Let's talk about replacing GWBush in 2004.

Brinkema plans to let Moussaoui and his "standby" defense lawyers question an Al-Qaida captive via closed-circuit transmission, with a time delay allowing her to screen out inappropriate questions, the brief disclosed [...]

[The prosecution has appealed, citing national security.]

[...]Frank Dunham, the federal public defender for the Eastern District of Virginia who leads a team of court-appointed lawyers assisting Moussaoui, described the powers the government seeks in its appeal as "alarming."
He said legal precedents in place for half a century have made clear that, if national interests override the importance of a criminal prosecution, "then you don't bring the prosecution."
He added, "You don't break all the rules of criminal procedure and constitutional guarantees to criminal defendants because they happen to get in the way of fighting a war."

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/3842579.html

[...]9/11 was one of the most pivotal events in world history. Its impact will be felt for years to come. You owe it to yourself to go beyond the sound bites and the simplified official story. This is an extremely complicated story with numerous players and motives. Not everything makes sense or fits neatly together. It's a story full of espionage, deceit, and lies. But if there are forces out there tricking us, they can only succeed if we, the general public, remain ignorant and passive.
I am limiting my sources to only those one might call "mainstream." Why? It's not because I believe one can only trust the mainstream media. In fact, I feel the opposite is true - much of the best reporting today is coming from alternative media. But many people are initially very skeptical. A lot of material I found looking around the web seemed very hard to believe when I first saw it. My goal is to use mainstream sources to generally open eyes to new possibilities.

"Members of congressional committees investigating the pre-Sept. 11 warnings said yesterday that there is far more damaging information that has not yet been disclosed about the government's knowledge of events leading up to Sept. 11. 'We've just scratched the surface,' said Sen. Richard C. Shelby, ranking Republican member of the Senate intelligence committee." [Washington Post, 5/17/02] [...]

http://www.wanttoknow.info/911timeline10pg

[...]The president is planning a sprint of a campaign that would start, at least officially, with his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, now set for Sept. 2.
The convention, to be held in New York City, will be the latest since the Republican Party was founded in 1856, and Bush's advisers said they chose the date so the event would flow into the commemorations marking the third anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks.
The back-to-back events would frame a campaign that is being built around national security and combating terrorism, Republicans said. Not incidentally, they said they hoped it would deprive the Democratic nominee of news coverage during the opening weeks of the general election campaign.
By scheduling the start of the convention for Aug. 30, a month after Democrats choose their candidate, the White House has put off the imposition of spending ceilings that take effect when the parties officially nominate their candidates. [...]

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/5686610.htm

April 24, 2003 -- Bush Edges Clinton, Tops All Comers In New York, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; But Most Voters Say She Should Stay In The Senate


If New York Sen. Hillary Clinton challenged President George W. Bush in 2004, the not-so-native daughter would be on the short side of a 47 -- 44 percent split among New York voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Sen. Clinton has a 52 -- 36 percent approval rating and New York voters say 59 -- 37 percent that she should not run for President next year.

President Bush has a 58 -- 37 percent approval in New York, up from 50 -- 44 percent in a February 12 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.

"That a president fresh off a wartime win would poll higher than most wannabes isn't surprising. What will surprise many is that President Bush does so well against Sen. Clinton," said Maurice Carroll director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"In 2000, Bush was so far behind in New York, he didn't even bother to campaign here.

"Meanwhile, New Yorkers want Hillary to stay home. They'd rather have her call Chappaqua home than to try going back to Pennsylvania Avenue."

Bush is ahead of other leaders in the Democratic Presidential pack:

50 -- 38 percent over Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman;
50 -- 38 percent over Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry;
49 -- 38 percent over Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt.