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...their party's 50 votes in favor of Ashcroft, no one is absolutely sure how many Democrats are considering giving him the green light - although West Virginia's Robert Byrd, Georgia's Zell Miller and North Dakota's Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan have all expressed their intentions to confirm. One Democrat on the committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, doesn't need the extra week to make up her mind about Ashcroft; she has already announced her opposition to the nominee, citing his "ultra-right-wing" record on hot-button issues like civil rights, school prayer and abortion...
...going to confirm or deny any rumors that I once visited Mons Venus as a high school senior, but let's just say that regardless of the enforcement of the "six-foot rule," there will still be a strong chance that Ravens and Giants players will be curious to find out. What's more, this curiosity can be quenched not only at Mons Venus, but at any of Tampa's strip clubs...
...already become clear that Ashcroft's vote count had fallen from 70 to around 60 as the interest groups on the left were able to concentrate their fire on him. G.O.P. leader Trent Lott announced last week that all 50 Senate Republicans were lined up to confirm--it takes only a simple majority--but that was as much a brave hope as a real prediction. Just one Republican defection could unify the opposition and sink Ashcroft's nomination...
...certain I had blown my SATs, I kept quiet about my test performance until I got my scores back. So while my brave experiment did confirm that now I am indeed dumber, it also revealed that I am much cockier. And that, I have learned in my brief working career, is a far more important predictor of success than intelligence...
...Suck up to your chairman The old maxim goes that a man never stands so tall as when he bends over to kiss an a__. This holds especially true with the Senators who must confirm you. So meet with the Great Men. Flatter them. Bring a fruit basket...