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I am asking for all Freepers to keep Paul Weyrich in your prayers. I am a personal friend of Mr. Weyrich's from Holy Transfiguration Melkite Church in McLean,VA, and his wife Joyce has told me that Paul has been in the hospital for the past week undergoing tests. He is diabetic, and an infection of some kind developed in his upper body that required him to receive a blood transfusion. Mrs. Weyrich said he has beens severely anemic, and that condition was severe enough to require the blood transfusion early last week. Paul is a beloved member of our parish...

Last week during our Coalitions Lunch at Free Congress Foundation one of the 80-odd participants learned that Tom DeLay had been indicted in Texas and, therefore, had to step aside as Majority Leader. The wire service story suggested that Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) would appoint House Rules Committee Chairman David Drier (R-CA) as Acting Majority Leader. One of our participants quickly drafted a letter to Speaker Hastert saying we did not want to undercut the chain of command and we supported Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) to be Acting Majority Leader. Nearly everyone signed the letter. My colleague Bob...