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Insider Report: Al Franken Faces Deep-Pocketed Opponent Special From NewsMax's Most Informed Sources
Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. NewsMax Poll: Don't Bring Rosie Back to TV An Internet poll sponsored by NewsMax.com reveals that by an overwhelming margin, Americans do not want Rosie O'Donnell back on the air with a national TV show. What's more, three-quarters say they would go so far as to boycott major advertisers of any new Rosie show. O'Donnell left ABC's "The View" amid controversy in late May. There had been talk she wanted to become the next host of "The Price Is Right," but she announced in late June that she would not get the job. According to our poll, that outcome bodes well for the future of the game show. Close to 100,000 Americans voted in the NewsMax poll. NewsMax will provide the results of this poll to major media and share them with radio talk-show hosts across the country.
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Here are the poll questions and results: 1) Should the big networks give Rosie a national TV show?
Yes: 11 percent 2) What is your overall opinion of Rosie?
Favorable: 8 percent 3) Do you believe Rosie is engaging in a publicity stunt when she says the 9/11 attacks were staged by the U.S. government?
Publicity stunt: 36 percent 4) Are you more or less likely to watch "The Price Is Right" if Rosie is the host?
More likely: 8 percent 5) How would you view CBS replacing Katie Couric on the evening news with Rosie O'Donnell?
Favorably: 9 percent 5) Would you boycott major advertisers of any new Rosie show?
Boycott: 75 percent Editor's Note: 2. Virginia Leaning Toward Democrats for '08 Virginia has voted Republican in presidential elections for more than 40 years, but a recent poll suggests it could become a crucial swing state in 2008. In the poll conducted by the Washington Post, Harvard University, and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, slightly more than half of respondents in Virginia — home of many Washington insiders — said they have an unfavorable view of the Republican Party. But 55 percent said they have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. Virginia has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson beat Barry Goldwater in a landslide. The poll indicated that independents could play a major role in wresting Virginia's electoral votes from the GOP. Independents make up about 30 percent of the state's adult population, and only 17 percent of independents polled said they want a Republican to win the White House next year, the Washington Post reported. When respondents were asked who has been the worst president since 1960, 46 percent of independents named George Bush, and no other president was cited by more than 15 percent. In last year's election for the Senate seat from Virginia, independents chose antiwar Democrat James Webb over incumbent Republican George Allen by a margin of 12 percentage points. But Rep. Thomas M. Davis, a Virginia Republican, believes the GOP's prospects in the state will improve after the party settles on a nominee for president in February. "What you need to remember," he told the Post, "come February of next year, the face of the Republican Party changes from Bush to someone else, and that will be an automatic improvement." Editor's Note: 3. L.A. Archdiocese Settled to Protect Cardinal The Catholic Church's Los Angeles Archdiocese settled with more than 500 alleged victims of priestly sex abuse and agreed to a massive payout to keep its cardinal from testifying in court. That's the view of Los Angeles Times writer Steve Lopez, who observed after the July 16 settlement: "On the eve of being called to testify in the first L.A. clergy abuse trial, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony settled with 508 claimants for a staggering $660 million, the largest such settlement in the entire country. "All along, the Los Angeles Archdiocese … had one primary objective: Keep Mahony off the stand. "Under oath, he would have been forced to explain exactly what he knew about the scandal and what he did or didn't do in response. Apparently, that's not something the cardinal wants anyone to know." The settlement calls for the archdiocese to turn over internal documents to a private judge who will decide which documents to deliver to prosecutors continuing their investigation. Mahony said he still considers some documents "privileged" under the law. Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Colley said his probe hinges on whether he can gain access to those church files. Files on problem priests kept by the church included parishioners' complaints, police reports, and reassignment memos, according to another article in the Los Angeles Times. Documents that have already been released during the litigation revealed that Mahony allowed 16 priests to continue serving for up to 13 years after the archdiocese had received reports about their inappropriate behavior with children. One priest has been convicted of molestation, and charges are pending against another. Lopez said Colley is uncertain if additional charges against clergy will be filed, given legal problems including the statute of limitations. It's also unknown if the documents Cooley seeks will ever be released, according to Raymond Boucher, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs who accused the archdiocese. He said: "We know some documents won't see the light of day." Editor's Note: 4. 'Dr. Death' to Pocket $50,000 for College Speech Dr. Jack Kevorkian is creating controversy again — he has accepted a $50,000 offer to speak to students at the University of Florida. Steven Blank, chairman of ACCENT, the university's student government-funded speaker's bureau, confirmed to LifeSiteNews.com that Kevorkian would deliver his speech on Oct. 11. "We do understand that this will spark controversy," Blank said. "We figure this will be a great way to engage our student body and entertain." Kevorkian, known as "Doctor Death," helped as many as 130 people commit suicide. He was released from prison earlier this year after serving eight years of a 10-to-25-year sentence for second-degree murder. While in prison, Kevorkian said in an interview that he would have killed coma victim Terri Schiavo if her husband asked him to. "After all that long period of time in a coma, I think she would qualify," he said. Schiavo's brother Bobby Schindler is circulating a petition calling on University of Florida President James Bernard Machen to rescind the invitation to Kevorkian. Editor's Note: 5. We Heard . . . THAT billionaire banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller has a presidential candidate for 2008. He hasn't officially endorsed his choice, but he's been telling friends that the candidate with the best credentials for the White House is Republican Mitt Romney. Like Rockefeller, Romney has had considerable success in the business world. And as for the Mormon factor, which some poll respondents have said would turn them off to Romney, Rockefeller considers Romney's faith a plus, since he admires conservative Mormon values. THAT former Rep. Mark Foley — who was forced to resign from the House last year in the wake of a congressional page scandal — paid almost $300,000 in legal fees in the second quarter of this year.
That sum comes on top of the $205,000 in legal fees he paid during the first quarter of 2007. Despite the hefty payouts, Foley's campaign committee has some $1.4 million remaining, according to The Hill newspaper. The Florida Republican is still being investigated by federal and state officials for sending sexually explicit electronic communications to former House pages. Editor's Note: Editor's notes:
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