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<p>President Bush and "The Nine Dwarfs" seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination filed their second-quarter fund-raising reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) last week. The most striking contrast between the president and "The Nine Dwarfs" related to the embarrassing shortfall reported by once-mighty fund-raising impresario Dick Gephardt, an experienced presidential candidate who actually won the 1988 Iowa caucuses.</p>

Statement by the President In Focus: Judicial Nominations Miguel Estrada is a well-qualified nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals who has been waiting nearly two years for an up or down vote in the United States Senate. The decision today by 44 Senators to continue to filibuster and block a vote on this nomination is a disgrace. The Senate has a responsibility to exercise its constitutional advice and consent function and hold an up or down vote on a judicial nominee within a reasonable time. Some Senators who once insisted that every appeals court nominee deserves a timely vote...