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The tragic mishandling of the situation in Afghanistan has, ironically enough, given D.C. politicians plenty of cover to sneak through other measures that would be opposed by a majority of Americans. One of those was passed by the Democrat-controlled House last week. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would give Joe Biden's Justice Department the ability to police new changes to voting laws in states that have racked up a series of “violations,” drawing them into a mandatory review process known as “preclearance.” In other words, states would be unable to pass election integrity laws without getting the say-so...

For Senate Democrats, 60 seats still a possibilityPosted: Nov 14, 2008 09:50 AM EST By Glenn Thrush and Josh Kraushaar The dream of 60 Senate seats simply refuses to die - with positive signs suddenly popping up for Democrats in all three unresolved races. Around 1 a.m. EST, news that Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has inched ahead of Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens rekindled flagging Democratic hopes they would reach the mythical filibuster-proof majority. In Minnesota, Al Franken has steadily eroded incumbent Republican Norm Coleman's lead before the recount has even begun - with a highly contentious recount on the...

If anyone needed any additional evidence that Republicans would rather lose than fight, tonight's panel discussion on Fox News Special Report was the clincher. The panel discussed the bald-faced theft of the MN seat election in the US Senate by the Franken thugs (every new "found" ballot is for Franken, even when the ballot is also for McCain, a result statistically impossible in any fair process). Rather than offer a spirited defense of the rule of law and denounce most strongly Franken's theft of the election, the panel yucked it up, admitting that Franken will be successful in stealing the...