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...fabricate law from the bench." He noted that he had spent some time near New Hampshire while in school, but never mentioned the Ivy League institution (Harvard Medical School) that he attended. He also said he would support New Hampshire remaining the first primary in nation. (Iowa has a caucus...
...further probing the question as to why female undergraduates tend not to be elected to head political organizations, women have formed and flocked to new campus organizations such as the Women’s Leadership Network, the Women’s Leadership Project, the Conservative Women’s Caucus, and the Seneca. These organizations guarantee leadership experience and executive roles for undergraduate women without forcing them to face the biases against female leaders. Moreover, they offer female undergraduates same-gendered mentors and with venues to present and educate the campus on women’s issues...
...also played a portion of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s fiery speech during the Democratic National Convention last July and clips from the 2004 presidential campaign trail, including Howard Dean’s infamous scream during the Iowa caucus...
...governors and the congressional caucus matter more. Yes, the presidential nominee matters infinitely more. Yes, a party is a cacophony of many voices and many views—and 10,000 activist-junkies all of whom have a crackpot grand strategy for victory...
...inside and outside the group say the N.A.A.C.P., which was founded in 1909 and claims some 500,000 members, needs to shift gears. "There was a time to do a lot of marching," says Elijah Cummings, a Democratic Congressman from Baltimore and the outgoing leader of the Congressional Black Caucus. "Now it is time to do a lot of negotiating." That means reaching beyond liberals who have supported the civil rights agenda. Even within the black community--and the N.A.A.C.P.--there is a growing conservative voice. Some 11% of blacks voted for Bush in 2004, up from...