Okay people, listen up. Pay very close attention; this is important.

You need to THINK before you act.

Think about it. The documentary War Room has been out there on VHS and DVD for well over a decade, and people have been trying their damnedest to dig up any scrap of dirt they could on the Clintons the entire time. How likely is it that, if Mickey Kantor had actually said what it's claimed that he said, it would have gone unnoticed until just a few days before a critical primary election in Indiana?

Does that even come close to passing the smell test?

By now, you've probably heard that the Republicans have dug up Speaker Pelosi's old proposal for increased rights for the House minority party and are planning to re-introduce it. Their thinking is that this is a good political move because if Pelosi accepts it, they get more power to use to hamper the Democratic majority, and if she rejects it, they can accuse her of hypocrisy.

Well, there is a way Pelosi can turn this proposal against them and come out ahead.

In recent discussions about impeachment, it's been pointed out that removing Bush from office would result in Dick Cheney becoming president. Well, it seems that the pro-impeachment crowd has come up with an answer for that - impeach them both at the same time.

To those advocating that course of action, I have one simple request. Give me the names of sixteen Republican Senators who would vote to remove Bush and Cheney from office, thereby making Nancy Pelosi the President of the United States.

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"Departing state Administration Commissioner Mike Miller, the former state Senate president, said Monday he's considering mounting a Republican primary challenge to Lisa Murkowski for the U.S. Senate.

Miller, 52, who served for 18 years in the Alaska Legislature from North Pole and was his party's nominee for lieutenant governor in 1994, said state Republicans should have a choice of who will face Democrat Tony Knowles in November. He described himself as more conservative on social and fiscal issues than Murkowski.

"Wow!" said Sarah Palin of Wasilla, another possible candidate from the party's conservative wing, when told that Miller is considering a run. "This is exciting."

"In a morning meeting on Wednesday, Mr. Bremer warned the Iraqi leaders that they risked isolating themselves and their country if they continued to snub the United Nations."

I guess it's "Do as we say, not as we do," eh Paul?

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrat Dennis Kucinich has only two delegates and low single-digit showings after nine nominating contests, yet he said Wednesday he's staying in the presidential race.

"The race for the nomination will go all the way to the convention," the congressman from Cleveland said. "It is at the convention where I will win the nomination, based on the emergence of Iraq as the defining issue."

Dennis, buddy, you're a good guy, I think you've done a lot for the party and this nomination battle, but really....

If their plan is to ignore it, that really sets off alarm bells for me, because Al Gore tried the same thing, and look where it got him.

What would be a good, effective strategy to use here?