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...Specter announced the deal Thursday, and it has not been particularly well received on Capitol Hill or among critics of the Administration. That's because it limits presidential power in only narrow, almost symbolic ways - which is surely why Bush signed on for it. But the timing of the deal is telling; in the ongoing series of negotiations between the legislative and executive branches over the balance of power in the "war on terrorism," it is just the latest sign of how the ground is slipping out from under the White House...
Cynthia McKinney's reputation on Capitol Hill and elsewhere may have taken some shots in recent months. But in her Georgia district, the congresswoman known for testing, if not betraying, decorum enjoys solid support as she heads into the July 18 Democratic primary - the only election that much matters in her heavily Democratic district...
...stream of controversy following McKinney spiked this spring when she was charged with punching a cop who, failing to recognize the congresswoman, physically restrained her after she bypassed Capitol security. It's not the first time security has challenged her credentials - recurring mistakes that the African-American representative calls racist. (A jury declined to indict her after hearing witness testimony from four congressional aides...
...This flap she had on Capitol Hill I believe helped her with her core constituency," that is, African-American voters, said Charles Bullock, the Richard B. Russell chair in political science at the University of Georgia. "They see this as her standing up for them. She's not going to be pushed around." Many of her constituents, he added, have likely had unpleasant dealings with the police and might have the desire to shove a policeman...
...also drawn fire for her effectiveness in Congress. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution slammed her in an editorial this week announcing its political endorsements: "Once again, the 4th District congresswoman has lost credibility, lost clout and lost the stature needed to effectively represent her constituents on Capitol Hill. Even her own party's House leadership and members of the Congressional Black Caucus seem to have had enough...