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...tricky when you have to contact people because I do most of my stuff at night, or tend to, so e-mail usually works best. Time hasn’t been that much of an issue this far, though I know it will be. It’ll be tight...
...distance was matched by the reality gap over the telephone on Tuesday night. On one end, Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat challenging Republican Senator Jim Talent, was defending her campaign to a crowd of party faithful, who crowded around a speaker phone to quiz seven Democratic candidates running in tight races against Republican incumbents. The Missouri state auditor sighed down the line: "You have to be here to understand what it's like here...
...Hastert has become a tight ally of President Bush. But he hasn't had a good two years. Many Republicans think he stuck by former House Majority Leader Tom Delay for too long , leaving the party mired in a distracting fundraising scandal. And many Republicans thought his coming to the side of Democrat William Jefferson, whose office was raided by federal investigators pursuing a bribery case, was a colossal blunder. The Foley affair will be a test of how much faith Republicans have in their leader - and whether he can get the story off the front pages...
With Sandra Day O'Connor retired and his colleagues evenly divided, centrist Kennedy is the likely swing vote in tight cases. He began to play the role last term--with characteristic moderation. He sided with conservatives to limit the reach of the Clean Water Act but voted with the liberals to declare unconstitutional the Bush Administration plan to try alleged terrorists before military tribunals...
...neutralize the issue, Republicans will take two tacks. The members in tight reelection races will slam Foley's conduct and take whatever steps necessary to bash Republican leadership as well. Christopher Shays, in a close race for reelection in Connecticut, has already called for the resignation of any member of the House leadership "if they knew or should have known" about the e-mails, and while other Republicans may not go that far, they'll call for investigations. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has already asked both the state of Florida and the Justice Department to look into Foley...