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...Montana senatorial race is on most pundits’ short lists of “toss-up” races. A win here is said to be vital to the Democrats’ battle to reclaim Congress’ upper chamber; so vital, in fact, that by today, the candidates and political parties will have spent close to $20 per voter...
...House seats are on the ballot, and officials from both parties at midday were privately predicting a Democratic pick-up of at least 20 seats and maybe more. Democrats need 15 seats to take control of the lower chamber; some Republicans were braced for a Democratic gain of twice that number. The Senate is a longer reach for Democrats, requiring them to pick up six seats, but that is no longer considered beyond their grasp...
...higher taxes, weakened national security and slower economic growth, all charges the Democrats dispute. But observers on both sides of the political aisle seem to agree on one thing: an era of unprecedented gridlock could soon descend upon Washington. With partisan Democrats in control of at least one chamber of Congress and the Bush Administration riding out its last two years in the White House, the thinking goes, the nation's capital would descend into endless hearings, investigations and political scoresettling - and no legislation would get through...
Enormous bluestone slabs form the walls and roof of Pentre Ifan, a bronze age burial chamber near Newport, South Wales, which has views of the sea in one direction and Carningli (Angel Mountain) in the other. Its builders must have chosen its imposing site deliberately, say guides Mary Baker and Maria Rocke, co-founders of Archaeotours. Supplying a running commentary and picnic lunch, they take small parties around South Wales' many historic sites by car, van or foot. The duo met as archaeology college students, and aim to prove there's "more to Wales than leeks, hats and choirs," says...
...bubble of giggly Beatlemania; I heard a visiting VIP yelp, "Omigod, I just saw Tony Snow!" His fame--invariably, his colleagues describe him as a "rock star"--has unavoidably changed the very nature of the job. He is more than a mouthpiece; he's a one-man echo chamber, able to riff on the themes of the Bush presidency with a wide smile and a word-a-day-calendar vocabulary. His flamboyant style has drawn the media spotlight just a little off center, away from the President. And these days, the White House doesn't mind...