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Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) and challenger Haley Barbour (R) "have raised so much money--a combined $10.8 million--that even some seasoned political pros can't figure out how they can possibly spend it all by Election Day," the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports….Andrew Young, the former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador, "is leaning strongly toward entering what is widely regarded as an uphill fight to keep the seat of retiring Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) in Democratic hands," the Washington Post reports…."Considering that over 80,000 jobs have been shed for each month of his incumbency, President Bush's announcement that he is creating a new undersecretary of commerce post devoted to job creation is notable for its feebleness."- Editorial, The New York Times, 9/3/03...Tucked inside an 800-page energy bill winding its way through Congress is a short section that would exempt from federal regulation a lucrative gas-drilling process perfected by the energy company Vice President Dick Cheney once ran...The Santa Cruz (CA) City Council became the nation's first local government to ask Congress to look into impeaching President Bush on charges he deceived the American public about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and has used the Sept. 11 attacks as an excuse to crush civil rights. In a 6-1 vote, the council decided to send a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee asking the panel to investigate the president…..According to polling done for House Republicans by GOP pollster David Winston, a Roll Call contributor, only 37 percent of Americans feel the country is headed in the right direction, while 51 percent think it is headed in the wrong direction - part of a continuing downward trend over the past several months. "….Roll Call reports House Republicans do not want any price controls on the pharmaceutical industry products in the upcoming Medicare bill...Freshman Rep. Rick Renzi (R-
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