Word: backstopping
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...next time Harvard faces Columbia, perhaps the Crimson should consider pitching around Lions catcher Joe Catsam. In only his second season, the sophomore backstop has already shown an unsettling knack for tearing up Harvard pitching...
President Bush, whose father's veto pen stopped the last campaign-finance reform to make it through Congress, is lying low on the issue. In a meeting with House leaders on Thursday, Bush told them, in essence, "I'm not going to be your backstop," according to a participant. The President doesn't want to have to veto. In fact, White House officials were making noises about compromise. And for the record, Bush asserted Friday, "I look forward to a bill and am confident they will be able to come up with a bill that I can sign...
...only the beginning. If McCain-Feingold passes, it's on to the House, where Shays-Meehan, McCain-Feingold's long-standing shadow in the lower chamber, has passed by comfortable margins for years. But with Bush deferring the villain's role to Congress, if the reliable Senate backstop falls, DeLay is vowing to step into the Mitch McConnell role and do whatever it takes to stop the House from meeting McCain halfway. Shame, after years of high-pitched support, may keep Senate Democrats in line, but the wider (and more anonymous) bipartisan coalition that backs the ban in the House...
...President Bush, whose father's veto pen stopped the last campaign finance reform to make it through Congress, is lying low on the issue. In a meeting with House leaders on Thursday, Bush told them, in essence, "I'm not going to be your backstop," according to a participant. The President doesn't want to have to veto. In fact, White House officials were making noises about compromise. And for the record, Bush asserted Friday, "I look forward to a bill and am confident they will be able to come up with a bill that I can sign...
...either of those players--or any of their nine teammates who have notched goals this year--can break the Crimson's bad luck on offense, Harvard would be in good position for a victory with backstop Cheryl Gunther...