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To: LindyBill who wrote (53982)	7/12/2004 3:35:45 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793620

Mike Ditka won't rule out U.S. Senate run Chicago, IL, Jul. 12 (UPI) -- Hall of Fame football coach Mike Ditka says he's just a regular guy but that shouldn't rule him out as a replacement Illinois U.S. Senate candidate. The 66-year-old former head coach of the Chicago Bears appeared on television news shows to talk about a possible bid for Senate. More than 6,000 people have signed a petition for Republicans to draft Ditka as the "people's choice" for November. "I'm getting excited about it. I'm just thinking about it," Ditka told WGN-TV, Chicago. Ditka said he'd led a pretty interesting life that hasn't been perfect, but added even though he lacks experience he could be as good as a professional politician. "If you're going to tell me I couldn't be a better senator than Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. -- I could be," Ditka said. The Illinois GOP is scrambling to find a replacement for nominee Jack Ryan after the former investment banker withdrew from the race in June because of sex club allegations in his divorce documents.

To: LindyBill who wrote (53982)	7/13/2004 10:06:45 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793620

Here's Marshall's first take on the various commentaries on the Senate Intelligence report vis a vis Plame and Wilson. Not bad. I'll have more later. (July 12, 2004 -- 08:06 PM EDT) There's been a rush of egregious commentary about the Niger uranium story in the last couple days. And one point we hear again and again is that if Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, played a role in recommending him for the trip to Niger, as the Advertisement When you really need to find PC content, you really need X1™ Search. Instead of waiting for Windows or your email app, find what you’re looking for as fast as you type (and see it in 255 formats... even if the application’s not on your PC). If you need what you need when you need it, what are you waiting for? Get X1. SSCI report clearly states, then this wholly changes the legal and political implications of the administration officials' decision to reveal her identity in the press. As I pointed out a couple days ago, legally it is clearly irrelevant. Political impact is of course both subjective and unpredictable. So, though we might all venture opinions, there's very little way to know. But, really, why argue? If there's no legal case and no political problem, why don't the senior administration officials who leaked her identity just come forward? If their rationale is a good one and they face no legal jeopardy, what's the problem? It seems like a great opportunity to clear the air, settle the story, ascertain the facts and let the chips fall where they may. Doing so will save much of the money being spent on the investigation Mr. Fitzgerald is running. They can save themselves a lot of attorneys' fees. And they can have a free opportunity to explain the rationale behind their decision and why they believed it was the right thing to do in the context. I can only assume by their silence that they're rather less confident about the quality of their explanation and the degree of their legal jeopardy than their many voluble defenders in the conservative press. -- Josh Marshall

To: LindyBill who wrote (53982)	7/13/2004 10:16:24 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793620

Well, Bill, if you wish to take the time and effort to debate this seriously, you and I will need to read, debate, discuss the actual senate report rather than someone's cherry picking, retyping, all based on a clear agenda. The full report is here. web.mit.edu I'm willing to let folk like Marshall spend the time, parsing the sentences, etc. and rely on him/them for my judgments. If you wish to extend the debate, check out the report (it takes a very long time to load since the doc is over 500 pages long and is a pdf) and let me know where you wish to focus. As for one point, whether Plame participated in the "selection" of Wilson, which is what I understand him to have asserted, even this little retyped, cherry picked squib doesn't refute that.