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...Rove's concerns are not unfounded: Both camps on Capitol Hill saw Gonzaels's departure as an opportunity to dial up the spin to please their respective bases. Texas Senator John Cornyn lamented that the departure would "lead to more posturing and more controversy" in Congress as the Senate debates whomever Bush nominates as a successor. And hints that Gonzales's tenure at Justice may be at the center of a confirmation battle have already emerged in statements from key Democrats. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said, "I hope the Attorney General's decision will be a step toward getting...
...rare is really good," says Tod Bohannon, who operates murderauction.com out of his Georgia home. But Bohannon, who describes his passion for prison memorabilia as a "hobby," is concerned that a proposed federal law could shut him down. The bill, filed in late May by Republican Senator John Cornyn, takes aim at the trade by forbidding prisoners from using the U.S. Postal Service to deliver or receive items for profit. The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it is likely to face criticism from civil-liberties groups and support from victims' rights advocates...
...Francisco, Mead, who served 18 years in Washington State for crimes committed in the '70s as a member of the revolutionary group George Jackson Brigade, is now a prison-reform activist. He says art gives prisoners a sense of themselves, raises their self-esteem and keeps them busy. Cornyn's bill, he adds, "is an attempt to pass another 'Son of Sam' law," referring to the 1971 New York state law aimed at blocking potential book profits for notorious criminals like "Son of Sam" killer David Berkowitz. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the law in 1987, finding it overly broad...
...anything - as many reporters' bruised egos and eardrums will attest - the tempers of his campaign team flare more frequently than the Senator's passions do, though they receive less attention. Last week brought the latest media stir over a salty McCain riposte, this one to Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn; it included both a "barnyard epithet" (as it came to be known in the Nixon White House transcripts) and a verb last in political news when uttered by Dick Cheney. (Notably, the harshest reaction reporters received from Romney when they pressed him about those laboring Guatemalans was "Geez...
...Some conservative commentators, seeking to turn the "spirited exchange" (McCain's team's characterization) into a political metaphor, said that McCain's response to Cornyn symbolizes the candidate's eagerness to push through flawed legislation (that he also wants to take all the credit for). Or, more fundamentally, it showed his willingness to do what is politically expedient, regardless of who gets knocked aside along...