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Cracks have appeared in the Democrats' once-unified opposition to the Iraq war, dimming their chances of using the issue to their advantage in the 2008 elections, Republicans say. Four months before the first primaries, Republican leaders say positive reports — including some from Democrats — about President Bush's troop surge are convincing voters that the strategy should be given more time to succeed. Security gains in Iraq not only divided the Democrats, but also put them on the defensive about an issue they thought would help them win back the White House, Republican leaders and party strategists say. "Left-wing activists...

Barack Obama and John Edwards yesterday joined three other Democrats planning to skip states that break party rules by holding early primaries. Their pledge leaves Hillary Rodham Clinton alone in planning to compete in Florida and Michigan. "It's become clear that Gov. [Howard] Dean and the Democratic National Committee have put together a presidential nomination process that's in the best interests of our party and our nation," Obama said. The two men, along with Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden, have signed a pledge circulated by Democratic leaders of the four states that have party approval to hold early...

Gas prices hit a record high over the past three weeks, with Chicago leading the way. According to the Lundberg Survey released Sunday, the national average price for self-service regular rose just over one cent to nearly $3.03 a gallon -- while the Chicago average was $3.29 a gallon, the highest average in the country. But don't blame the oil companies for singling out Chicago, says Dave Sykuta of the Illinois Petroleum Council. The real culprit is taxes. ** While only nine states and the District of Columbia allow sales taxes on gasoline at all, Illinois not only has a...

‘Twas the night before “Holiday” And all through the House The Democrats were whining “George Bush is a louse” Their voters were all nestled In their cold little bed You see, those voters were actually dead. When up from the clattering voices I heard The sound of the KKK, So I knew it was Senator Byrd. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear But Senator Kennedy, clutching a beer. With words all a-slurred and eyes all a-red, I know in a moment it must be ‘Ol Ted. More rapid than eagles his curses they came, He grimaced and called...

Montgomery County residents are voting with their wheels, driving over the Potomac River and out past Dulles International Airport for -- a supermarket. Not just any supermarket, mind you. Shopping at the new Wegmans in Sterling, Va., may mean driving 20-plus miles across the American Legion Bridge. But the 130,000-square-foot store -- more than twice the size of a typical Giant Food -- has people flocking to its free while-you-shop baby-sitting, its deluxe sushi and hot food bars and its second-floor mezzanine, where there are couches, coffee and seating for 200. "We were just blown away," said Shelton Binstock of...

Letter To AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Mr. John Sweeney President AFL-CIO 815 16th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 October 11, 2004 Dear Mr. Sweeney: Over the past several weeks, acts of violence and vandalism have occurred at Republican and Bush-Cheney campaign headquarters across the country. In addition to the injuries, property damage and disruption associated with these acts, these events have created a threatening and intimidating atmosphere abhorrent to our democratic process. On October 5th, according to news reports, witnesses, police reports and admissions of your members, the AFL-CIO, as part of a national strategy, protested at more than a...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 11, 2004, 9:42PM We are in Kansas, after all, but its the left thats lost By GEORGE F. WILL Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle News Service It has come to this: The crux of the political left’s complaint about Americans is that they are insufficiently materialistic. For a century, the left has largely failed to enact its agenda for redistributing wealth. What the left has achieved is a rich literature of disappointment, explaining the mystery, as the left sees it, of why most Americans are impervious to the left’s appeal. An interesting addition to this canon is What’s the...

Halliburton and Proud I was appalled by John Kerry's request of his supporters to begin a letter campaign against Halliburton. As a Democrat,(sp;DUMOCRAT) I plan to vote for Kerry, but I am also a very proud Halliburton employee. Halliburton employs more than 100,000 people around the world, and in many of the towns and cities where we work, we are the largest employer and a valuble member of the community. We are a diverse company, and employees care about the work we do and about the communities in which we live.Since 2001, Halliburton employees have raised approximately $4 million for...

As I was watching O'Reilly tonight, Bill played some snippets of Gore's oral diarrhea from today's speech at Georgetown. Gore was attacking Bush (like a good little SoreLoserman), and the following line pooped forth from the Wooden One's clueless mouth: Al Gore: "Yada yada yada yada... Whenever a chief executive spends prodigious amounts of energy convincing people of lies, he damages the fabric of democracy, and the belief in the fundamental integrity of our self-government." So, Al - you just figured that out, six years too late. Give the man a cigar (better use the cigar cutter, Al!) ;-)

Daschle just stated in his Propaganda session, also known as a briefing, that he wants the White House to send all Top Secret Briefing papers to HIM. His reasoning is that he can then hold hearings to publicize all info on National Security. Ofcourse the only ones to benefit from such a stunt is the TERRORIST themselves. Why do Dumocrats insist on giving the enemy all our National Security information. The American people for 8 years were led to believe that WTC 1, was a one time deal. All culprits caught. OK City, was Right wing Wackos, homegrown to boot....