How many posters here would go on a free trip to DC to speak to their

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I'd be more than happy to do so. Plus, I live just outside of DC in a MD suburb, so logistics would not be an issue.

I also would like to think that I could do a pretty damn good job making our case, in light of the fact that for the ten years prior to turning pro 2 months ago I was a lawyer at one of the most prestigious and respected firms in DC -- a firm that any Senator would certainly know, especially since lawyers at the firm have been White House Counsel for three of the past four Presidents and many, many other lawyers from the firm came from or went into high level positions in the federal government.

The only thing to keep in mind is that I am NOT a US citizen (yet). I'm a Canuck. I don't know whether this makes any difference or would ever come up, but just so you know . . .

Please feel free to PM me if there's anything I can do to help.