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Because the junior senator from Massachusetts, John Kerry, wasn't able to deliver a State of the Union speech last week, his state's senior senator gave one instead last month at the National Press Club.Sen. Edward Kennedy outlined the state of disunion in the Democratic Party, vowing, nonetheless, to remain confident and hopeful: ''So I look forward to this year and the years ahead with full awareness of the great challenges facing our country, but with full confidence as well in our ability to renew our Democratic Party to successfully meet them and persuade America that we are right.''Just how the...

A surge of newly registered voters has helped Democrat John Kerry regain momentum in the presidential race in Florida, where he has pulled even or just slightly ahead of President Bush, according to a statewide poll less than two weeks before the election. Kerry has rebounded in Florida and other key electoral states since falling behind Bush in the aftermath of the Republican National Convention early last month. The momentum now is shifting almost daily, however, leaving the two candidates in a statistical dead heat on their way to a suspenseful finish. The latest poll, conducted Oct. 18-21 by Research...

Since I am approaching my one year anniversary of being a "freeper" and since I have never contributed a dime to FR, jim or the republican party, I am going to beat the powers to be at FR and voluntarily leave, rather than have them come up with one of the cock and bull stories to ban me. Been fun,Bye