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...have a fun year in our beloved democracy. The Republican strategy is simple: focus on the really important issues like flag burning and gay marriage and keep accusing the Democrats of wanting to cut and run in Iraq. This time, however, the Democrats will be fighting back. In Virginia, for example, the campaign of Democratic nominee Jim Webb-a decorated Marine and a former Republican-responded to a Republican ad that accused him of supporting flag burning by saying, "People who live in glass dude ranches"-Webb's opponent, Senator George Allen, spent summers working on ranches while Webb...
...with al-Qaeda should they introduce a bill that protects the rights of terrorism suspects, are calling on the White House to make the first move. Republican lawmakers are already divided between those eager to impress security-minded voters back home with a tough new tribunal and others, like Virginia's John Warner, who warn that moving too quickly or too carelessly might lead to another embarrassing showdown with the Supreme Court. It may take months to achieve the harmonic balance between good policy and good campaign agitprop, but any Guantánamo policy that eventually emerges could have greater certainty...
...face that launched a thousand fundraisers and Democrats miss him so terribly that they are trying to persuade a federal judge to keep former Congressman Tom DeLay's name on the ballot this fall. Allowing the Texas Republican Party to replace DeLay, who says he lives and votes in Virginia, would cause great harm to the Democratic Party, the party's lawyers argued in an Austin federal court Monday. Proving that claim is crucial to their lawsuit so Democrats testified just how much DeLay meant to them. Embarrassing? "Maybe," said Cris Feldman, an attorney for the Democrats, "but necessary...
...court, the money from California liberals dries up. In fact, Democrat Nick Lampson, who is seeking the seat, did receive some early support from Hollywood heavyweights Rob Reiner and Barbra Streisand?when DeLay was still in the race. DeLay, who had testified earlier Monday about his move to Virginia, was not in the courtroom for the Democratic salute to his potency, but his presence loomed large. "If Mr. DeLay stays on the ballot, it is a lot easier to run against somebody who's been indicted," Bailey said...
...Meanwhile, Republicans are going forward with plans to name a new nominee, but they expect Sparks' ruling will come before that process is complete. As for DeLay, he said he would be driving back to his Sugarland "house" (not "home") after testifying that he, indeed, had a Virginia driver's license in his wallet...