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Even if you offer Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., what she’s been pushing for – taxpayer investments in “green” or renewable energy – she’s not going to budge in her opposition to opening federal lands to oil and natural gas exploration. Talk about willingness to compromise. MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough asked Boxer July 21 about a hypothetical compromise with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, in which Hutchison would agree to investment in “renewable energies like wind and solar, and, and have the federal government get involved in a new type of Manhattan Project,” if Boxer would agree to opening...

WASHINGTON – Fearing environmental damage to the state's coastline, California's top leaders made it clear Monday that they want nothing to do with President Bush's plan to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. Bush said his approach would reduce pressure on record gasoline prices, and he urged Congress to follow his lead. "Failure to act is unacceptable," Bush said. But as soon as the president made the announcement in a Rose Garden ceremony, California's Democratic leaders accused Bush of cozying up to oil interests. They said his plan would do nothing to lower gasoline prices. "Once again, the oilman in...

If you’re an oil executive or just drive a car, you have to be especially concerned about Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) feelings about oil companies. Although a global warming/cap-and-trade bill that she co-sponsored – which would have been also very costly for oil companies – was defeated by Senate Republicans on June 6, Boxer is willing to resort to any means necessary to be “free of” oil companies. That includes making gas prices increase across the board for Americans, she said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” June 11.

Conventional wisdom suggests that times of high economic growth would be the most appropriate occasion to enact legislation that could be very expensive for American taxpayers. That’s not the case for Democratic California Sen. Barbara Boxer. Boxer, who is the chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and advocating the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade legislation, said a “recession” is the best time to do it because it will bring us “hope.” “[S]ome of our colleagues will say this: Why do this now? We are in a recession. Precisely because we are in a recession is why we should be...

WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A resolution welcoming the Pope to the United States was stalled in the U.S. Senate after Democrats said they would not vote on the resolution unless offending "pro-life language" was removed from it.The resolution was introduced on Tuesday by Republican Senator Sam Brownback and was co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Bob Casey, both Catholics. The original text included, amongst a series of statements regarding the Holy Father's biography and accomplishments, the statement, "Whereas Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out for the weak and vulnerable, witnessing to the value of each and every human...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The ABC7 I-Team has the inside story of what lead up to the arrest of popular talk-radio host, Bernie Ward, on federal child pornography charges. It's an investigation you'll see Only On 7. We warn you that some of the information is graphic. Bernie Ward got indicted in December and got fired from his job at KGO Radio, effective at the end of last year. Now, police reports just obtained by the I-Team tell us who blew the whistle on Ward, and how he came to send the woman child porn, by his own admission. The...

California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is blocking the nomination of former Republican Congressman James Rogan to the federal bench, due largely to Rogan’s leading role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. Rogan served in the U.S. House from 1997 to 2001, and due to his background as a prosecutor, was selected as one of 13 House managers for the impeachment trial. “U.S. Rep. Rogan was one of the most enthusiastic backers of impeachment — he thought President Clinton had committed high crimes and misdemeanors,” Boxer’s spokeswoman Natalie Ravitz said.

Most of you may be surprised to hear that my columns are also published in the Canyon News, in Los Angeles. That fine paper circulates in Bel Air, Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills. Brentwood, Laurel Canyon, Los Feliz, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Melrose, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Topanga, Canyon, Westwood & Hollywood Hills. This column is written for people returning to their homes there – if their homes are still standing. Genius consists of not making the same mistake once. By that standard, y’all are not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed concerning fires in Southern California. Such fires...

In the midst of wild accusations about the California firestorms, news comes out bearing on Katrina, the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, which provided Democrat politicians and the mainstream press (including the NY Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN) with an opportunity to spread distortions and outright lies in order to try to embarrass and destroy a sitting President. Lies were published about the amount of aid that was provided, the timing of the aid and the number of deaths; and also that bias supposedly motivated the distribution of aid.

Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2947 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) Statement of Purpose: To reaffirm strong support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and to strongly condemn attacks on the honor, integrity, and patriotism of any individual who is serving or has served honorably in the United States Armed Forces, by any person or organization.

Democrat Dominated US Senate Votes to Resume Funding to International Abortion Agencies President Bush has warned he would veto any attempts to fund abortion By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman WASHINGTON, September 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)--The US Senate voted last week to resume funding to international groups that conduct abortions, rejecting the "Mexico City policy" that disallows such funding. Although the Bush administration hasn't made a formal statement about the measure, president Bush has publicly warned the Democratic leadership in the Congress that he will veto any attempts to fund abortion. "After witnessing their good sense on the Kemp-Kasten provision, I am extremely...

California Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer followed presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead on Wednesday and announced they would get rid of donations from a fundraiser who is wanted for sentencing on a 1991 grand theft charge. Two California Democratic House members, Mike Honda of San Jose and Doris Matsui of Sacramento, also said they were dumping campaign cash from Norman Hsu. The moves came after two days of scrutiny on Norman Hsu, who had donated $23,000 to Clinton. The New York senator plans to give the money to charity. Hsu gave $1,000 to Feinstein and $2,000 to...

WASHINGTON Leading a bipartisan delegation of 10 colleagues to Greenland, Sen. Barbara Boxer said today she saw first-hand the effects of global warming and received a plea from the country's officials to do something to change it. "I think everyone who has seen this is changed,'' Boxer, D-Calif., said in a telephone interview from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. "Imagine flying in a helicopter and seeing this massive glacier that's five miles wide and 500 miles long...following it as it's crashing into the sea.'' The glacier they flew over is the fastest moving one in the world, she said. Boxer said she decided...

Cindy Sheehan, Tom Hayden, and the Hate America Left meet with pro-Ba'athist members of the Iraqi parliament to discuss “peace.” TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HATE AMERICA AS MUCH AS THEY DO, the Fifth Column Left had to go halfway around the world to meet with Iraqi political leaders who call terrorism “honorable national resistance” and say foreign jihadists “are guaranteed Paradise” – and at least one of whom has ties to militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. By the end of the trip, the American leftists would echo these sentiments. Somehow most of the media – occupied with interminable coverage of Hurricane...

Appearing on a talk radio show, Sen. Barbara Boxer said impeachment of the President "should be on the table." The senator from California also says the Bush administration is the "closest we have ever come to a dictatorship." (click source link above to listen to audio)

Folks living in Oakland's Lakeshore and Rockridge neighborhoods have made it loud and clear that they want Trader Joe's to open its grocery stores in their areas. You'd think the city's Planning Commission would bow to the will of the people. Not quite. Two planning commissioners tried to hold up the approval of liquor licenses at Trader Joe's stores scheduled to open on Lakeshore and College avenues. The move last week by Commissioners Michael Lighty and Doug Boxer (the son of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer) had nothing to do with whether alcohol sold at the stores could end up in...

Few political or social positions in and of themselves should disqualify a person from being a candidate for president. Just about every candidate will differ with any of us even on something we consider important. That is why I admire pro-life Republicans, such as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who argue that a pro-choice position should not automatically disqualify a Republican from pro-life Republicans' support. A big tent is necessary in politics, or one ends up with a small tent and no power. Thus, I could support politicians with whom I differ on taxation (I support a consumption tax), on...

I live in western North Carolina, an area of the country in which there never has been, and never will be, a shooting like the one this week at Virginia Tech. There are plenty of guns in western Carolina. There are two universities and a college, where potential victims like those at Tech, can be found by the thousands. But, we have a different culture, here. To my experience, more than half of all households in Carolina own multiple guns. More than a quarter of all the local trucks and vans on our highways are carrying guns, mostly handguns. And...

CNN anchor Don Lemon just couldn’t resist editorializing over liberal Senator Barbara Boxer’s slam against a conservative Senator, James Inhofe. During the cable program "CNN Newsroom," anchors Lemon and Briana Keiler played a contentious exchange between the Democratic Senator and her Republican colleague in which Boxer chastised Inhofe for interrupting former Vice President Al Gore’s global warming testimony. After the clip, this exchange followed: Video clip: Real (1.62 MB) or Windows (1.84 MB) plus MP3 (281 KB) Brianna Keiler: " Wow. All right. That was quite an exchange. And, you know, we were expecting something from Senator James Inhofe. He...

Two centuries years ago, Voltaire proclaimed, “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” Today, our free speech traditions are under assault. Colleges prohibit “offensive” or “politically incorrect” speech. Radical Islamists threaten to kill scholars, artists and even popes who “disrespect” the Prophet. And when we desperately need unfettered scientific debate, intolerant eco-activists have ushered in an era of climate McCarthyism and eco-Inquisitions. Al Gore seeks to muzzle anyone who raises inconvenient truths about climate alarmism. Greenpeace wants “climate criminals” pilloried and silenced. Grist magazine wants “Nuremberg-style war crimes trials” for...

