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Judging by the rhetoric coming out of Tehran, John Bolton’s appointment as America’s National Security Advisor is the worst thing that ever happened. The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council labeled Bolton’s appointment “a matter of shame.”  The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy declared,  "The use of hardline elements against the Islamic Republic of Iran shows that the Americans seek to exert more pressure on Iran.”First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri opined, “They (US officials) are wrong to assume that the Iranian nation will give in to their threats against the Islamic Republic.”  ...

5 out of the top ten US House Recipients of contributions (1989- 2001) from Arthur Andersen are democRats. Their names and the amounts are listed below. And, according to dim logic, they are guilty by association and should have their names shining in the bright lights of Reuters, AP, Drudge, The Washington ComPost, and more. After all, this is a hit piece. Here you go, Klayman, chase this ambulance too! Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) $34,687 Martin Frost (D-Texas) $32,000 Peter Deutsch (D-Fla) $24,200 James P. Moran (D-Va) $21,250 Ken Bentsen (D-Texas) $19,225 Other Rats also receiving Andersen dirty money include: Rick...

Charles Kushner, the Port Authority commissioner who is New Jersey Governor James McGreevey’s choice to be the agency’s next chairman, may soon find the dreaded appellation "embattled" attached to his name. Mr. Kushner is facing a whistle-blower lawsuit that could jeopardize his appointment to head the Port Authority—an appointment he doubtless helped to secure through generous contributions to New Jersey Democrats. He was the single largest donor to Mr. McGreevey’s campaign fund last year; to Hillary Clinton’s in 2000 and 2001; and to Senator Robert Torricelli’s in 1999 and 2001. Kushner companies collectively provided the largest bundle of contributions to...

<p>"You gotta do what you gotta do," a victorious Bill Clinton told Bob Dole when he complained about the demagogic Medicare ads that helped defeat him. By now this seems to have become the mantra of Mr. Clinton's party.</p> <p>To put the current midterm election in perspective, consider how the Democrats won their one-vote Senate majority. After losing the House and the White House, they won the Senate by persuading Vermont's Jim Jeffords to abandon the party in which he'd just been elected. For voting with the other side in organizing the Senate, he was rewarded with a committee chairmanship and an eventual expansion of his beloved Northeast dairy subsidy, a piece of pork notorious even in cynical Washington.</p>

Exclusive Poll: Forrester Leads Torricelli in Jersey Senate Race (KYW) Aug. 13, 2002 10:05 pm The latest exclusive Eyewitness News Survey USA poll of the New Jersey Senate race finds Republican challenger Doug Forrester leading incumbent Bob Torricelli. The poll of 695 likely voters found that 48 percent would vote for Forrester, while 35 percent would choose Torricelli. Seventeen percent would vote for someone else or were undecided. The margin of error in this poll is 3.8 percent. Just three weeks ago, the race was tied at 43 percent each. The latest poll found that Torricelli has lost ground among...