Ashcroft likely to leave

[Ronin]

I just thought I stop by briefly and offer everyone a brief glimmer of hope. (http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm1176_20041104.htm)

:wave:

[livius drusus]

/me smiles
That's ever so pretty. Thank you and take care of you.

[D. Scarlatti]

A glimmer of hope ... until he gets nominated to the Supreme Court.

[SharonDee]

Huh? Wha...?

Look, a ray of sunshine! Where the eff did that come from?

No matter; I shall I enjoy it while it lasts.
:relax:

[SharonDee]

A glimmer of hope ... until he gets nominated to the Supreme Court.
Party poop! :glare:

[pzmyers]

Hope is no longer allowed.

Now comes the revolution. (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1104-04.htm)

Exulting in their electoral victories, President Bush's conservative supporters immediately turned to staking out mandates for an ambitious agenda of long-cherished goals, including privatizing Social Security, banning same-sex marriage, remaking the Supreme Court and overturning the court's decisions in support of abortion rights.

And just to smack ya around a bit more, I've also seen some talk that Ashcroft's resignation is a strategic move to clear the deck...for his appointment to the Supreme Court.

[Roland98]

And just to smack ya around a bit more, I've also seen some talk that Ashcroft's resignation is a strategic move to clear the deck...for his appointment to the Supreme Court.

Aargh!

See, NS! I toldja it could be worse... :doh:

[Corwin]

Hope is no longer allowed.

Now comes the revolution. (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1104-04.htm)

Exulting in their electoral victories, President Bush's conservative supporters immediately turned to staking out mandates for an ambitious agenda of long-cherished goals, including privatizing Social Security, banning same-sex marriage, remaking the Supreme Court and overturning the court's decisions in support of abortion rights.

And just to smack ya around a bit more, I've also seen some talk that Ashcroft's resignation is a strategic move to clear the deck...for his appointment to the Supreme Court.

Won't happen. Even a demoralized Democratic party would do whatever they could to stop that.... and they DO still have enough people in the Senate for a fillabuster.

[pzmyers]

Won't happen. Even a demoralized Democratic party would do whatever they could to stop that.... and they DO still have enough people in the Senate for a fillabuster.

Sorry. Didn't you read what I wrote? No more hopeful thinking is allowed. We must be hungry, desperate, vicious, and ruthless.

I would have said, once upon a time, that Enron and Abu Ghraib were more than sufficient to guarantee a second Bush presidency wouldn't happen.

[Corwin]

Won't happen. Even a demoralized Democratic party would do whatever they could to stop that.... and they DO still have enough people in the Senate for a fillabuster.

Sorry. Didn't you read what I wrote? No more hopeful thinking is allowed. We must be hungry, desperate, vicious, and ruthless.

I would have said, once upon a time, that Enron and Abu Ghraib were more than sufficient to guarantee a second Bush presidency wouldn't happen.

The two aren't mutually exclusive... I can encourage the democrats to fillabuster and attack any legislation the Shrub pushes forward and still be hopeful both that they'll do it and that it'll work. ;)