Shadowy international financier and convicted (France) inside trader George Soros has called the United States a menace to world peace that requires "de-Nazification." Soros should know all about Nazis, by the way, having allegedly collaborated with real ones to confiscate Jewish property during the Second World War. Soros wishes to subordinate the United States to his internationalist vision (which would doubtlessly require abolition of parts of the Bill of Rights, including the First and Second Amendments) through his network of nongovernmental organizations. What is George Soros getting for the millions of dollars he has funneled, whether directly or indirectly,...

Thanks to the stupidity of JetBlue, we now have Congress coming to the rescue with more regulations. JetBlue debacle spurs passenger rights bill in congressBoxer to introduce legislation in Senate to boost fliers' rights

NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE When people say they're "speaking truth to power," you can assume they haven't had an original thought since the Beatles broke up. But that was how Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., characterized her interrogation of Condi Rice. While chastising the Bush administration for its plan to send more helpless American waifs into Iraq, Boxer said: "Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young." These are pertinent details; ever since 9/11, analysts have insisted that the fight against militant global Islamic jihadis hinges on...

In what could be either a major turning point or just an aberration, Sen. Barbara Boxer recently rescinded an award given to a California resident because of his position with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Despite being founded by two self-identified supporters of Islamic terrorism and continually refusing to condemn Islamic terrorism, CAIR has not only survived, but thrived. In the five years since 9/11, CAIR has grown exponentially in both resources and influence, becoming the defacto voice of American Muslims in the mainstream media. It has been embraced by many sectors of the federal government, including the FBI....

Here are key points of three different global warming bills introduced in the U.S. Senate: "Electric Utility Cap-and-Trade Act," by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Tom Carper, D-Del. -Applies to the electricity sector, which accounts for 33 percent of all emissions. -Seeks to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the sector at 2006 levels in 2011 and 2001 levels in 2015. By 2020 emissions would be reduced 25 percent below where they would be expected to be that year without action. -Sets up cap-and-trade system allowing affected utilities to buy and trade "credits," each representing one ton of carbon dioxide. The...

California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are embracing two different approaches to fighting global warming as the new Democrat-led Congress prepares to take action on the issue. Feinstein has attracted industry support with a bill targeting the electricity sector that would allow trades of pollution credits. Boxer, who chairs the Senate's environment committee that will hold hearings on the issue, has signed onto legislation aiming for more dramatic cuts of heat-trapping emissions. Both Democrats are citing California's landmark anti-global-warming law, passed last year, which imposed the nation's first cap on greenhouse gas emissions. They're also both optimistic about the...

OBAMA’S FIRST BLUNDER By DICK MORRIS January 17, 2006 -- Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made his first misstep a few days ago when he joined only a handful of Democrats in opposing a Senate reform banning the increasingly widespread practice of legislators hiring their family members on their campaign or PAC payrolls. Obama has not heard the last of this vote. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), who opposes wives cashing in on their husbands’ positions, voted righteously in favor of the reform and will probably use the Illinois senator’s vote against him in the presidential primaries. When a...

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-California) says there was a point to her pointless jab at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice as she testified last Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Boxer used the committee "ring" to tell Rice that she won't "pay the immediate price" for increasing military troops in Iraq because of her reproductive failure. Boxer's "boost" to child bearing has apparently struck dumb the abortion lobby, and for that we are eternally grateful. Boxer prefaced her skewered question to Rice by saying, "I won't pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is...

There they are folks, the sixty-something, post-menopausal matrons of the Democrat Congress, the last remnants of Betty Friedan’s haranguing harridans, the embracers of a woman’s “natural” beauty (their botox and restylane shots notwithstanding), the enthusiastic appeasers of our enemies (as they were during the Vietnam War), and the passionate advocates of the women-are-and-will-always-be-victims school. But Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Hillary Clinton want you to know that it is not their lofty positions that are important, nor their vast wealth. Rather they want you to know that despite their fervent embrace of partial birth abortions (the nasty little procedure that...

New York Post WRITE LETTERS@NYTIMES.COM January 13, 2007 -- The White House denounced the remarks as "outrageous" and "tacky." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she found it all "a bit confusing." Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman - as fiercely partisan an anti-war liberal Democrat as you can find - said the statement was flat-out wrong. But there wasn't a single word about it in The New York Times. No, as far as the nation's putative paper of record is concerned, Sen. Barbara Boxer's over-the-top personal assault on Rice - the most dramatic moment of the hours-long grilling to which the...

