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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Manuel
Miranda [mailto:mmiranda@att.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 28, 2006
10:02 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Undisclosed-Recipient:
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Alarming<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>1) An accurate and alarming survey of 8 key Senate races.
At stake is more than the Senate leadership for the GOP, but also the future of
the circuit courts and the Supreme Court. So if you do not go
out of your way every day to do something for Rick Santorum and Mike Dewine, and
others like Steele and Kean, please think again. Here <A
href="http://www.ricksantorum.com/Index.aspx">http://www.ricksantorum.com/Index.aspx</A>
you have a chance to help RJS win the air campaign with a
donation. </DIV>
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<DIV>2) ACU's David Keene suggests that the GOP may be wrong to bank
on its financial resources given, as we have heard from Cleta Mitchell, the
enormous advantage the Left has with 527 money. (Thank you John
McCain.)</DIV>
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<DIV>3) The Fidelis Center's Joseph Cella looks at Bob Casey, Jr.
from a Catholic point of view.
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<H1><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0">New Hope for Democrats in Bid for
Senate </NYT_HEADLINE></H1><NYT_BYLINE type=" " version="1.0">
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<P>WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 — <SPAN class=bold></SPAN>Six weeks before Election Day,
the <A title="More articles about Democratic Party"
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/democratic_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org"><FONT
color=#000066>Democrats</FONT></A> suddenly face a map with unexpected
opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate.</P>
<P>In Virginia, a state that few expected to be seriously competitive, <A
title="More articles about George F. Allen."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/george_f_allen/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Senator George Allen</FONT></A> looks newly vulnerable after a
series of controversies over charges of racial insensitivity, strategists in
both parties say. In Tennessee, another Southern state long considered safely
red, Representative Harold E. Ford Jr., a Democrat, has run a strong campaign
that has kept that state in contention.</P>
<P>Elsewhere, Democratic challengers are either ahead or close in races in five
states held by the <A title="More articles about Republican Party"
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?inline=nyt-org"><FONT
color=#000066>Republicans</FONT></A>: Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island, according to political strategists in both parties and the latest
polls.</P>
<P>All of these races could shift direction in a matter of days, let alone six
weeks, and Republicans are counting on their superior finances and large blocks
of television advertising to hold the line. Democrats also have their own
vulnerabilities, particularly in New Jersey, where Senator <A
title="More articles about Robert Menendez."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/robert_menendez/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Robert Menendez</FONT></A> is in a tight race with his Republican
challenger, State Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., according to recent polls.</P>
<P>Democrats must win six Republican seats to regain a Senate majority, meaning
they would have to win nearly every close race. Even the most optimistic
Democrats acknowledge that such a feat would require a big anti-Republican wave,
a lot of money and a lot of luck.</P>
<P>Still, a shift in the Senate was always considered a long shot this year.
Some analysts now say, however, that there are enough Republican seats facing
serious challenges to make it at least plausible. </P>
<P>“There’s a big difference in talking about six seats in play and not five,”
said Stuart Rothenberg, an independent analyst.</P>
<P>In Pennsylvania, <A title="More articles about Rick Santorum."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/rick_santorum/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Rick Santorum</FONT></A>, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, has
been lagging behind Bob Casey, the state treasurer, for months. In Rhode Island,
Senator <A title="More articles about Lincoln Chafee"
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/lincoln_chafee/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Lincoln Chafee</FONT></A>, a Republican, overcame his primary
challenge, but remains locked in a tight race with Sheldon Whitehouse, the
Democrat and former state attorney general.</P>
<P>Senator Mike Dewine, Republican of Ohio, is fighting an unhappy political
mood in his state, stoked by local Republican scandals and economic unease..
Independent polls suggest Mr. Dewine remains in a tight race with his Democratic
challenger, Representative Sherrod Brown.</P>
<P>In Montana, Senator Conrad Burns, the Republican, has been considered
vulnerable for months to his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, a farmer and
state senator. And any route to a majority for the Democrats would have to
include Missouri, where Senator Jim Talent, the Republican, is being challenged
by Claire McCaskill, the state auditor.</P>
<P>Republicans’ hopes for a pickup look strongest, at the moment, in New Jersey.
But another target is the open Democratic seat in Maryland, where Lt. Gov.
