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CHIEF JUDGE ELECTION TOMORROW

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

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Joel Brown vs. Ivan Fernandez.Predictions anyone? Our poll has Fernandez ahead 46% to 36%. STIMULUS BILLThe Senate passed the stimulus bill on Tuesday 61-37. Now the Senate and the House have to conference to work out the differences. Query: Which party will have the most clout in these negotiations?If you said "the republicans" you are correct. If you said "the republicans, and more specifically the three moderate republicans in the senate that voted for the bill" you really would be correct. You see, without Senators Snowe, Spector, and Collins, the three moderate republicans who voted for the bill, the bill could not be brought for a vote. If the House does not give these three moderate senators almost all of what they want, they withdraw their support and the bill will not get passed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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