- KGO - Members of a renowned choral group from Yale University were attacked outside a New Year's Eve party in San Francisco, sending several of them to the hospital. Now the police department is coming under fire for its handling of the case. This does not look good for the city. Yale sends its popular singing group, The Baker's Dozen, on a holiday concert tour. And San Francisco sends the young men away bloody, bruised, and several of them seriously injured. Laura Aziz sent her son, Sharyar, off on a concert tour with one of Yale University's singing groups...

California Senator Barbara Boxer (D-UMB), perhaps one of the biggest proponents of non-living children in the United States, has actually criticized a woman for her appalling choice to not have kids. This week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stared stupid straight in the face and lived to tell about it: Rice appeared before the Senate in defense of President Bush’s tactical change in Iraq, and quickly encountered Boxer. “Who pays the price? I’m not going to pay a personal price,” Boxer said. “My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young.” Then, to Rice: “You’re not going to...

The White House and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday accused Democrats of suggesting that the secretary's childlessness, race and sex are to blame for mistakes in Iraq. White House spokesman Tony Snow said Sen. Barbara Boxer's comments that Miss Rice won't "pay the price" for her decisions in the Iraq war because she is unmarried and without children was a "great leap backward for feminism." "I don't know if she was intentionally that tacky, but I do think it's outrageous," he told Fox News. "Here you've got a professional woman, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Barbara Boxer is...

Barbara Boxer seems to have forgotten a great American tradition: The fact that we are a nation of unity and patriotism when it comes to supporting our troops. That’s why her attack on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s patriotism is so outrageous. When our country fights evil, our hearts and souls are engaged not because my son or daughter, or your children, or your neighbor's children fight for freedom; we unify over the fact that America's sons and daughters are fighting for freedom. As the mother of three and the wife of a retired naval officer, it has never occurred...

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, an appalling scold from California, wasted no time yesterday in dragging the debate over Iraq about as low as it can go - attacking Secre tary of State Condoleezza Rice for being a childless woman. Boxer was wholly in character for her party - New York's own two Democratic senators, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, were predictably opportunistic - but the Golden State lawmaker earned special attention for the tasteless jibes she aimed at Rice. Rice appeared before the Senate in defense of President Bush's tactical change in Iraq, and quickly encountered Boxer. "Who pays...

As a disabled American veteran who was medevaced out of Vietnam in 1970 after serving 16 months with the most honorable Marines I have ever met, I would like to publicly thank Senator Barbara Boxer for not "sending" any of her offspring to war, especially the daughter who married, then divorced, one of Hilary Clinton's brothers. I believe Ms. Boxer has one grandchild, so she is not one of the most prolific mothers/grandmothers to ever have walked the earth - just two ahead of Condy Rice. Again, I want to thank her for not sending any Rodham seed to war....

WASHINGTON — The White House fired back Friday at Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer's verbal slap at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling the California Democrat's caustic comments about Rice's family life "outrageous." Boxer lit into Rice on Thursday with bitter diatribe during a heated line of questioning before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee looking into Iraq policies. At one point, Boxer turned to the broad question of who pays the ultimate price for war. Rice has never married and has no children. "Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and...

As NewsBuster Warner Todd Huston has noted, Sen. Barbara Boxer took an unseemly jab at Condi Rice yesterday. Of all the members of the Senate, the one you might expect to be least likely to call attention to a woman's single, childless status for purposes of scoring political points would be Boxer. And yet it was the oh-so-broadminded senator from the Bay Area who did just that when Condi Rice appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday to defend President Bush's newly-announced Iraq plans.In a segment narrated by ABC senior national correspondent Jake Tapper, today's Good Morning America highlighted...

The story was first high-lighted in a web-exclusive article by Newsweek on December 29th by Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball and is now making the rounds on the internet. The issue has repercussions not only in Congress but in the FBI, where allegedly a fierce battle is now going on about “what to do about CAIR.” The question for all Muslims is now the same” “What to do about CAIR?” The facts and seriousness of the challenge became evident when Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) rescinded an award to Basim Elkarra, the 27-year-old Executive Director of CAIR’s Sacramento Office (one of...

For years, many of us have been warning about the true nature of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and that it is a terrorist-support organization and not a group dedicated only to defending the civil rights of America’s Muslims. As a minimum, CAIR has been unabashedly dedicated to the imposition of Sharia law in the United States and to pooh-poohing the idea that Muslims took part in 9/11.

