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Unless McCain leans so far to the right that he does a handstand, he has no chance among the true believers in the closed primaries ahead. In fact, without the independents he would not be in his current position. Look for Romney to be the nominee. He has the money and Huckabee doesn't. Huckabee will take the South and its religious bigots, but Romney will buy the primaries in most of the remaining states. MidSouth's grievances against McCain more or less reflect the opinion of the conservative wing of the party. The endorsement of Kemp doesn't help McCain, but Phil Gramm and Tom Coburn might make him a little more palatable. I can hear the grumbling of rednecks like Dusty now: "What, I've got to choose between one of Those People and a Mormon?" .
Northern Rock prompts Alistair Darling into secret deals
The Treasury is fighting to sell Northern Rock to a private bidder, with Virgin Money and a consortium headed by Olivant, led by Luqman Arnold, the former Abbey chief executive, leading the race to rescue the troubled mortgage lender. However, the Government has drawn criticism for refusing to rule out a temporary nationalisation of Northern Rock while the sale goes ahead. Northern Rock owes the taxpayer £50 billion, half of which is made up of emergency funding provided by the Bank of England, with the remainder consisting of Government guarantees to the lender's deposits. The consultation period on Mr Darling's proposals is open until April 23 before legislation is introduced to Parliament in the summer. .
ORU weekly e-mails checked
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The 2004-06 postings are purportedly to Richard Roberts from his political adviser and sister-in-law.
ORU President Richard Roberts is urged to use the ''voters and influence'' he controls to reap favors for Oral Roberts University in two years of weekly e-mails purportedly sent to him by his political adviser and sister-in-law, Stephanie Cantees.
''You intend to make ORU a political powerhouse where candidates will recognize that they will be expected to be asked questions and if elected when they come back for re-election they had better have some thing to show for the votes the students gave them,'' states one e-mail from ''Stef'' to Roberts' ORU e-mail address on Dec.
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