[E. Pluribus Unum]

It would be nice if Dennis Hastert would say so, however.

Didn't you read the rest of my post?

Hastert saying ANYTHING would put it on the radar screen and give the DEMONcRATS and the Liberal press a wedge issue to shriek about.

What is your goal?

To sunset the AWB, or have Dennis Hastert mouth words you want to hear?

You can't have both.

Only one.

[Oberon]

What is your goal? To sunset the AWB, or have Dennis Hastert mouth words you want to hear?

Honestly, I trust Hastert only marginally more than I trusted Tom Foley. I'm concerned that if the issue does fade into the background, congress will quietly pass another AWB while nobody's paying attention.

And what I'm hearing from Hastert is that the Republican leadership is leaving that option open. Now should I credit him with political manipulation for speaking as he does, or should I take him at his word?

[Jesse]

"Hastert saying ANYTHING would put it on the radar screen and give the DEMONcRATS and the Liberal press a wedge issue to shriek about. "

Hastert did say something and put it back on the radar screen. He contradicted DeLay's statement that the AWB was not yet a dead issue and he hasn't yet decided on whether it will come up for a vote again.

[cinFLA]

Hastert saying ANYTHING would put it on the radar screen and give the DEMONcRATS and the Liberal press a wedge issue to shriek about.

Just as some here bashed Bush for not coming out and putting it on the radar screen. Some even called him a Rino gun-confiscator. But then the Libertarians are so anti-Republican .....