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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Taro who wrote (299025)8/9/2006 12:54:51 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1579790
 
Make peace, not war!

Short but sweet...just for you!

Antiwar challengers across US get a vote of confidence

By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | August 9, 2006

WASHINGTON -- In October 2002, lawmakers in Congress were presented with a preelection test about where they stood on Iraq, and most answered it by siding with President Bush, voting to authorize his use of force against Saddam Hussein and promising an anxious electorate that they would be protected against a potential threat from Iraq.

Four years later, with nearly 2,600 US soldiers dead and no trace of the weapons of mass destruction that the White House said Hussein possessed, it is the Iraq war hawks who are on the defensive, ahead of midterm congressional elections that could tip the balance of power in one or both houses of Congress.

Upstart challenger Ned Lamont's win last night in Connecticut's Democratic Senate primary election against three-term incumbent Joseph I. Lieberman has given added momentum and confidence to antiwar candidates like Lamont across the nation, politicians who believe discontent over Iraq could be a deciding factor in their campaigns.

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