Press Release: U.S. Senator George LeMieux - February 02, 2010
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator George LeMieux (R-FL) today asked the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, whether it makes sense to give Miranda rights to enemy combatants captured in the United States. Senator LeMieux referred specifically to the case of the Christmas Day bomber who was questioned for only 50 minutes after his arrest in Michigan before being given the same rights as a common criminal.
“We don’t provide Miranda rights to enemy combatants we capture in Afghanistan or Iraq, why would we do that when we capture one on US soil? This policy doesn’t make sense and it compromises our ability to gain valuable information critical to defeating terrorists,” said LeMieux, the lead Republican on the Emerging Threats subcommittee.
Secretary Gates responded the Attorney General would be the best person to answer the question, but added the decision “is a judgment best made by the chief law enforcement officer of the United States.” Senator LeMieux’s questions came during an open session of the Senate Armed Services Committee. http://www.rpof.org/article.php?id=832
Rasmussen Shows McCollum Up 11 Points In FL Governor's Race
RPOF ICYMI - January 29, 2010
For the second time in three days a nationally recognized pollster shows Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum with a double digit lead over Democrat Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, up from a five point lead one month ago.
“Today’s Rasmussen poll is yet another example of Florida voters quickly turning away from Democrat Alex Sink and her liberal friends in Washington,†said Republican Party of Florida Communications Director Katie Betta. “Alex Sink’s claim to be a moderate ‘Florida Democrat’ doesn’t even resonate with her own pocketbook, which she uses to line the campaign coffers of Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid, let alone with hardworking Florida families and business owners.â€
“In poll after poll, Floridians are letting Alex Sink know that ducking important issues, financing liberal Washington insiders and wasting taxpayer money and time counting office supplies just doesn’t cut it,†concluded Betta.
From Politics Daily: Republican Mccollum Leads Democrat Sink In Another Florida Governor Poll
Florida's Republican state Attorney General Bill McCollum leads Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrat, by 46 percent to 35 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else and 13 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 27. The margin of error is 3 points.
Rasmussen says there has not been much movement in this race. In its last three polls dating back to October, McCollum's support has been between 44 percent and 46 percent while Sink's numbers ranged from 35 percent to 39 percent.
A Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 20-24 had McCollum ahead 41 percent to 31 percent with 25 percent undecided, which was 4 points bigger than its previous poll.
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