[VadeRetro]

Al Sharpton's Presidential Express today charged that the galaxy collision was a Republican plot to destabilize the 2004 presidential elections.

[PatrickHenry]

Senators Ted Kennedy (D. Mass) and Hillary Clinton (D. NY) said in a press conference that the Republicans should stop "playing politics" with the galaxy collision and should pass their minimum wage bill immediately, "before it's too late to help those in greatest need."