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With the apparent timeframe of a Ford testimony on Thursday September 28, (which I believe won’t happen), a delay in the Kavanaugh confirmation is likely to spill over into the Supreme Court term. I still recommend that a Monday Committee vote occur to allow a full Senate confirmation at the end of the week so Kavanaugh can start at the beginning of the term. In anticipation of a delay, I wanted to offer a fresh perspective on the impact of a Kavanaugh delay on upcoming Supreme Court cases. I read that Kavanaugh would have to recuse on cases where he...

I am sure that both Grassley and McConnell are extremely frustrated by this constant delay and this obviously ploy that is nothing more than delay. They do not have to be played for fools. I think this can be easily salvaged. Here are the actions that should be taken. 1. Have Grassley take a firm stand to Ford and her lawyers then announce it to the public. a. We welcome Ford to testify and have given her ample opportunity to do so. While we have requested Monday, we will accept her appearance on Wednesday. b. We have bent over backwards...

I have come up with an effective solution that recognizes political reality, removes the political risks, maximizes our ability to obtain control of Congress and the Presidency in 2012 - all without compromising our position. The solution requires all of the components to be incorporated – there are no stand alone components. Here are the components: 1. Produce a clean debt ceiling increase bill for $400 - $500 billion. This is not giving anything away it merely buys time to coincide with the budget and gets us out of the crisis mode that the public perceives that we own. This...

Having just watched the Fox News special on Sandy Burglar, I am absolutely livid about the Republicans incompetence in the justice department and in Congress in dealing with this issue. I just can't standby anymore and not try to do something. Accordingly, I have a solution that will begin to neutralize the effectiveness of the complicity of the phony Democrat investigations and the MSM reporting. As an example, I will discus how to handle the attorney firings issue and then will give a generalized formula for response. In the upcoming investigation of Gonzales, all of the Republican questions should be...

We all remember the pride and tears of joy that we shed as we watched the Iraqi people proudly douse their fingers in purple ink and vote in defiance of death threat from the terrorists. They realized that they were in the middle of the War for their Civilization. We cannot forget that so are we. As terrorists are planning on ways to destroy our civilization, we have as much obligation as the Iraqi’s to vote in order to protect our country by not weakening in the face of opposition. Not caring that we are in a long battle with...

In the justified outrage over the pompous comments by Arlen Specter the day after the election, we have overlooked the simple fact of what a wonderful gift we have received. The critical issue is how we can best cash in on that gift. We need to focus on winning the war rather than winning a particular battle. The objective is to get strong qualified judges who will not legislate from the bench. We must develop the best strategy that achieves the objective. One tactic that has been strongly advocated in most of the FR comments was to stop Specter from...

The real concern about Kerry’s plan for a summit has not been addressed other than that the summit won’t work. Bush also noted that if you call the war a diversion or say it is the wrong war at the wrong time, you can’t expect to get help from other countries. Fine points but the main problem is not that the summit won’t work but that it will be dangerous for America. If Kerry wins, the summit becomes his main plan that everyone expects that he will undertake. Funny thing is that the other countries know this as well. The...

We need to have spokesmen to refute his lies going over his speech point by point. How about James Baker or Dick Cheney showing the Gore speech, stopping and and refuting each point. (keep Bush above the fray). We want a full count of the vote. - Why then did you only ask for counts in Democratic counties? Why didn't you ask for the counting of Duval county? Additionally, why did you send out a 5 page memo on how to supress military votes? Finally, why are you suing Seminole County which is asking to disenfranchise voters who to the ...

The DOJ supposedly still has an active investigation going on regarding the 1996 Campaign Funding scandal. Is Gore afraid of what may occur once a credible attorney general gets appointed by Bush? Recall that his testimony to Federal agents was false.

With much of the talk about the popular vote by the Rats and the media, we should undermine their bogus argument. Here's how. Have an extensive poll ask voters, if you had to revote, who would you now vote for. I expect that there will be a significant reduction in Gore. Extrapolated to the general population, it could be argued that after seeing Gore's tactics, Bush would now win the popular vote.

There is much reason for us to be optimistic. It seems we have the vote for Sunday in hand as well as a backup plan for the Florida Legislature to act if we lose on the count. We cannot lay down and assume that the count looks good. The other day, Gore looked way too smug, assuming that he was certain to win. Perhaps he knows something. At that time, there was no reasonable expectation that Miami - Dade count would be able to complete the count by Sunday. I am concerned that suddendly, a flock of votes will appear ...

There has been much talk about the Florida State Legislature stepping in and voting it's own electors. If all else fails (i.e. the Forida Supreme Court writes it's own laws), they should definitely do that. However, there might be a more effective way for them to do the job. Call the legislature into session ASAP and write clarifying legislation affirming the intent of the 7 day period in the statute and reaffirm that the Secretary of State has sole responsibilty. They should retroactively affirm this responsibility to cover this election and they should explicitly direct the Secretary of State to ...