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...Despite Paige's advocacy of controversial conservative education policies--like the use of tax money for vouchers to send students to private schools--lawmakers in both parties are welcoming him. Senator Barbara Mikulski, a liberal Maryland Democrat, described herself as "really impressed" by Paige's legacy in Houston; Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican, called Paige's leadership "visionary...
...Want conservation? Want to find the point at which supply meets demand? Lift the price caps that Davis is still clinging to and will try to sell in Portland this weekend. (Bush, who seems to have some real political guts along with 3,000 miles' separation from the Democrat Davis's problem, is against them.) Sure, you might get voted out of office, but you'll have done a valuable thing: Forcing Californians to deal with their own competing desires for conspicuous consumption and cheap electricity. And now that Davis has apparently found a point at which politics meet reality...
...Waller: Yes. The interesting thing, of course, about this kind of margin is that it would have been enough to maintain a filibuster, if [Senator Edward] Kennedy had gathered the support to forge ahead and [Democrat Senate leader Tom] Daschle had welcomed the idea. There's no appetite here for a hard fight. What we've seen from all this is that Democrats just aren't as good at guerrilla legislating as the Republicans are. The Dems are out of shape - they haven't had to do this for eight years, after...
...Waller: Senator Russ Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat who has announced his support for the Ashcroft nomination, said yesterday that he and other moderates were willing to give Bush this one free pass - but if it's reciprocated by sending hard-right nominees for Senate confirmation to judicial posts, some of the moderate Democrats will fight back. If I had to guess, I'd say they might try to pick off a really conservative assistant AG candidate...
...presidential election in Florida and its aftermath still leaves a bad taste in the minds of many black voters, which could spell trouble for George W. Bush. Allegations of voting improprieties and the disenfranchisement of black voters have mobilized a growing (and largely Democrat-voting) constituency; Bush may now have an even tougher time opening pathways to the African-American community in general and the black vote in particular. It does not instill much confidence or comfort in the African-American community, in Florida or anywhere else, when you say you want to "leave no child behind," but actually accept...