate Republican candidate Jeanine Pirro. Obviously, Pirro was so schooled by Clinton that her campaign collapsed after just two months.

Dick Morris-right or wrong-will make predictions, but only time will tell.