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...which would mean they would need no more than a single GOP vote or so to prevail on any given issue. That would also give them the cushion to do the one thing that many of them have been itching to do most: kick Joe Lieberman out of their caucus and strip him of his committee chairmanship for supporting John McCain...
...gathered to raise money and express their enthusiasm for the upcoming election. The standing-room-only event—entitled Harvard for Change: An Evening with Harvard Faculty for Obama—was hosted by Harvard’s myriad Democratic student organizations, including the Harvard Kennedy School Democratic Caucus, Harvard College Democrats, Harvard Business School Democrats, and Harvard Law School Democrats. Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of the Harvard College Democrats, stressed the event’s goal of “unification,” saying that the format broke down barriers between the different...
...Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid discovered on Oct. 1. After the Democrat from Nevada emerged from a luncheon on Capitol Hill, he spoke briefly to reporters about the financial crisis, mentioning that another insurance company was in danger of following AIG into failure. "One of the individuals in the caucus today talked about a major insurance company - a major insurance company, one with a name that everyone knows - that's on the verge of going bankrupt," Reid said. The senator stopped short of identifying the company, which might have been smart - except that panicky investors proceeded to dump the stocks...
...Colombian economy, the country will still enjoy “a higher growth potential compared to its historical performance.” Audience member Maria P. Mogollon ’03, who is in her second year at Harvard Business School and is the president of the Colombia Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School, a group which co-sponsored the event, said that Zuluaga’s speech would help correct the country’s negative image. “Colombia is a country that is still being perceived, in spite of its dramatic growth and both economy...
...particular--but in modern Washington nothing is too important for partisan politics, especially a month before an election. Members in tight races don't think a lot about statesmanship; they think about survival. Even if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House minority leader John Boehner wanted to unite their caucuses behind a bill they thought the country needed, they don't have the power of a Sam Rayburn or a Tom DeLay to ramrod their members into line. In fact, with dozens of Republicans facing stiffer-than-normal challenges this year and House Democrats enjoying a $40 million financial advantage...