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You're right. These current Republicans in the Senate aren't visibly and energetically supporting our president. Are they all tone deaf? Don't they hear the voices of George W. Bush's base........like us, for instance?

Surely there are top level RNC officials who read Free Republic, aren't there?

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"You're right. These current Republicans in the Senate aren't visibly and energetically supporting our president."

I think they are intimidated by a combination of factors. Their leader (Frist) is weak. That hurts a team's confidence. Their "point man" in this battle, Specter, is a traitor. I would think this becomes a little more self-evident each day, as Specter dusts off the dame arguments he used when he led the fight against Bork's confirmation, decades ago (explaining how bad strict constructionism is, suggesting that Bush will appoint a "moderate", etc.)

They know if they stand by Bush on this, the media will attack them as never before. And they are politicians, they have to fear the media, to an extent. Finally, they know if they don't do the right thing, we conservative Republicans will be on them like the Furies. Not the greatest situation, in a lot of ways.

There is a man whose title is "Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Council" who told me he visits Free Republic at least once each day.

I met him in Washington a year ago at Reagan's Funeral. He and his wife came out of the White House and walked over to Constitution Ave. to watch the procession of Reagan's casket down Constitution Ave to the capital building.

He had an extra chair and offered me a seat. He did not have a clue who Ray Malone was but when I volunteered that I spent some time on Free Republic he immediately showed interest. He knew all about FR. He asked if I posted. When I replied I was Commontator he said he read my postings all the time.

The reason I know he read FR is he knew a lot about me. During the conversation he asked, "You have a lot of radio experience, how do you think Rush's audience will react if this prosecutor makes a case against Rush?"

If he hadn't read a lot of my posts, how would he know Common tator has radio programming experience? He knew my views on a number of issues.

One of his jobs is to help prepare the presidents daily press report.. he does a condensation of what the media is reporting and saying. He read all the major papers,watched news channels, and visits several media web sites.

He gave me his card, and his White House phone number. He even gave me his private email address.

I asked him what he did before he went to work in the Bush White House. He told me he worked for Jeb Bush in the Governors office in Florida.

I am certain that the President gets a condensed version of what is posted on FR. He knew the views of a number of respected freepers.