[patriciaruth]

Ashcroft is still holding a bunch of visa violators. IMHO he is not a leaky boat; he is the Dutch boy with his finger in the dike. And he definitely could use a lot more help and moral support.

I believe we can only really fight this war effectively if the Republicans win the Senate this Fall and hold the House.

[Sabertooth]

Ashcroft is still holding a bunch of visa violators. IMHO he is not a leaky boat; he is the Dutch boy with his finger in the dike. And he definitely could use a lot more help and moral support. I believe we can only really fight this war effectively if the Republicans win the Senate this Fall and hold the House.

I'm not blaming Ashcroft, and I'm beyond tired of the "win back the Senate" alibi for every failing of this Administration.

Getting ME non-citizens out of our country was the obvious strategic move of this war on 9/12/2001, at the very latest. The President could have asked the country to let him do this, and we'd have properly responded positively.

This is war, and our domestic efforts have fallen far short of the mark, because the aim hasn't been true.