Word: americas
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...Ultimately, these clashing worldviews converged in one odd respect. Both the majority and minority seemed to be writing from a parallel universe, not quite our own. Kennedy's imagined world of stifled corporations and voiceless labor unions bears no resemblance to the America we live in, where the government pumps tens of billions of dollars into an auto-industry bailout skewed in favor of GM, Fiat and the United Auto Workers. At the same time, Stevens' picture of corporate fat cats oppressing the little guy ignores the revolution in campaign finance and communications that is being wrought by the Internet...
...feel differently about the results because I live in Massachusetts,” Tucker said. “I’ve always assumed it’s the liberal haven of America. [Brown’s win] really freaks...
...behind Democrat Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the Senate seat once held by the late Edward Kennedy. Pretty soon after that, he told me, "they were popping up all over the place." People were even spelling out his name in snowbanks. (See 10 elections that changed America...
...storefronts and driveways of Hyannis Port, the fabled seaside hometown of the Kennedy clan. As for the message that Brown's flinty 5-point win sent to Democrats across the country, that was summed up by the winner. "What happened in this election can happen all over America," he declared. "When there's trouble in Massachusetts, rest assured there's trouble everywhere - and they know...
...Brown may have benefited from being underestimated. As a 22-year-old law student, Brown posed nude for a Cosmopolitan magazine "America's Sexiest Man" photo spread that was resurrected and became an Internet sensation during the campaign. But he is also a 30-year veteran of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, and his service figured prominently in his campaign. He won his first election as a local tax assessor in 1992 and was elected to the state senate in 2004. His politics tend to be standard conservative on issues like taxes and guns, but he supports Roe v. Wade...