Let's start the conspiracy buzz. My guess is that the Republicans did something to cause his stroke. They picked a mostly unknown senator from a State that very few people in the U.S. really know much about. You couldn't find a better target. It's like killing prostitutes in England. How many people really care? My guess is that he will go progressively downhill and have to resign or will suffer a larger stroke and die. The Republicans couldn't win the 2000 election fare and square. They also can't hold the Senate fair and square. Just one person's assumptions.