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Attention Party Indians and other Native American voters: Ranking the "modern" U.S. presidents Posted: October 31, 2002 - 8:00pm EST by: Suzan Shown Harjo / Columnist / Indian Country Today With the Nov. 5 election day fast approaching, seasoned vote counters say dozens of congressional races are too close to call and party leadership of the Senate and House is up for grabs. In some states, both Democrats and Republicans are in a mad scramble for Indian votes and cash. In South Dakota, Indians often provide the margin of victory in congressional races, usually for Democrats, and Republicans are...

President Bush has sufficient legal authority to conduct a war against Iraq under broadly drafted resolutions that Congress passed in 1991 for the Persian Gulf War and a second resolution adopted last year for the war against al Qaeda, legal experts say. Some add that the president's position would be strengthened politically by seeking a new congressional vote on any operations in Iraq, which would require a public debate over the evidence the administration has developed against Saddam Hussein, and a discussion about what the wider consequences of the war might be on the Middle East. Lee Casey, a partner...

First, President Clinton signed the International Criminal Court treaty just before he left office. Then, recently, President Bush “unsigned” said treaty, supposedly removing U.S. troops and citizens from the danger of prosecution by the unaccountable court. Then, our Big Pal, the United Nations, said that it didn’t count -- we were in the court’s jurisdiction anyway. “Oh, yeah?” said the American president. “I don’t think so!” Just to back up his position, the American president said that he would pull U.S. troops out of the Balkans. “Uncle!”, cried the U.N. We will give the Americans one-year immunity. “Sounds like a...

Jewish Voters Gravitating Toward GOP FNC Bumper stickers showing U.S.-Israeli ties were handed out at a recent pro-Israel festival in L.A. Wednesday, April 24, 2002 By Katie Cobb LOS ANGELES — Jewish Americans make up only 2.5 percent of the U.S. population but they vote in higher percentages than any other minority group in the country. Typically, they are known as staunch Democrats, but as more of the traditional left of the Democratic Party gravitate toward the Palestinian cause, American Jews are indicating that they place more trust in the party of George W. Bush. "Prior to Sept. 11 on my...

Released: April 05, 2002 Bush favorability remains high; But President gets lower grade for handling Mid-East crisis; Majority blames both sides for current crisis; Most say U.S. should pressure both sides towards peace, Latest Zogby America poll reveals President George W. Bush continues to receive a high overall opinion rating, but is given a significantly lower rating for his handling of the current Israeli-Palestinian situation by likely voters nationwide, a new Zogby America poll reveals. Bush receives a high overall opinion rating (82% favorable, 17% unfavorable), but his handling of the crisis in the Middle East is judged much less...

Americans’ sympathies are with Israel in the current fighting in the Middle East, and most say Israel’s recent action sending troops to surround Yasser Arafat’s headquarters was justified, according to a CBS News poll. But many also have concerns and criticisms about Israel’s response – with nearly seven in ten believing Israel’s actions will only lead to more suicide attacks. By a margin of five to one, Americans sympathize more with Israel. Fifty-two percent say that, while just 10 percent sympathize more with the Palestinians. Fifteen percent, however, sympathize with neither. Americans reactions today are not much different from the...

Here in Kennedy Country, the question today is whether voters are ready to pass the torch to a new generation - of Bushes. Jamie Bush, presidential cousin, wants to be Mitt Romney's running mate. No, he really wants to be Mitt Romney's running mate. ``Serving in public office with Mitt Romney as governor and me as lieutenant governor would dramatically increase the leverage of people throughout the state,'' he says. ``It would be a fabulous opportunity. Just let me go. ``A Romney-Bush ticket would be a really strong ticket . . . I don't think either of the other candidacies...

screams the 3.25.02 cover of The New Republic. The New Republic editor Peter Beinart had a vision: Neither Bush nor Atty. General Ashcroft have mentioned nonbelievers since 9-11, meaning they are trying to write atheists out of America’s moral community. That’s what The New Republic editor Peter Beinart claims in his TRB (The Real Bologna? Tom Robinson Band? ). It’s impossible to prove a negative, so we must take his assertion on faith, as it were. Among Beinart’s non-corporeal evidence: After 9-11, “Muslim dignitaries were invited to pray in the East Reception Room before listening to Bush tell the assembled...

US-Taiwan Secret Talks on Arms Sale: Analysis   US President George W. Bush's February China visit has pushed China-US relations a step forward. However, inharmonious chord has arisen recently in the United States. The US government, on one hand, held the fourth China-US arms control symposium with the Chinese side in Washington, on the other hand, invited Tang Yiau-min, the "defense minister" of Taiwan to go to the United States to attend the so-called "US-Taiwan defense meeting" and quickened its step of arms sale to Taiwan. With regard to the matter of US invitation to Taiwan's "defense minister" to visit...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With troops at airports and the Secret Service at major sporting events, Americans are living with tighter security six months after the Sept. 11 attacks but face the chill reality of ever-present threats.President Bush hears constant reminders of potential attacks in his morning security briefings; a standby government is working in hidden bunkers in case of a doomsday scenario, and there remains a daunting list of things to do to protect the public from threats such as a quot;dirty bombquot; that spews radioactive material.Major tasks include improving inspections at borders to prevent would-be terrorists from slipping...

Analysis: Americans' Support for Bush's 2002 Domestic Policy Agenda Strongest support for policies dealing with terrorism and homeland security by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Whether delivering the State of the Union Address or giving a speech to a local chamber of commerce, President George W. Bush has been on the stump since January, using a variety of public venues to lay out his foreign and domestic agenda for 2002. In a two-part series, Gallup reviews where the public stands on each of the president’s major policy proposals. Part One of the series below deals with ...

Through luck -- and not a little political armtwisting -- goosie and her family, callisto and her 3 year old daughter (the yongest person to attend today's rally!!), callis's mother, myself, and my mother were able to obtain tickets to today's rally in Winston-Salem with George W. Bush. It really WAS a beautiful day in North Carolina today -- and we have the sunburn to prove it! We met at the Four Seasons Mall in Greensboro to take buses rented by the Guilford County Republican Party; as luck would have it, goosie and I ended up on the "Tweety" bus, ...

If the profile fits ... An Arab with a copy of "The Crusades Through Arab Eyes" and a gun boarded an American Airlines plane on Christmas Day claiming to be a Secret Service agent on his way to the president. There was a problem with his paperwork, and the pilot and flight attendants were concerned. After an hour's negotiation – rudely ignoring the travel needs of the rest of the passengers – they decided to fly without the armed Arab, who caught another flight the next day. This much is conceded by all parties. Four months ago, 19 Arab men ...

<p>The White House is escalating its attacks against Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in an all-out drive to overcome Democratic resistance to a tax-cutting economic-stimulus bill that could be critical to the Republican Party's political prospects in the 2002 elections.</p>