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...Bentsen by running on an anti-Washington platform. Ever since, she has won handily in re-election bids and has enjoyed high approval ratings, although, as Jillson notes, she has run afoul of the Republican Party's conservative wing, which is very active in primary politics. A few years ago she was booed at an appearance at the state convention over her perceived softness on abortion issues. Now, Jillson says, this election "will write the last paragraph in her Wikipedia entry...
Perry had words on his boots too as he campaigned across West Texas in the final days. They were emblazoned with the rallying cry issued by Texans guarding a cannon during a key battle for Texas independence 174 years ago: "Come and take...
...Eastern country besides Israel and Lebanon. But while the Bush Administration had hoped this would create a democratic ripple effect throughout the region, the results of Iraq's elections have been less than edifying. The politicians who came to power after the country's first parliamentary elections four years ago have been unable to resolve such core issues as sharing oil revenue, balancing power between the regions and the central government, and national reconciliation...
...Uribismo appears potent. Uribe gained broad popularity among Colombians for cracking down on insurgents and improving security in much of the country. Before Uribe was first elected, "there was a real lack of capacity of the state, and that problem is not as serious as it was eight years ago," says Shifter. Uribe's supporters say that Uribe will leave behind a government more capable of tackling new challenges, including a problematic economy, growing urban crime and rearming paramilitary groups. (See the disturbing resurgence of crime in Medell...
...belongs to a Sunni party that opposes Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led governing coalition, is more worried about an élite counterterrorism unit run by Maliki's office, which he accuses of arresting scores of opposition politicians and government critics in Diyala. Two months ago, they took the deputy governor, Mohammad Hussein al-Joubouri, and nothing has been heard since about his case. "Of course it's totally political," says one of the governor's aides. "If he is really a terrorist, why didn't they arrest him before he was elected?" (See pictures of life...