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“If ya don’t come up with the million ASAP, I’m appointing Alan Keyes as your senate replacement...”

FoxNews saying that JJJ is “candidate #5,” ...that takes him out of any senatorial consideration, I would think. Gov Blago can “redeem” himself (a tiny bit) by naming as PE Obama’s replacement in the senate, the man he defeated for that Illinois senate seat, former ambassador ALAN KEYES..! Talk about throwing a stink-bomb at the wedding..! Dr. Keyes is a black man, replacing a half-black man, and above reproach in his morals and ethics. Way to get back at the Chicago political machine, and give Harry Reid something to ponder...

I believe the fed’s case against Gov. Blago was strengthened courtesy of Tony Rezko, who apparently is singing like a yellow canary, in order to get a reduced sentence for himself. I expect the feds to use the same tactics on the Gov... There are other big fish in the Illinois ocean, and the Gov makes pretty good bait...

1. They fix their flawed primary system. A small group of radical activists in Iowa and New Hampshire pretty much determine who their candidate will be.

2. Quit nominating liberal senators from the Northeast...or nominating ANY senator. When was the last time a senator was elected president without going through the Vice-Presidency first..? The "other" JFK 44 years ago.(thanks to some "fuzzy math" ballot counting in Illinois). The senate is a good showcase for the "peacocks," but not a good training ground for the presidency. Governorships are much better.

3. Figure out how to neutralize the population flow from blue states to red states. Good luck with that..! If the democrats thought 2004 was important, then 2008 will be deathly critical. The 2010 census will give even more electoral votes to the red states.

Without some radical changes, the CUBS will win the World Series before the Democrats are back in the White House...

Not to disagree with Dr. Sabato, but I think the Democrats have had enough of east-coast liberal senators. Their only candidates that have won have been southern or border state governors. They should look hard at the governor of Virginia, or the re-elected governor of North Carolina, who bucked the Republican tide.

For the Republicans...Mayor Guiliani or governor Jeb Bush of Florida. Or, a ticket of them both would probably be unbeatable...

I agree, Peggy Noonan is an outstanding journalist and writer. I can't believe that fraud will account for as much as 3 percent of the vote, though..

My election forecast...Total vote... Bush/Cheny 52%,
"Two Johns" 47%, Nader/Other 1%...

Some other numbers of the beast...

00666 - Zip code of the Beast

$665.95 - Retail price of the Beast

Route 666 - Highway of the Beast

666 F - Oven temperature for roast Beast

666k - Retirement plan of the Beast

i66686 - CPU of the Beast