way to come up with another coverage formula that s narrowly tailored so it passes constitutional muster. ari, i m reading from your article that you posted on our website you noted that hearings are being led in the judiciary committee on the constitution headed by trent franks there. one of only 33 republicans who voted against reauthorizing the vote rights in 2006 and you had noted 390 members voted for it there. so does this already spell doom? i don t think it spells doom. i think he s a minority of a minority of the members of congress who did pose this as the last time. as the congresswoman pointed out this has strong bipartisan support. i spoke last night to the democratic ranking member on that same committee and he said basically look with all due respect to congressman franks this is above his pay grade. this is a big question for the republican party for people like