Top-tier fundraising effort

According to the WSJ's John Harwood (here),

Among major Republican candidates, only late-starting Thompson and longshot Huckabee claim to have beaten second-quarter haul.

MSM: Huckabee, we hardly knew ye . . .

This kind of thing will get you uninvited on "The Daily Show" . . . Huckabee slams Clinton on Petraeus vote. Oh well. Not many GOP primary voters tune in anyway.

Here's the money quote:

"'If you can't get your lips off the backside of George Soros long enough to use those lips to say it's wrong to declare a sitting general ... guilty of treason, how would you ever expect to have the support of the very military you might have to send into deadly battle?' Huckabee told the Times."

And speaking of Soros, I guess you've heard that he has been shoveling money to a NASA-employed, vocal scientist and global warming alarmist. What's that about BigOil financing faux science about global warming?
Cross-posted at WisdomisVindicated.

Thompson's alternative view on homosexual marriage

I've been out of town (and the loop) for awhile, but here's something of note.

This is actually the first time that I'd heard this proposal, and I'll hand it to Thompson--it won't please any of the activists on the issue. That might be the secret to Thompson's appeal: blunting controversial issues with unorthodox proposals and a trustworthy demeanor. Thompson: Let states decide on gay marriages - USATODAY.com:

Thompson was asked during a campaign stop in Sioux City if he supported a federal ban on gay marriage, which most but not all of the candidates seeking the 2008 GOP nomination support.

He responded by suggesting the U.S. Constitution be amended to bar court decisions in one state on gay marriage from being recognized in another. The provision is part of the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act, which Thompson voted for in the Senate.

. . .

"In the Register's May poll, 73% of likely GOP caucus-goers said it was 'extremely important' that, when choosing a candidate, that their preferred candidate feel the same way they do about gay marriage. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain oppose a federal gay marriage ban. Most of the other candidates, including those campaigning aggressively in Iowa such as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, favor the amendment."

As I mull over the proposal, I am definitely open to a states' rights argument, but the reality is that a law on marriage has ramifications far beyond something like the speed limit or right-to-carry laws. I'll have to disagree with him on this.

Cross-posted on WisdomisVindicated.