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...about a ballot measure? Too expensive; too risky. Legislation? Impossible with a Senate split 15 to 15. So why not do what they did in Massachusetts: sue the state and let the case work its way up? "We felt that was too time consuming [and] might bring on a backlash without us having actually gained something," says Thorpe. "We knew that anything that happened would end up in court at some point." With that outcome in mind, Thorpe says, the question became, "How do you position yourself in a way that's both general and personal? [The answer] would...
...private entreaties - and sometimes acts on them. With the cumulative failures of American strategy, British influence over the conduct of the occupation has grown. In April, as U.S. forces seemed determined to go with guns blazing after every faction that challenged them, the tactic threatened to create a backlash that would engulf British troops. In conversations with Bush, Blair urged calm, according to government sources who argue he can take some credit for the April 30 pullback from Fallujah. For both Blair and Bush, much now depends on being able to hand over to an Iraqi authority...
...oversight - or even the product of orders from Military Intelligence to the jailers to create an "enabling" environment at the prison that would facilitate the extraction of information from detainees under interrogation, as some of the questions Friday suggested - the defense secretary may take the hit from any backlash...
...from Florida to California, purchased so many e-voting machines that some 50 million people, or more than one-third of registered voters, are expected to use them in November. But because of primary-season problems and a general anxiety over sending votes down an electronic black hole, a backlash has set in. Some voter activists, computer scientists and elected officials have joined a growing movement to either make the systems more accountable or pull the plug entirely. Electronic voting is "a rickety system with poor federal and state oversight," says Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation...
...troops from Iraq. In that kind of situation, it's quite natural for the parents and families to make emotional statements, with some politics thrown in. On top of that, there were people who tried to use this to protest against the war. All that might have caused the backlash. However, I don't understand the accusation that it caused trouble to the government. The government exists to protect the lives of its nationals with taxpayer money. It's their...