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...months ago, the only people who talked about the possibility of a contested Democratic nomination fight extending all the way to the party's convention in August were hopeful pundits, desperate Republicans, and Chicken Little Democrats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Primary with No End | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

...second ad will be paid for by Citizens for a Safe and Prosperous America, the 527 group, which can accept donations of any amount. "This is a long march to November," Brown said. "Right now it's beginning a process that gives us the information to succeed in August and September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Willie Horton Hit on Obama? | 4/22/2008 | See Source »

...Graib incidents, it is clear that those highest in the level of command sanctioned specific methods of prisoner abuse. While the meetings referenced in the ABC report revolved around interrogation at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, according to the Vanity Fair piece, “[An] August 2006 report of the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded unequivocally that techniques from Guantánamo had indeed found their way to Iraq,” specifically to the Abu Ghraib prison. In fact, a month prior to the first abuses by Abu Ghraib?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Straight to the Top | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

Unusually for Latin America, a candidate can win the election with a simple plurality. (Most Latin countries hold run-offs if no candidate receives a majority.) The winner won't take office until August 15, leaving plenty of time for electoral skullduggery, legal challenges and the dissolution of alliances. For her part, Ovelar promises the Colorado Party will concede defeat, "even if it's only by one vote," and peacefully hand over power. But in the 197 years since it won independence from Spain, Paraguay has never once witnessed a peaceful transfer of power from government to opposition, and many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paraguay Chooses Between Firsts | 4/19/2008 | See Source »

...JUDE STATUE This gift from a supporter arrived just before McCain's political resurrection last August. The patron saint of desperate causes perches permanently at the edge of Davis' desk, in the exact spot it occupied when McCain started to surge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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