Michael Steele is running against Representative Benjamin L. Cardin, a Democrat
still trying to unify his party after a competitive primary campaign.</P>
<P>Republican strategists acknowledge the intensely competitive map but say they
are ready for it.</P>
<P>“Anybody who says there’s no way the Democrats could regain control of the
Senate, that’s just wishful thinking,” said Glen Bolger, a Republican pollster
active in numerous House and Senate races. “But there’s a long way between could
and would, and the Republican resource advantage is just now coming to
bear.”</P>
<P>Democrats are upbeat but wary.</P>
<P>Senator <A title="More articles about Charles E. Schumer."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/charles_e_schumer/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Charles E. Schumer</FONT></A> of New York, chairman of the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said: “We will pick up seats. And if
the stars continue to align, we can take back the Senate.” </P>
<P>Republicans say they have the money not only to defend their seats, but also
to put Democrats on the defensive in Maryland, New Jersey and elsewhere.</P>
<P>“We obviously knew all along many of our Republicans were going to have
difficult races, and they’ve known that as well, which is why they have more
resources than their counterparts and are able to push back,” said Brian Nick,
spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.</P>
<P>Republican Senate candidates are getting a major boost from the <A
title="More articles about Republican National Committee"
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_national_committee/index.html?inline=nyt-org"><FONT
color=#000066>Republican National Committee</FONT></A>, which is financing an
advertising campaign so far focused largely on Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee.
This is widely viewed as a firewall strategy: If Republicans hold onto even one
of those seats, it stymies the Democrats’ hopes of regaining a majority.</P>
<P>Mr. Schumer said, “The 800-pound gorilla is the money the R.N.C. is pouring
into those races.”</P>
<P>Republicans also argue that six weeks out, many voters are only beginning to
pay attention. In Tennessee, for example, Ben Mitchell, campaign manager for the
Republican Senate candidate, former Mayor Bob Corker of Chattanooga, said voters
would reject Mr. Ford when they learned about his voting record, which
Republicans assert is at odds with his centrist image. </P>
<P>Pete Brodnitz, a pollster for Mr. Ford, countered that Tennessee voters had a
“big appetite for change.” </P>
<P>Perhaps the most unexpected development this year is the competition in two
Southern states. Democrats have fared poorly in the South in recent years, which
has accounted, in large part, for their difficulty in gaining a Senate
majority.</P>
<P>Tennessee, where the seat is held by the retiring majority leader, <A
title="More articles about Bill Frist."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/bill_frist/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Bill Frist</FONT></A>, is drawing intense interest from national
Republicans. President Bush was in Memphis on Wednesday to raise money for Mr.
Corker.</P>
<P>The Virginia race — between Mr. Allen and Jim Webb, the Democrat — looked
safe for the Republicans until Mr. Allen made a demeaning reference to a young
American man of Indian descent — a Webb campaign worker — at a rally in August.
Then, last week, Mr. Allen reacted angrily to a reporter’s question about
whether his mother had been born Jewish, which began another distracting episode
for his campaign.</P>
<P>This week, he has faced accusations that he used racist slurs in the 1970’s
and 1980’s — allegations that Mr. Allen has flatly denied.</P>
<P>This week, Mr. Allen’s campaign manager, Dick Wadhams, described the race as
“competitive,” but asserted that would change as it became clear that Mr. Webb
“stands with <A title="More articles about John Kerry."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/john_kerry/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>John Kerry</FONT></A>, <A
title="More articles about Edward M. Kennedy."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/edward_m_kennedy/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Ted Kennedy</FONT></A>, Chuck Schumer and <A
title="More articles about Hillary Rodham Clinton."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hillary_rodham_clinton/index.html?inline=nyt-per"><FONT
color=#000066>Hillary Clinton</FONT></A>.”</P>
<P>Steve Jarding, an adviser to Mr. Webb, described the race as a dead heat, and
said that while Mr. Allen retained a financial advantage, Mr. Webb’s
fund-raising had soared of late.</P>
<P>Both parties are watching to see if Mr. Webb can take advantage of his new
opening.</P>
<P>Analysts say the level of Senate competition should come as no surprise;
Senate races are more likely to reflect national trends, they say, whereas most
House districts are so carefully drawn on partisan lines that “they are safe
against anything but a hurricane,” said Gary C. Jacobson, a political scientist
at the <A title="More articles about the University of California."
