Thursday, September 26, 2002

Washington Post - Attempting bipartisanship, Daschle begins to realize he is being "played for a fool" by an administration intent on making political gains. Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) blasted President Bush yesterday for "politicizing" the debate over national security and demanded he apologize for contending that the Democratic-controlled Senate is "not interested in the security of the American people."

Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) topped off a day of unusual vitriol by accusing Daschle of playing into Hussein's hands. "Who's the enemy here: the president of the United States or Saddam Hussein?" Lott said on the floor.

CBSNEWS - Poll, Americans do not want a rush to war. Before the president's speech to the U.N. September 12th, a majority of Americans said they wanted to give the U.N. more time. Now, almost two weeks afterward, they still do.

Yahoo AP - Chinese and French leaders on Thursday agreed that the United Nations should not authorize the use of force against Iraq unless Baghdad defies a demand for the return of weapons inspectors.

Riley for Congress. I would love to see DeLay gone, and Riley is a conservative businessman who would represent the district. The chances of it happening are remote, however. Even the extremely conservative Houston Chronicle can no longer stomach DeLay and has endorsed Riley.

In my own district, it looks like Chris Bell will win.

CBS News Dick Meyer - My Big Fat Iraq Debate "So in a nutshell, the "majority" and me certainly agree with the president that Saddam is a dire, unpredictable threat, but then he has been for a long time. And we agree that the President has made his position clear recently, but that hasn't had much impact on our assessment of the need for war against Iraq. The question "why now, exactly?" still looms."

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