Word: candidatees
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Will Mohammed Khatami run for a third term as president of Iran, or won't he? That's the question dominating the political conversation in Tehran ahead of the June poll, in which hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - who succeeded the reformist Khatami in 2005 - is standing for reelection. Pressure...
On Wednesday, the reluctant candidate who once personified Iran's reform movement gave those who had been lobbying him to run reason to celebrate. "I should fulfill my promises made to people and announce my readiness to run [in the elections] despite my personal wish," Khatami said somewhat non-bindingly...
After leaving the Administration, Holder made millions representing corporations like Merck and MBNA. He met Obama six years ago at a Washington dinner party and later advised the then Illinois Senator's office. Obama tapped him, along with Caroline Kennedy, to head his vice-presidential search committee last summer, a...
French Socialist Ségolène Royal scored high enough marks as a presidential candidate in 2007 to finish second in the race, with 17 million votes. These days, her grades - and her ability to get on with her political colleagues - have slipped. In a new book set for...
"If there's a better [candidate] than me, I'll even campaign for him in 2012," Royal says in one of the many challenges laid down in the 40 hours of interviews the book boils down. "But for the moment - sorry - I don't see him."