Senator Bill Nelson (D-Florida), on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, chose to ignore this reality – and the advice of the White House and the State Department – by meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad.... ...While Senator Nelson has demonstrated a willingness to work with our enemies abroad, another Senator has chosen to do so a little closer to home. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) likes to give out what her staff calls “Certificates of Accomplishment.” These are presented to community leaders who have exhibited qualities worthy of receiving such praise as comes from this recognition. Unfortunately, this month, one of these...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promoted bipartisan dealmaking Friday at a breakfast hosted by Democratic political icon Willie Brown, who then gave his Republican guest a parting gift: a declaration that Schwarzenegger will win re-election "no matter what." Democratic gubernatorial challenger Phil Angelides was noticeably absent from the Moscone Center fundraiser for Brown's nonprofit public service institute, considering the audience of several hundred was heavily Democratic. Schwarzenegger, meanwhile, landed a prime speaking spot between two of the state's most powerful Democrats, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata. Angelides trails Schwarzenegger by double-digit percentage points, according to...

Dang...Barbara Boxer...with new blonde hair...just accused Jane Skinner of agreeing with President Bush..and then Jane said they were just trying to present both sides, to which BB responded, "Oh, your fair and balanced..." in a completely mocking tone. I think we can see the Dems following Clinton's lead. Fox News must really be killing them!!1

September 23, 2006 New York, New York I went to New York City this week so I could protest against Bush, and show support for Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as they all arrived to speak at the United Nations. These foreign leaders epitomize the strongest challenge to W and his attempts to conquer the world, so I wanted to cheer them on. Imagine my excitement when I was invited by a very influential Democrat to a private cocktail party held to honor the visiting presidents at a very swanky New York hotel! I wish Scooter...

Many will recall that on 1947 July 8, witnesses claim an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed on a sheep & cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. Many contend this well published incident has long been covered up by the United States Air Force & the United States Federal Government. However, you may not know that exactly nine months after that historic event, the following were born: Albert A. Gore, Jr. Hillary R. Clinton John F. Kerry Wm. J. Clinton Howard Dean Nancy Pelosi Dianne Feinstein Barbara Boxer Didn't check on the specifics - but it would explain...

What follows is a reposting of a mailing I sent to my private email list on June 24, 2006.  I don’t feel a need to explain myself, but I wrote this right after someone sent me pictures of the mutilated bodies of two young American Soldiers.  Since the original posting, this letter has made a few laps around the net and been posted in many different places.  I can’t even tell you where else because, except for a few Freepers, no one ever asked me if they could repost it.  Other than to my private email list, I originally...

Jimmy Carter, you’re the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You’re the Runner-in-Chief. Bill Clinton, you played “ring around the Lewinsky” while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia, and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses embolden the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately they grew bolder, until 9/11. John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute....

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.) used UN Ambassador John Bolton’s confirmation hearing Thursday as an opportunity to grandstand about her feelings on the current state of U.S. foreign policy. “Our foreign policy is hollow, it just doesn’t pass the test,” she said. Boxer, instead of questioning Bolton -- the main objective of the Foreign Relations Committee hearing -- decided to criticize the Bush Administration. Boxer said she was “very troubled by so many things that are happening there.” While she openly admitted that this topic “goes beyond” Bolton and, in fact, “has nothing to do with [him],” she continued to proceed...

Senator Boxer: I found it unseemly that you choose to boycott the speech of Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki on Wednesday. I understand you and other Democrats did so to protest his condemnation of Israel's actions in Lebanon and his lack of condemnation for Hezbollah. I find this terribly hypocritical as you Democrats have so endlessly condemned US actions in Iraq, with so little said condemning the vicious assaults by nihilistic fanatics in Iraq in return. All I hear when Democrats talk about Iraq is recrimination against the president, never anything condemning the brutes who murder innocent Iraqis for sport. Should...

Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 7/8 and 7/9/06 (not the live thread)The main message is the Sunday Shows and message 1 will be the Saturday Shows,  then I'll post the ping list.  I've changed the format as a test this week and put the links to articles and background on the guests in with their listing in the shows.  It struck me that it might have been getting less helpful to have to jump back and forth.  Let me know which format works better.ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos) Meme: Bush is all wrong about (Korea/Iraq/Immigration) and even Republicans think soNo...