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/university_of_california/index.html?inline=nyt-org"><FONT
color=#000066>University of California</FONT></A>, San Diego.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=mainhead><FONT size=5>Can Republicans
Weather Storm?</FONT></SPAN><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">By <A
href="http://capwiz.com/acu/utr/1/EZGIGIRXLG/NIDFGIRYEV/895041461">David A.
Keene</A></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The <I>Hill</I><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">September 26, 2006<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">To maintain control of Congress this
fall, Republicans will have to overcome the drag of history, an unpopular war, a
president whose poll numbers have been in the tank most of the year and the
smell of corruption emanating from a few bad apples in the GOP barrel. It’s a
tall order, but they could conceivably pull it off unless there’s a 1994-like
anti-Republican tsunami building over the horizon.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Republican leaders would be happy to
avoid the sort of disaster that hit the Democrats in 1994, but know it could
happen and that knowledge may be their best weapon against it. Back then, the
Democrats never believed such a wave was possible and did little to prepare for
what was coming. They were like the people in Indonesia who stayed on the beach
in spite of the signs of impending disaster when the real life tsunami hit that
country and they paid a similar price.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Republicans have at least learned from
1994 that when the storm signs are out, it’s best to move back from the beach
and they have been doing just that. They’ve dug in, stockpiled resources and are
out there fighting for their political lives knowing that the wave could still
wash them away but that if the storm is downgraded between now and election day,
they can minimize the damage.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">And there are signs that the storm is
abating to some degree. The president’s approval rating is inching back up and
Republicans remain competitive, even if slightly behind, in districts that their
opponents should already have sown up. Analysts who were predicting a Democratic
takeover of the House two months ago are now suggesting that Republicans might
dodge the bullet and the Democratic inability to nominate a scandal-free
candidate in New Jersey may save the senate.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In the absence of a tsunami-like wave,
control of Congress will depend on the outcome in perhaps 20 congressional
districts and half a dozen states. The House majority is in particular, as Rep.
Mike Pence described it last week, a “tenacious majority” that will fight to the
end. That tenacity could make the difference on Election Day.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">One of the real problems the
Republicans face, however, is financial. The common wisdom is that the GOP
through its various committees always enters the fray with more money than the
Democrats, but those who ascribe to the view that Republicans enjoy a real
advantage these days don’t know what’s been going on out there.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The advent of John McCain’s election
“reforms” has created a new world in which the super-rich and organized labor
are playing a bigger role than ever. Even as they whine that George Soros and
others aren’t giving them enough money this year, the left has access to far
more hard and soft money than the GOP.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In fact, liberal/left- and
union-organized PACs and 527 committees have been running millions of dollars in
television ads in at least 90 congressional districts since the spring to soften
up potentially vulnerable incumbent Republicans by driving up their negative
poll numbers.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Anyone who doubts the advantage these
folks enjoy need only look at the list of the largest political action
committees. Cleta Mitchell, a Washington attorney who follows these matters
closely, has been warning for months that McCain’s rules favor the left and
reports regularly to anyone that will listen on the size of their war chest. The
first dozen are all pro-Democratic with exception of the Realtors who
historically give half their money to candidates of each party. MoveOn.org’s PAC
has raised and is spending more than 14 million dollars in hard money and one
has to drop down to the 13th largest PAC to find the first right of center PAC,
that of the National Rifle Association.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As of June 30th, left wing and union
527 committees had raised more than $105 million as opposed to about $20 million
raised by their pro-GOP counterparts. Where I come from, a 5:1 advantage is
meaningful. <O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The whining of folks like Harold Ickes
who say the left isn’t putting up much money this year should be taken for what
it is: the poor mouthing that inevitably accompanies an appeal for even more.
