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Tort reform is a big issue for Dubya. He has described precisely the problem as is being analyzed on this excellent thread.

This is a do or die issue for the Republicans, whether or not they are clever enough realize it. Hillary is counting on the lawyers to destroy the health care system, so that she can try to ride in on a white horse with "single payer reform" as a big campaign issue, I believe.

Thank God Bush is much, much smarter than the false picture touted by the democrats and their sycophant media trolls. And Bush has a fellow Harvard grad in the form of Doc Frist to fight it out in the Senate. (Lott was a sleezy, dumb Mississippi lawyer)

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And another thing ... it's bad enough that the legislatures have members bought and paid for by the plaintiffs' bar, but in states where judges are elected, the same holds true. In W.Va., one can be elected to the bench by cozying up to the personal injury lawyers, who will deliver all the campaign contributions that might be needed. So we end up with biased, mediocre judges.