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Dear XXXXXX, Within a matter of days, the Senate could face a truly momentous decision - one with consequences that will reverberate across America for decades to come. Senator Frist, the Republican Majority Leader, has a plan to make President Bush's judicial nominations immune to a Senate filibuster. If he can convince enough Republican Senators to go along, the nomination and confirmation of judges will become a tightly-controlled, one-party affair. We're working hard to make sure the Senate doesn't cross this dangerous line. Here's how you can help. Please Call Your Republican Senators Now! Please contact Senators Frist and Alexander...

Election 2004 - "Exit-Poll Disinformation Hoax Backfires?" Part V Manipulated Exit-Poll Data for Lethal Affect on Republican Voter Turnout Manipulated Exit-Poll Data to De-legitimize the Republican Presidency by Col. John H. Wambough, Jr. USAF (Ret.) j-bwambough@cox.net - www.nsar.us Election Reform: Count Votes - No More Winner Projections by Democrat Manipulated Exit Polls Permanent Link: http://WrennCom.Com/CommentaryArchives/2005/20y05m02d19-01.asp. [March 5, 2005] Manipulated Exit-Poll Data to De-legitimize the Republican Presidency - Whether the CACTECH/MIT Voting Technology Project (and December 5th Addendum) or analysis being done by statisticians such as Stephen F. Freeman (who likely understates sampling errors for Election 2004 exit polls), statistical analysis...

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry may want to consider running for president again in 2008. But his wife, local ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry of Fox Chapel, has made it clear she won't sit still for another campaign. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing," an unidentified Heinz Kerry friend told the Boston Herald. "Teresa will never do it again." Not necessarily, said Jeff Lewis, a Heinz Kerry spokesman. "Teresa Heinz is too smart to say that," he said. "She campaigned her heart out, as did her husband ... it was hard work and a great experience and we'll just go from there." According...

Kerry too slow to woo Catholics, activist saysLeader of Catholics for Kerry says he was frustrated by the senator's reluctance By DAVID YONKEBLADE RELIGION EDITOR GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Sen. John Kerry waited too long to talk about religion and when he finally did, it was too late to try to win the Catholic vote, according to William D'Antonio, head of Catholics for Kerry.An author and adjunct research professor at Catholic University in Washington, Mr. D'Antonio said yesterday at a conference on religion and the presidency that Senator Kerry hurt his presidential chances by insisting until the l1th hour that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democrat whose organization spent about $6 million to get out the Hispanic vote for Sen. John Kerry criticized the campaign's effort on Tuesday and warned that Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job. "John Kerry did not compete adequately for Hispanic votes, period," said Simon Rosenberg, founder and president of the centrist New Democrat Network. "If we don't reverse the gains that President Bush made, we can forget our hope of being a majority party again." [snip] Rosenberg, 41, is considering a bid for chairman of the Democratic National Committee,...

BACKSTORY Posted on FR In an effort to galvanize the message Kerry wants to deliver in the time remaining, he convened a powerful roster of journalists and columnists in the New York City apartment of Al Franken..... The gathering could not properly be called a meeting or a luncheon. It was a trial. The journalists served as prosecuting attorneys, jury and judge. The crowd I joined in Franken’s living room was comprised of: Al Franken and his wife Franni; Rick Hertzberg, senior editor for the New Yorker; David Remnick, editor for the New Yorker; Jim Kelly, managing editor for Time...

Former President Bill Clinton's 11th-hour campaign swing on behalf of John Kerry did nothing to boost the Democratic nominee — and may have actually hurt him, according to several political experts. Clinton, recovering from heart surgery, joined the campaign trail late in October with a week of raucous rallies in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Florida, New Mexico and Nevada. Kerry lost all those states, except Pennsylvania. "He clearly didn't do much for Kerry," said Larry Sabato, who runs the political center at the University of Virginia. Sabato said Clinton probably hurt not just Kerry but also some Democratic Senate candidates across the...

He's soooo excited this is the first state to have flipped since 2000, etc. etc. This is really funny. Orderly with butterfly net approaching...

"We have to go by our own rules....our own traditions....we would rather be last than be wrong" Dan Rather just uttered these words. Without irony....and while stuttering severely. I may take off work tomorrow!!!!1 LNGOP'r

Wolfie Blitzer looks like he is about to cry. During his interview with the Ohio Secretary of State, Wolfie Blitzer adamently continued to focus on speculation about up to 250,000 provisional votes and how that could constitute a challenge by Kerry over the projected results. One of the most revealing questions of the Ohio Secretary of State. (Not quoted but close in context) "How do Ohio and Florida compare in 2004, and do you want the same controversey over the election as did Florida's Katheryn Harris since you too are a Republican?" It is obvious CNN and Blitzer are about...