Republicans on the ground know that he and his soul mates have already raised
and spent enough to salt the clouds in the hope of generating the storm and
tsunami they so fervently are hoping is developing.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P> </O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The GOP hope is that they spent much
of their millions early and will squander the rest. Most of them feel it’s bad
enough that they have to deal with the problems that put them in a hole in the
first place with out the added burden of overcoming the McCain
handicap.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><O:P> </O:P></I></P>
<P class=body style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><A
href="http://capwiz.com/acu/utr/1/EZGIGIRXLG/NRMZGIRYEW/895041461">Mr. Keene</A>
is the chairman of the American Conservative Union and a managing associate with
the Carmen Group, a Washington, D.C.-based governmental-affairs
firm.</I><O:P></O:P></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The above op-ed is also available at <A
href="http://capwiz.com/acu/utr/1/EZGIGIRXLG/DNDJGIRYEX/895041461">http://conservative.org/columnists/keene/060926dk.asp</A><BR></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><STRONG>by Joseph
J. Cella</STRONG></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">To the grave disappointment
of many Catholics across the country, the Catholic University of America
extended an invitation to U.S. Senate candidate Bob Casey, Jr. to deliver the
38th annual Pope John XXIII Lecture at the university's law school. Casey
accepted and delivered his talk last week entitled: "Restoring America's Moral
Compass: Leadership and the Common Good." With Casey's controversial positions
and his close ties to anti-Catholic left wing groups, his appearance revealed
how his own moral compass is misguided and how he is an unprincipled leader
whose words and actions cannot be trusted.<BR>The decision by Catholic
University to give Casey this platform confounded Catholics not only because he
was exploiting his appearance to promote his campaign, but also because of his
strong alliance with radical left wing groups such as the Human Rights Campaign
and MoveOn.org, both of whom are hostile to the Church and her teachings on
life, marriage and the family. Equally problematic is Casey's own endorsement of
homosexual adoption of children, his support of Plan B abortion drugs and his
backing of homosexual civil unions.<BR>Setting aside the unseemly political
nature of the event, a look at the record of cash and endorsements Casey has
received from groups hostile to the Church is startling. <BR>Since September
2005, public records show Casey has received $164,000 from the Human Rights
Campaign, a radical homosexual rights group and leading advocate of "lesbian,
gay, bi-sexual, and transgender" special rights. The Human Rights Campaign
openly promotes homosexual adoption, taxpayer funding of gay and lesbian partner
benefits and homosexual marriage. Casey not only took their money, but served as
the keynote speaker for their annual fundraising gala in February. In fact, the
Human Rights Campaign recently ridiculed Boston Archbishop Sean Cardinal
O'Malley for ending the 100-year-old adoption work at Boston Catholic Charities
because the agency was forced to allow homosexual adoption of children. <BR>But
these are not Casey's only extremist friends. Since June 2005, Casey has also
taken in $168,591 from MoveOn.org, the notorious left wing group funded by
atheist billionaire George Soros. In 2004, MoveOn infamously placed ads that
compared President Bush to Hitler before finally bowing to public pressure to
remove them. Just last year, the extremist group launched an anti-Catholic ad
mocking the Pope depicting him holding a gavel with the caption 'God already has
a job ... he does not need one on the Supreme Court.'<BR>Casey's radical left
wing allies and big money friends inspire little hope that he should be trusted
to help restore 'America's moral compass.'<BR>The most shocking point of the
talk came when Casey emotionally described that "dark night," of the 1992
Democratic National Convention when his father, the late Governor Robert P.
Casey, was denied the opportunity to address the convention because of his
pro-life views. Recalling that night, he stated that the party "insulted the
most courageous pro-life Democrat in the land, who asked that those who believed
in the right to life be accorded the right to speak."<BR>What is shocking about
this is that the late Governor's son continues to accept hundreds of thousands
of dollars from those radical groups who denied his father the opportunity to
speak at the convention. And these same groups fight ferociously to protect and
advance the policies his father opposed, namely the sanctity of all human life
and traditional marriage. Casey appears indifferent and unprincipled, having
refused to return any of these contributions and supports many of their
positions.<BR>Sadly, the record now shows that, despite invoking his father's
legacy, Casey has abandoned many of the principles his father staunchly defended
and actively collaborates with those who push an agenda he claims to
oppose.<BR>Finally, it seems only appropriate to recall the teaching document on
Catholic universities issued by the late Pope John Paul II. In his encyclical,
Ex Cordiae Ecclesia ("From the Heart of the Church") John Paul wrote: 'It is the
honor and responsibility of a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Catholic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> to consecrate itself without
reserve to the cause of truth.' That means a speaker at a <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Catholic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> must support and advance the
truth behind the Church's teachings on key social issues, which Casey does not.
<BR>Bob Casey, Jr. is an unprincipled leader who cannot be trusted to serve
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place></st1:State>
in the United States Senate. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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