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MLB April

MLB Power Rankings Week 4

1. Boston Red Sox (2)
2. Atlanta Braves (5)
3. New York Mets (1)
4. Cleveland Indians (16)
5. Chicago White Sox (13)
6. LA Dodgers (4)
7. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
8. Minnesota Twins (3)
9. Detroit Tigers (7)
10. San Francisco Giants (25)
11. LA Angels (20)
12. Toronto Blue Jays (12)
13. Arizona Diamondbacks (8)
14. San Diego Padres (9)
15. St. Louis Cardinals (18)
16. Oakland A's (10)
17. Seattle Mariners (21)
18. Pittsburgh Pirates (27)
19. Philedelphia Phillies (28)
20. Baltimore Orioles (17)
21. New York Yankees (6)
22. Florida Marlins (19)
23. Cincinnati Reds (15)
24. Houston Astros (14)
25. Texas Rangers (26)
26. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (24)
27. Chicago Cubs (23)
28. Colorado Rockies (22)
29. Washington Nationals (30)
30. Kansas City Royals (29)

Democratic Debate Rankings

1. Hillary Clinton: Seemed to have all of the right answers.

2. Joe Biden: Very Presidential, gave the line of the night by answering simply "yes" to a question.

3. Barack Obama: Not a good overall performance, but Kucinich and Gravel bailed him out at the end.

4. John Edwards: OK overall, but stalling on God question may hurt him a bit, although not much with Democrats.

5. Dennis Kucinich: Seemed sane with Gravel there.

6. Chris Dodd: Was he even at the debate?

7. Bill Richardson: Very poor performance, took to long and seemed flustered, I am undecided again.

8. Mike Gravel: Funny. Personal attacks galore. The highlight was when he asked Obama what country he wanted to nuke.

Presidential Contender: Rudy Giuliani

This week's 2008 presidential contender profile is on former New York city mayor, Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has shot up to the top of the GOP field which is somewhat surprising due to his personal history (3 wives) and some of his political stances.

Issues:

Fiscal Responsibility: cut bureaucracy other than law enforcement and education.

Taxes: Supports supply-side economics.

Iraq: Against timetable, stay in until job is done, supports surge.

Judges: Would appoint Scalia type judges

Education: increase funding, supports charter schools

Abortion: Pro-Choice

Gun Control: supports gun-control

Gay marriage: supports civil unions

So far Rudy's unpopular social views have not hurt him, but there is a possibility that they still could. I believe Rudy's strength shows that the Republicans as a whole are scared, so they have become willing to give up to a large extent at least for the short term on several issues that have been key to them in the past such as gun control, abortion, and Gay marriage. Rudy would definitely be the strongest candidate for the GOP, but I'm still not convinced that the Republicans will indeed go for Rudy. I personally will not vote for Rudy because he is an obnoxious Yankees fan.

MLB Power Rankings Week 3

1. New York Mets (3)
2. Boston Red Sox (14)
3. Minnesota Twins (5)
4. LA Dodgers (8)
5. Atlanta Braves (1)
6. New York Yankees (12)
7. Detroit Tigers (4)
8. Arizona Diamondbacks (6)
9. San Diego Padres (9)
10. Oakland A's (18)
11. Milwaukee Brewers (16)
12. Toronto Blue Jays (10)
13. Chicago White Sox (15)
14. Houston Astros (22)
15. Cincinnati Reds (17)
16. Cleveland Indians (11)
17. Baltimore Orioles (24)
18. St. Louis Cardinals (7)
19. Florida Marlins (13)
20. LA Angels (2)
21. Seattle Mariners (19)
22. Colorado Rockies (21)
23. Chicago Cubs (23)
24. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (27)
25. San Fancisco Giants (28)
26. Texas Rangers (20)
27. Pittsburgh Pirates (25)
28. Philadelphia Phillies (26)
29. Kansas City Royals (29)
30. Washington Nationals (30)

NBA Playoff Predictions

Round 1:
Detroit over Orlando in 5
Cleveland over Washington in 4
Toronto over New Jersy in 7
Chicago over Miami in 6
Dallas over Golden State in 5
Phoenix over LA Lakers in 6
San Antonio over Denver in 5
Utah over Houston in 6

Round 2
Chicago over Detroit in 6
Cleveland over Toronto in 5
Dallas over Utah in 4
San Antonio over Phoenix in 6

Round 3
Cleveland over Chicago in 6
Dallas over San Antonio in 7

Finals
Dallas over Cleveland in 5

MlB Power Rankings Week 2

This Weeks Power Rankings last week in ()

1. Atlanta Braves (5)
2. LA Angels (4)
3. New York Mets (1)
4. Detroit Tigers (8)
5. Minnesota Twins (6)
6. Arizona Dimondbacks (14)
7. St. Louis Cardinals (19)
8. LA Dodgers (16)
9. San Diego Padres (9)
10. Toronto Blue Jays (13)
11. Cleveland Indians (7)
12. New York Yankees (2)
13. Florida Marlins (10)
14. Boston Red Sox (3)
15. Chicago White Sox (17)
16. Milwaukee Brewers (11)
17. Cinncinatti Reds (15)
18. Oakland A's (12)
19. Seattle Mariners (20)
20. Texas Rangers (27)
21. Colorado Rockies (21)
22. Houston Astros (28)
23. Chicago Cubs (22)
24. Baltimore Orioles (30)
25. Pittsburgh Pirates (18)
26. Philledelphia Phillies (25)
27. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (23)
28. San Francisco Giants (24)
29. Kansas City Royals (26)
30. Washington Nationals (29)

Presidential Contender: Jim Gilmore

This week 2008 candidate profile, is former Republican Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.

Issues:

Taxes: Supports Bush Tax cuts, touts tax-cutting record as governor, opposes taxation on the Internet

Immigration: opposes amnesty

Iraq: supports surge, opposes timetable

2nd Amendment: opposes gun control

Abortion: Pro-choice

Gay Marriage: opposes marriage and civil-unions

Gilmore has been out of politics since 2002 when he left office. Gilmore has run by far the most lackluster campaign, and one wonders does he really want to win? His views are very conservative, and he is trying to run as one of the five or six "true conservative" candidate. I would not support him in the general, but I won't have to since he has no chance in the primaries.

MLB Power Rankings Week One

1. New York Mets
2. New York Yankees
3. Boston Red Sox
4. LA Angels
5. Atlanta Braves
6. Minnesota Twins
7. Cleveland Indians
8. Detroit Tigers
9. San Diego Padres
10. Florida Marlins
11. Milwaukee Brewers
12. Oakland A's
13. Toronto Blue Jays
14. Arizona Dimondbacks
15. Cincinnati Red's
16. LA Dodgers
17. Chicago White Sox
18. Pittsburgh Pirates
19. St. Louis Cardinals
20. Seattle Mariners
21. Colorado Rockies
22. Chicago Cubs
23. Tampa Bay Devil Rays
24. San Francisco Giants
25. Philedelphia Phillies
26. Kansas City Royals
27. Texas Rangers
28. Houston Astros
29. Washington Nationals
30. Baltimore Orioles

NCAA Final

Ohio State over Florida