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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 08:31 PM
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Whoa...moment of clarity..think if Obama was already in the Senate in 2000
If you saw F911, you remember that they only needed the signature of one senator.

Now I see why they're trying so hard to get someone good (relative term here) to run against him.

Other than the balance in the Senate, which is important by itself, it's a huge reason for the repugs to keep a black person out of the Senate.

I know he can't affect this election...but the next...
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 08:34 PM
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1. sigh...
for probably the hundredth time -

Al Gore had already conceded, and did NOT WANT anybody to sign the CBC's petition.

If Gore had asked, I'm sure there dozens of Senate Dems who would've done so gladly, including Joe Lieberman.
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 08:35 PM
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2. Even so...what if one Senator did sign it?
nt
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Dookus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 08:39 PM
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3. The house would've voted
to install Bush.
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