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...only blue. State G.O.P. leaders publicly fretted that she might divulge election strategy to Democrats. Others took it as a slap. "He's just told a lot of people who spent their lives fighting her that their work is meaningless," says Ray Haynes, one of about 20 Republican assemblymen who met with the Governor to express their displeasure. Haynes suggested a number of conservative causes Schwarzenegger could champion, such as fighting illegal immigration and keeping his no-new-taxes campaign pledge. "The secret in politics is to leave the dance with those that brung you, and I can guarantee that...
...gropen fuehrer has turned his considerable charms on sleepy, star-struck Sacramento—that under a canvas tent outside the state capitol, surrounded by sculptures and pictures of himself, the self-described “biggest star in the world” shares Cuban cigars with assemblymen from places like Oxnard and Fullerton. Occasionally, he even offers them rides back to their districts on his Gulfstream jet, and lets them bask in the light of his Hollywood-produced 67 percent approval rating in front of a hometown crowd, and to glowing media reviews...
...would be freed and sent into exile while Bhutto would be allowed back into Pakistan after two years to resume politics. In the end, losing ppp candidate Shah Mahmood Quereshi has alleged publicly, Musharraf turned to simpler tactics: using threats and bribes to persuade a few of Bhutto's assemblymen to switch loyalties and vote for Jamali. --By Tim McGirk
...deal, insiders say, Zardari would have been freed and sent into exile, while Bhutto herself would have been allowed back into Pakistan after two years to resume her political career. In the end, it was easier, and politically cheaper, for Musharraf's party to convince several of Bhutto's assemblymen to switch loyalties...
...Soweto bombings, which killed one woman. PAKISTAN Narrow Victory After some arm-twisting by military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the National Assembly chose Zafarullah Jamali as Prime Minister, the first since a 1999 military coup. Losing candidate Shah Mahmood Quereshi claimed Musharraf used threats and bribes to persuade some assemblymen to switch sides. A last-minute waiver of rules forbidding party defections allowed Jamali to scrape through on a single-vote majority. Although he has the dictator's backing, Jamali's government is expected to be hamstrung by opposition from anti-Musharraf parties. INDONESIA On the Case Police said they...