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Jeb Bush is finally getting to appoint some Florida Supreme Court justices and has changed the balance from 7-0 Democratic to 5-2. Keep in mind, though, that these appointments wouldn’t have altered the outcome in Gore v. Harris, since the justices that the Bush appointees are replacing voted the right way in the 4-3 decision [...]

Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) is looking increasingly likely to throw his hat into the 2004 presidential sweepstakes. Graham, like most successful Florida Democrats, likes to portray himself as a “moderate.” He was elected governor and then senator largely on his unflinching support of the death penalty. However, Graham is in reality a far-left liberal. His [...]

I heard Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) call for a new draft on CNN, but I couldn’t believe my ears. Now the congressman has made it official with a New York Times op-ed and says he’ll introduce legislation to draft young people into the military. There’s absolutely no chance Rangel’s bill will pass, but it’s still [...]

Bruce Fein says in the Washington Times that president Bush isn’t being given credit for the legislative successes he has achieved. It’s worth wondering how a Republican president could be so successful in pushing legislation. Traditionally Republicans oppose liberal legislation that expands the size and scope of government, such as Campaign Finance Reform. Inevitably, Democrats [...]

The GOP is making giant strides among rural voters: Just a decade ago, Democrats were running neck-and-neck with Republicans for the votes of rural America. No more. This year, rural voters supported Republican congressional candidates by a 60 percent to 36 percent margin, according to an analysis of polls done after the November election. It [...]

Goodbye, VNS. And Good riddance.

I’ve called potential presidential candidate Senator John Edwards (D-NC) a “wildly gesticulating, empty-headed, pretty-boy trial lawyer.” Yet another article, this time in the NY Times, suggests that other people may think so too. Is Edwards’ ego so large that he really thinks he can run for president? Wait, forget I asked.

How Gore’s withdrawal hurts the Democratic nominee in 2004 Here’s how Al Gore’s withdrawal from the 2004 presidential race could hurt the eventual Democratic nominee. If Gore had stayed in the race and the nominee had beaten him, the nominee would have earned a reputation as a giant-killer. His stature would instantly soar and he [...]

Young, spoiled South Koreans are protesting at the American embassy, demanding the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea. This after they just elected a “progressive” president who ran on an anti-American platform. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If the South Koreans are stupid enough to yell “Yankee Go Home!” maybe [...]

After the Seattle Times editorialized in support of Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), it got plenty of hot feedback from its readers. As you can see on the Letters page, every letter on this issue castigates the paper. Here’s one: Your editorial defending Sen. Patty Murray is the most blatant, partisan editorial I have ever read [...]

Two good (though biased, of course) articles today in the Washington Post and the NY Times on one of the less publicized items in the Republican agenda – reforming the legal system to the detriment of trial lawyers. GOP lawmakers have been quietly inserting lawsuit limitation clauses in various bills, but next year they plan [...]

Quite enough has been said about the claim this morning that the first human clone was born. I’ll only add that this is like a bad sci-fi plot: A weird religious cult, called the Raelians, worships aliens and clones a human baby, holding a big press conference by a bimboish scientist to announce its success [...]

Strong winds here in western Washington state knocked out power to several hundred thousand homes for several hours. It’s striking how dependent we are on electricity. Nothing – the phone, the stove, the computer, the radio, the telephone – worked. Traffic ground to a halt as signals went offline. The only thing to do was [...]

Here’s a link to actual audio of Patty Murray talking about Bin Laden. There’s a sentence that has been left out of most newspaper quotes, since The Columbian, the newspaper that broke the story, left it out of its original article. Here’s the full quote with the missing sentence: Osama bin Laden has been very, [...]

Now the Taliban are using Senator Patty Murray’s comments to boost their cause. Do you think Senator Patty Murray should apologize for praising Bin Laden? Vote here and let her know.