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...Russian IL-62 flying hospital rushed Aliyev from Turkey to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio on Aug. 7, the Azeri cabinet agreed to allow its new Prime Minister to take an unpaid vacation so that he could campaign for the presidency. Both Aliyevs are on the ballot for the election, scheduled for Oct. 15. Aliyev's succession plan, notes a longtime observer of the Caucasus, "depended on the old man being around for a couple more years to pull the strings." But now a messy and perhaps violent period of instability appears to be looming as opposition leaders at home...
Deri, too, who believes that “election reform needs to happen,” lamented the necessity of political contributions, which he said has come to rival that of the ballot...
...campaign begin. With Davis effectively done for, this campaign changes from one about the recall to a more standard campaign between Democrats and Republicans. That doesn?t mean the circus has left town. Only $3,500 and 65 signatures keep anyone who wants to run from being on the ballot, and Larry Flynt, Gary Coleman and pinup Angelyne are all in the race, along with a cigarette retailer from Napa county, a bounty hunter from Sacramento and a satellite project manager from Long Beach named Michael Jackson. As Stan Oftelie, executive director of the Orange County Business Council, told...
...panicking over whether they should stand by Davis or put forward a replacement candidate. But once Schwarzenegger said he would run, they couldn?t take the pressure. Twelve Democratic members of the state?s congressional delegation held a worried conference call and agreed they needed a Democrat on the ballot, their top choice being Bustamante or former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta. Shortly afterward, Bustamante, who had up until now stood solidly behind the Governor, announced he would run. With Schwarzenegger representing Republicans and Bustamante representing Democrats on the ballot, no one is standing behind Davis. And the Governor...
...turn against it when they realize it will cost upwards of $30 million. Davis will also attack the recall as an effort by defeated G.O.P. members to usurp power and carry out a far-right agenda. But while an array of Republicans are lining up to get on the ballot (the top vote getter will replace Davis if he loses), the key for Davis is to keep members of his party on the sidelines. "If a solid Democrat files, it would be a vote of no confidence," says Allen Hoffenblum, a G.O.P. consultant, "and then it ceases being a recall...