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After the battle royale over Texas redistricting, it all comes down to a brawl on the streets of Laredo. It is there, in the rough and tumble of South Texas politics, that Democrats may have a chance to gain a congressional seat following Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision that, for the most part, upheld the controversial redistricting orchestrated three years ago by former Congressman Tom DeLay. But the fight over the seat currently held by Republican Henry Bonilla also could reopen old wounds between the Democratic Hispanic base and liberal Anglo leadership...
...another possibility is that both sides reflexively clenched their fists for a brawl, even when there wasn't much of a fundamental disagreement. Sprigg contends that there's "a theme running through liberal criticism of the Bush Administration and conservatives in general that they are anti-science. This a theme they'll point to on things as disparate as global warming, intelligent design, RU-486. I think people with that mindset just latched onto this, thinking it looked like a good example of that theme...
...Apart from the blogosphere brawl it has caused, McCain's recent graduation speaking tour was pure political genius. By choosing to speak first at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, McCain helped make amends with the fundamentalists he infuriated back in 2000 when he denounced Falwell as an "agent of intolerance." And by delivering the same speech at Liberty University and the New School, McCain bolstered his credentials as a "straight shooter" with a political class that's easily impressed by such pirouettes...
...spate of interviews Tuesday, he said that Blair should fix a date precisely by telling a group of senior MPs when he's leaving. He even raised the historical precedent of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was chucked out of power after an unseemly brawl among Tory...
...student entry to the bus. The altercation resulted in no arrests at the time, but Harvard football head coach Tim Murphy said the shuttle driver instigated the situation. “Despite what was initially reported in The Crimson over the weekend, there was no ‘brawl,’ and the physical confrontation was initiated by the shuttle bus driver and not a Harvard athlete,” Murphy said. The Crimson originally reported the incident on Monday, but the suspensions were handed out during the week to the players. The driver in question has not been...