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...absence of the memos, some Democrats have been taking shots at the former Veep. Yesterday, Sen. Russ Feingold accused Cheney of "misleading the American people" about the two memos. Speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the so-called torture memos, Feingold said: "I am a member of the Intelligence Committee, and I can tell you that nothing I have seen, including the two documents to which [Cheney] has repeatedly referred, indicates that the torture techniques authorized by the last administration were necessary or that they were the best way to get information out of detainees...
...Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's May 12 announcement that he will run for Senate instead of reelection in 2010 was rare good news for the flailing GOP. The first-term governor, who is seeking the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Mel Martinez, has consistently boasted approval ratings in the high 60s since taking office despite economic dark days in the Sunshine State. An adroit campaigner who addresses every citizen he meets as "my boss," Crist is widely expected to crush the general election field - if he can make it through the primary. Dubbed a RINO - Republican in Name Only...
Sessions, Sen. Jefferson •Specter is replaced by as ranking Republican on Judiciary Committee, prompting rehashing of decades-old rejection of as a federal judge by said committee because of racist reputation...
...Specter, Sen. Arlen •death of Jack Kemp is somehow blamed on Republicans...
...Tamils are clearly not going to be given autonomy over their homeland. But they must be given equal political rights and at least the majority of the say in what goes on where they live. Dr. Amartya Sen has stated that the Sri Lankan government long ago forsook the “richness of plurality” and pushed Tamils to the peripheries of power. They must rediscover that richness and bring them back into the fold. Tamils must be granted the immediate ability to not only non-violently control affairs where they live, but also to have a voice...