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...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...
...possibility of utilizing the libraries as bomb shelters was brought up Monday at a Cambridge council meeting when Councilman Edward A. Sullivan suggested negotiating with University officials for the use of Lamont and Widener. Metcalf said that he had not as yet been contacted...
...your coverage of the inauguration of President George W. Bush, an interviewee misrepresented Bush's positions on immigration (News, "Hailing the Chief," Jan. 17). Contrary to the beliefs of Adams House chef and Dining Hall Workers Union official Edward B. Childs, President George W. Bush is pro-immigration...
...over the next week or so, before the Senate Judiciary Committee actually votes on the nomination, Ashcroft's Democratic opponents hope to riddle the candidate with as many ideological bullets as possible, and perhaps convince their peers to back an Edward Kennedy-sponsored filibuster. Sure, a filibuster probably wouldn't work - and is frowned upon anyway by minority leader Tom Daschle - but any delay at all provides Ashcroft's adversaries with time to build up their arsenal, which, while probably incapable of bringing down Ashcroft's nomination, could serve another, longer-term purpose: By lodging deeply in vulnerable congressional Republicans...
...asking for an extra week to consider Ashcroft's nomination before calling a committee vote. The stay conveniently provides Dems with a chance to dig up more information on the nominee, which they hope will in turn stoke the flames of support for a filibuster, which some Democrats, notably Edward Kennedy, consider a real possibility once the nomination reaches the Capitol floor...