Word: bidness
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Davis, 41, is keenly aware that much of his bid's appeal - and challenge - lies in his personal narrative. That's why he began his recent talk in Rainbow City, before the audience of a couple of dozen people, with a familiar anecdote. On the day before Easter Sunday, 1977, he tells the audience, his single mother, a high school teacher, brought him to Alabama's state capitol for the first time. He was awed by the place. "I never could have imagined, growing up in West Montgomery, I'd ever have a chance to travel beyond that neighborhood, much...
...here it is: a list of things you can check out today. After all, you've been on campus for two days, and the denouement is here, my brave trekkers. So as you prepare to bid adieu to your new "friends," their clammy handshakes, and self-inflicted experimentation in awkward socialization, make sure you event-hop as much as you can. Ya'll are overachievers anyway...
...Beyond the enforcement and regional stability problems, Obama’s friendly gestures to Iran also perversely give misguided legitimacy to President Ahmadinejad’s regime in its reelection bid. The regime’s policies against civil rights for women and government actions silencing those seeking a democratic form of government gain more domestic support as Iran faces less international isolation. Changing the fundamental nature of the relationship between Iran and the rest of the world will come only from changing the composition and guiding philosophies of those who rule. The U.S. must encourage democracy in Iran...
BLAGO reality-show bid shut down by judge...
...surprised when Gavin Newsom announced April 21 that he would run for California governor. The young mayor of San Francisco has not tried to hide his ambition for higher office, even hinting he may one day run for president. What was surprising, though, was that Newsom announced his bid via Twitter: "It's official - running for Gov of CA. Wanted you to be the first to know. Need your help...