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...Meanwhile, Florida's Democrats are formulating a response - and don't bet on them caving in to the DNC. For one thing, the costs and logistics of arranging a separate, later primary election look prohibitive. More crucially, state party leaders like Geller simply believe Dean and the DNC are out of line. Florida's Democratic Senator, Bill Nelson, is threatening legal action to test whether poltiical parties actually have the kind of authority the DNC is trying to assert. And Geller says he even plans to urge Democratic donors in Florida, one of the country's most lucrative sources...
...Obama's latest gambit isn't only about recasting his image - he is also laying down a trademark political bet here. Normally, Cuban policy is never much more than a wash for Democrats: so many Cuban Americans register and vote as Republicans that there isn't much point in trying to woo them with policy proposals, unless they are hard-line, which usually results in pandering charges. But Obama seems to see an opening here others don't: he appears to be making, with this proposal, a pitch for younger voters and newly arrived Cuban immigrants, who have more liberal...
...suggested by my colleague Joe Klein, Huckabee bristled. "Joe would be shocked at the kind of response we're getting here. I fully expect that our campaign will do well enough to win New Hampshire; I realize that's a bold, outlandish thing to say, but I wouldn't bet against me out here," Huckabee said...
...person] would take us to different shows and to art museums," says Q-Tip. "There was real mentorship. Today that's largely absent, and we see the results in the music and in the aesthetic." That result is a stale product, defined by cable channels like BET, now owned by Viacom, which seems to consist primarily of gun worship and underdressed women...
...polka-dot pocket square. He recalled how prescient strategy--and a stroke of luck--turned DLF into a property powerhouse. Founded by Singh's father-in-law Chaudhury Raghuvendra Singh, DLF (originally Delhi Land & Finance) got started in 1946, a year before India won its freedom from Britain. Raghuvendra bet that hundreds of thousands of refugees who were expected to settle in India's capital when partition split the subcontinent into India and Pakistan would need places to live. He persuaded farmers around New Delhi to hand over their land on the promise of future payment, borrowed money to develop...