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Thank you for this effort. The cause is so just it almost hurts. I will join you by renewing my efforts on Miguel's behalf and on our nation's behalf. I have stood below Sen Bayh's office in Indy and will resume this. The folks who travel by there offer thumbs up-especially the Hispanic folks. Nothing more alarming to a democrat than bringing the the word minority into the fold-especially when it is the democrats who are doing the crushing.

thank you for your perserverance. I will admit that at times it gets old, really old. There is saying that says when good people do nothing, evil flourishes. Well, if we don't actively support Estrada et all, nobody will. Tonight I called and left messages on many Dem senators. I also called the NRSC (2nd night in a row) and told them to break the filibusters. I called Kyl, Grasserly, and Dewine. I've been trying to spend much of mine time of FR simply bumping threads related to Estrada, abortion politics, Supreme Court etc. Hopefully many FR have been brought up to speed on the Estrada issue. I have also tried to tie this issue into to some liberals wanting to filibuster the extension of the assault weapons bill. There are freepers who are pro-gun, but not pro-life. Showing those Freepers the importance of breaking the filibuster might help make them see the importance of breaking the filibuster.

I don't claim to know the best strategey to get Estrada confirmed. I do know that calls, emails, faxes, letters etc are crucial in making sure the GOP doesn't cave. They're also crucial in keeping pressure on the Dems. (Hard to believe Bayh is sticking with this, but it's become a litmus test of sorts for being a Democrat).

This effort might last through the election. It might reach a certain point where we should spend 100% of our effort on Freeping our guys from the right. I'd say we'd reach that point once we know that there will be no SC retirements before the election, June of 2004. Until then, we need to keep the heat on the Dems, even if it seems pointless, useless, and a waste of time. This is not a one man job. If I do some, you do some and thousands of others do some, it makes a HUGE difference.

So in summation, FREE MIGUEL!