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Go sign the petition :

WHEREAS Senator Theodore Fulton Stevens has, during his 40 years in the U.S. Senate, established a notorious reputation for using Senate rules to benefit his friends and patrons at the expense of the taxpayers at large;

WHEREAS Senator Stevens has been identified by the non-partisan Club for Growth as one of "the Congress’ most notorious porkers";

Here's some good advice. It won't be heeded. History never really repeats, but then again nothing completely new ever happens. There's at least this much:

The Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill is dead:

For this effort he deserves thanks. This will evoke many comments denouncing Kyl as a turncoat and a traitor, but the obvious utility of making the best of a bad situation needs to be mentioned here, and more than merely mentioned, praised.

Hugh Hewitt:

Word is leaking that the GOP in the Senate are on the verge of agreeing to an immigration bill that has --as a concession to the GOP-- less than half of the fencing promised by law last year.

Mickey Kaus:

David Frum, on the cynical attempt by the Democrats to have it both ways on the war (emphasis added):

James Taranto:

Hugh Hewitt: