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Never-say-die Democrats are already looking ahead to 2006, and targeting what they believe is a vulnerable seat in East Texas: state Senate District 2, now held by Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville. "Many of us have begun to realize that 2004 was not as bad as we initially thought, before we had time to really look at the numbers," says Vince Leibowitz, chairman of the Van Zandt Democratic Party and coordinator of the Take Back East Texas SD2 Summit. The summit meeting is slated for Jan. 29, at the Ranchero Restaurant in Canton. "What we're hoping for is a workshop-type setting,"...

What You Can Do About Bush VIEW FROM THE LEFT Harley Sorensen, Special to SF Gate Monday, June 23, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From our 1776 Declaration of Independence: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the...