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praxis1966
25th April 2006, 04:58
I already submitted the same article to the Newswire forum, but I thought I'd open one here for discussion purposes.


Senate Vote Inquiry Widens as Democrats Probe White House Link

By Heidi Przybyla
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- To Republicans, the New Hampshire phone-jamming incident is an isolated case of political dirty tricks that took place more than three years ago.

To Democrats, it's a scandal with echoes of Watergate that may reach all the way to the White House.

Republican leaders are facing questions stemming from a criminal case involving efforts to suppress voter turnout in a U.S. Senate election in the state in 2002. Republican John Sununu won that race over Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, helping Republicans retake control of the Senate.

Read the rest of the article here: Bloomberg News (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aQGLEwqlIdHo)

It's moderately long, but well worth a read. Also, I'd like to just add that this one looks like the Democrats might actually be able to make it stick.