Here's my recap.

Profanity and tone go hand in hand, and I think Obama's main point is to watch our tone.

Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group, estimates that the transportation bill funded $24 billion of special projects, which means over 8 percent of that budget went to pork.

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Judge Delays Scott Peterson Trial

I think this is one poll we want to lose. I fully expect Cheney to squirt some "W" ketchup on Edwards and bite his head off and have it for dinner.

And sorry if this has already been posted, but I didn't see it in a quick scan of diary titles.

Why is this hypocritical? Because weeks ago during the Federal Marriage Amendment debate, we heard from Republicans about how we should LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE! Yet the polls show that many, MANY more people agree with the assault weapons ban than agreed with the gay marriage ban. After all, you could get killed by one of these guns, but how will the gay couple down the street affect you?

CNN has as breaking news :
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to raise terror threat level in Washington to high (orange), official tells CNN.

I think we should remember this:

Study: Fear shapes voters' views

President George W. Bush may be tapping into solid human psychology when he invokes the September 11 attacks while campaigning for the next election, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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"I think this should concern anybody," Solomon said. "If I was speaking lightly, I would say that people in their, quote, right minds, unquote, don't care much for President Bush and his policies in Iraq."

My suggestion is for the Democrats to come out for a "war on the deficit". We need to somehow make the point that having such huge debts will end up making us less secure in the long run. How can we afford to protect ourselves in the future if future generations are forced to repay these huge debts?

I'm not for scare tactics, but how else can you get people to care?