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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (738835)	5/4/2006 10:41:42 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Respond to of 769670

I think it is time we outsourced the Congress since they think outsourcing is such a good idea.

To: longnshort who wrote (738835)	5/4/2006 12:31:55 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

An Ugly Turn in the Race to Oppose Mrs. Clinton May 4, 2006 By JENNIFER MEDINA nytimes.com The pitched battle to be the Republican challenger to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has turned nastier, with the campaign manager for Kathleen Troia McFarland, who is struggling to get on the primary ballot, accusing her opponent, John Spencer, of bigamy. In an NY1 News interview on Tuesday, Edward J. Rollins, a top aide to Ms. McFarland, spoke of Mr. Spencer's personal history and his record as the mayor of Yonkers, dredging up marital infidelity and accusing him of nepotism. Mr. Spencer has never denied that while he was mayor, he had a long affair with his chief of staff while he was married, and had two children with her before they were married. "He runs around saying, 'I'm a good Catholic, I'm this, I'm that," Mr. Rollins said, adding that to "a lot of Catholics in this state, that's bigamy." Mr. Spencer was not married to both women at the same time. Mr. Rollins added that the affair was "just the tip of the iceberg" and showed that Mr. Spencer "thinks he can lead a double life." The comments come as Ms. McFarland, a Pentagon spokeswoman during the Reagan administration, has been trying to get enough support to get on the ballot in the Republican primary and challenge Mrs. Clinton in the election this fall. Mr. Spencer's campaign manager, Kevin Collins, shot back, calling the remarks "sleazy" and a "desperate act by a desperate campaign." Mr. Spencer and Ms. McFarland have battled over who would be the more formidable challenger to Mrs. Clinton in the general election. Ms. McFarland did not enter the race until early March, when some powerful Republicans were already committed to supporting Mr. Spencer and unwilling to switch. Mr. Spencer has also been endorsed by the executive committee of the Conservative Party. William O'Reilly, a spokesman for the McFarland campaign, said that she has about 16 percent of the votes among delegates attending the Republican convention next month. Under state rules, candidates must receive 25 percent of the delegate votes to be on the primary ballot, or collect 15,000 signatures from registered voters. For her part, Ms. McFarland distanced herself from Mr. Rollins's remarks. "I have made it clear from the start that I don't like mudslinging and attack politics," she said through a spokesman. "Mr. Spencer's personal life is of zero interest to me, and I don't expect it to come up again. Questions about his mayoralty are relevant, but not his personal life." Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company

To: longnshort who wrote (738835)	5/4/2006 12:34:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

(More Rollins): Rep. Harris' Action Prompts Call for Probe By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 4, 2006 Filed at 9:49 a.m. ET nytimes.com ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A political strategist who left U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris's Senate campaign last month said Harris ignored her staff's recommendation to reject a defense contractor's $10 million appropriation request, now being challenged by a congressional watchdog group. Harris insisted the request be submitted even though it was late and hard to understand, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel's Thursday editions. The newspaper cites Harris' former chief political strategist Ed Rollins. ''She told them she wanted it done,'' Rollins told the paper. ''And she wanted it done now.'' Harris spokesman Chris Ingram declined to comment Thursday when reached by The Associated Press. The Sentinel said Harris did not respond to its repeated inquiries. On Monday, the congressional watchdog group Common Cause asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Harris attempted to obtain the appropriation in return for financial support from the defense contractor, Mitchell Wade. In filing the complaint, Common Cause cited information provided by Wade as part of a plea agreement in the bribery case of convicted former Republican Rep. Randy ''Duke'' Cunningham of California. Harris' campaign issued a statement calling the Common Cause complaint ''false and outrageous.'' The statement said her work on behalf of Wade's company ''was nothing more than an effort to secure jobs and economic opportunities'' for her district. Wade, former president of MZM Inc., has acknowledged making $32,000 in illegal contributions to Harris' 2004 campaign for the U.S. House. Harris said she did not knowingly do anything illegal and said she would donate that money to charity. Harris, who drew national attention as Florida's secretary of state during the 2000 presidential recount, is now trying to unseat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. Statewide polls show her trailing by double digits. Rollins has said he left the Harris campaign because ''Katherine wasn't listening to us.'' He previously served as President Reagan's political director and ran Ross Perot's presidential campaign in 1992. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press