>>>Okay, if we don't wind up with Cheney or Hastert, according to the Constitution, we get the president pro tem of the Senate. That's currently Ted Stevens.

Hmm. . . .

And next in line is the Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice.

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Buddy, I'm not arguing with you. I know it sucks but it's the only way the pubs can hang onto the White House and Congress. There needs to be some direct intervention. Bush has to go. I never said those waiting in the wings were any better, only that they will be acting out a script that will result in the complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq by 2008. That will be their raison detre.