Word: base
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...squelched any positive thrust the Democrats might have had after Denver). Barack Obama seems thrown off by his change in fortune, and Democrats have not been able so far to curb the Republicans' forward motion. Thanks to deft handling of Hurricane Gustav, finessing of the popular-with-the-base/unpopular-with-the-nation President Bush, the crossover appeal of Palin, ample media-bashing and a convention punctuated by chants of "U.S.A.!" and "Drill, baby, drill," Republicans have united around McCain--challenging Democrats with the partisan energy essential to win. The alchemy of mixing a fun-loving but prickly 72-year-old Washington fixture...
...result might be disorienting to some of the Sandinistas' more traditional Christian base: Ortega, dressed in pastels in order to channel positive energy, delivers a meandering speech on the danger of devils and the love of Christ and of Sandino, while sitting in front of psychedelic painting of an eyeball in the center of a hand surrounded by snakes - a colorful mural painted by Murillo behind Ortega's chair in Sandinista headquarters, to protect him from evil...
...They don't like to see Iraq in a good friendship with the United States," says Hammoud, who met with the Iranian foreign minister last week to allay Tehran's fears over the security agreement. "They think that the territory of Iraq will be the base for attacking Iran...
...Obama is the hardest Democratic candidate to define in history. By some measures, Obama is white and black, rich and poor, at home in elite institutions and on the streets of the South Side of Chicago. But the real importance of Obama’s candidacy is the incredible base of support that gave it rise. At the Democratic Convention, that base was on show, and its diversity and uniqueness proved that the Democratic Party, from the top of the ticket on down, represents real American people...
...Obama's running mate. But where 55% of white women voted for Bush in 2004, only 50% voted for Republican candidates in the 2006 midterm elections, which was one of the reasons the party lost both houses of Congress. And as much as Palin pleases the conservative base of the party, white women were the real target audience McCain was aiming at with his surprise pick of the Alaska governor. The campaign hopes female voters will relate to her thoroughly modern and complicated everywoman story, even if they don't agree with her on the issues. (See photos of Sarah...