Just announced on Fox. Unfriggin'believable - flour from the same sack as Gore.

Bush, Kerry Seek Edge From Bin Laden Tape With Three Days Left, Bush and Kerry Both Seek Political Advantage of Bin Laden's Re-Emergence The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2004 - Wrapping up a campaign shadowed by war and terrorism, President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry unabashedly sought political advantage Saturday from Osama bin Laden's re-emergence. "It's very helpful to the president," contended Bush ally Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., although the president didn't mention the menacing new message from bin Laden at a campaign stop in Grand Rapid, Mich. Rather, Bush declared, "The terrorists who killed thousands of innocent people...

“We’re Gonna Sue” - A Kerry Coup - Part One by Jennifer King, Managing Editor October 29, 2004 "The Heretical Housewife" The Kerry campaign recently announced a new strategy. Michael Whouley, the DNC’s elections operations operative and a (wink, nudge) Kerry “confidant” has publicly stated that the Kerry campaign has assembled an army of 10,000 lawyers and at least six “SWAT Teams” of lawyers and politicos waiting by fully fueled jets on election eve. When notified of a battleground state battle, the Kerry patrols will swing into action, jetting off immediately to file litigation in order to facilitate a Kerry...

After days of trying to make political hay over lost Iraqi explosives, the Democratic ticket turned Friday to an FBI probe of Halliburton as evidence of Bush administration special favors to special interests. President Bush was campaigning with actor-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. "We need a president and a vice president of the United States who consistently stand up for the interests of the American people, and that's not what we're seeing right now," Democratic running mate John Edwards said on CBS Friday morning. Edwards was even more pointed Thursday night when he told 3,000 people at a Davenport, Iowa, rally, "You...

Something To Yak About - Kerry Playing Defense Coast-to-Coast As Support Erodes In Key States Interpreting the ebb and flow of campaign politics is as much art as it is science, but there's little left to the imagination when it comes to John Kerry's situation. The Gentleman from Massachusetts finds himself playing serious defense in states he should have wrapped up before Labor Day - not the sort of position that suggests a successful candidacy. Read on... Hawaiian Islands Backing Bush Back in 2000, Al Gore carried Hawaii (4 EV) by 19 percentage points. But the Oct. 17-20 SMS Research...

Democrats in Florida already are pursuing nine election-related lawsuits, accusing state election officials of conspiring to disenfranchise minority voters. Led by the Florida Democratic Party, the People for the American Way, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the AFL-CIO, the lawsuits target, among others, Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, President Bush's brother. The suits say Republican officials refused to count provisional ballots, improperly disqualified incomplete voter registrations, established overly restrictive rules to disproportionately hurt minority voters and actively sought to disenfranchise blacks. Matt Miller, a spokesman for...

BE AWARE!!! There is an e-mail in mass circulation that informs the reader that the Voters Rights Act expires in 2007 and upon expiration BLACKS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO VOTE! Watch for this and inform people that the 15th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees ALL people the right to vote regardless of race. Also tell them there's no reason Bush wouldn't renew the Voters Rights Act, which BTW was renewed by Regan in 1982. ACT NOW TO COUNTER THIS HORRIBLE LIE!!!

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Democrat John Kerry on Sunday tried to persuade late-deciding voters that they can put their faith in his leadership by describing the values and beliefs that he says have guided him and would shape his presidency. Kerry said the Bible - and the American dream - says society must take care of its most vulnerable members, but in many ways that test is not being met under the country's current leadership. And he responded to some leaders of the Catholic church who have criticized his support of abortion rights and stem cell research. "I love my...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) on Sunday tried to persuade late-deciding voters that they can put their faith in his leadership by describing the values and beliefs that he says have guided him and would shape his presidency. Kerry said the Bible — and the American dream — says society must take care of its most vulnerable members, but in many ways that test is not being met under the country's current leadership. And he responded to some leaders of the Catholic church who have criticized his support of abortion rights and stem cell...

Bob Shrum, the man who brought you the Dukakis campaign of 1988, and made his candidate look ridiculous in a tank, has done it again. Now he puts Macho John in a fatigue jacket while someone else carries the late goose. I feel another Purple Heart application coming on. Joe Biden, the man who was forced out of the 1988 primary because he plagiarized his own life story from British Labour Leader Neil Kinnock, now informs the rest of us he thinks the president is "brain dead." Clinton is enroute to Philadelphia, Gore going to Florida, and attorneys flying every...