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...recent years the Justice Department has rarely drawn kind words from Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, who has aggressively sought key Bush Administration memos related to anti-terrorism policies. But the Vermont Democrat and strident White House critic offered measured praise this week when the Justice Department agreed to hand over a series of documents Leahy hopes will shed light on some of the more shadowy policies crafted by the Bush Administration. "This is a good start," Leahy said, adding that he was certain many more closely guarded Justice Department documents would be coming his way when...
...exit polling, Americans don't want bigger government; they don't want higher taxes. And frankly, I think the Congress is still a center-right Congress. And I do think there will still be some opportunities over the next two years to work with some of the more moderate Democrat members when it comes to the issues of spending and taxes...
...move is especially savvy because Obama and Senate majority leader Harry Reid know that in order to achieve virtually anything on the Democrats' long list of ambitious legislation, they will need every vote they can possibly get in the Senate. Obama's biggest challenge in both chambers of Congress will be keeping the varying factions of his own party together, especially the more liberal members and the more conservative so-called Blue Dog Democrats. To that end, Lieberman can be an asset, especially in helping to convince his fellow moderate members in the so-called Gang of 14, which includes...
...often asked about religion while the other candidates dealt with questions of government policy. Why, he asks, was a "floating cross" in the window of one of his ads such a media controversy when reporters gave a pass to a Barack Obama direct-mail piece that obviously photographed the Democrat before a large Christian cross...
...they say, someone like Obama would most likely try to fit in while sticking to the values of his birthplace. Hawaii state senator Clayton Hee, an early Obama supporter, is hardly surprised that Obama doesn't go around telling people on the mainland about his roots. Says Hee, a Democrat and the former chairman of the state office of Hawaiian affairs: "When you look at Barack Obama, Illinois may be his home, but he belongs to Hawaii...