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To: longnshort who wrote (268610)	1/14/2006 3:06:26 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584377

"Through Wednesday night, by the staffers' reckoning, Judge Alito had answered 533 of 546 questions" I've read the transcripts. I suppose if you count answering questions that weren't asked instead of the ones that actually were asked, then you might have a point. The reason there were so many questions is that when he spoke he talked about almost everything but the topic of the question. So the senators were constantly trying to reframe and narrow the area to get an answer out of him. And then his claims about not remembering anything about CAP...

To: longnshort who wrote (268610)	1/14/2006 3:42:21 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 1584377

Maryland: GOP Gains Ground www.rasmussenreports.com ^ \| January 13, 2006 \| January 13, 2006--Maryland is proving to be another state to watch in an election year many have predicted will see nationwide gains for Democrats. In November, Rasmussen Reports observed that just two months after Hurricane Katrina and in the midst of welling controversy over Iraq, the GOP was at a political low point. We also duly noted the good news for the party: the election was still a year away. Now, in blue-state Maryland, the Republicans are making progress in the contests for both governor and senator. The Senate race got interesting as soon as Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes announced his retirement last March. It soon seemed Democrats had the edge. By July, Democratic Congressman Ben Cardin led Lt. Governor Michael Steele by five points in our poll. Steele, however, was seven points ahead of former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume. By November, Steele was neck-and-neck with Mfume, but Cardin had widened his lead over Steele to 49% to 41%. Yet since that time, the number of voters with an unfavorable opinion of Steele has fallen from 33% to 25% and the Republican candidate has pulled ahead of both Democrats. He now leads Cardin 45% to 40% and Mfume 45% to 38%. (Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...