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...After an interim period sure to be marked by uncertainty, Mbeki is likely to be succeeded by his former deputy and sometime foe Jacob Zuma, a populist who has faced corruption and rape charges in the past few years - allegations he has always denied and which his supporters have claimed were politically motivated. A recent court ruling that state prosecutors ignored proper legal procedure gave that claim some validity...
...country's principal voice of conscience - said he was "deeply disturbed" at the way in which recent events showed that the nation "has been subordinated to a political party." Tutu noted, however, that "even the most powerful parties bite the dust at some point." The ANC will always claim an honored place in the history of South Africa, and of its people's fight for freedom. But Tutu's comments reveal a nation impatient for its ruling party to mature into something more appropriate for a continent's leading democracy...
...Association plans tens of millions of direct-mail pieces attacking Obama as being a threat to hunters, and has television ads already running in Colorado and New Mexico, where voters can cast their ballots early. An outfit known as BornAliveTruth.org has been advertising in swing states with the misleading claim that Obama supports the death of fetuses born after failed abortions. (Obama opposed an Illinois senate bill he said could have jeopardized other abortion statutes; at the time, Illinois law required doctors to save the lives of all viable fetuses after birth.) In Michigan, a political committee called Freedom...
...newspaper ad by Brooks' group cites the fact that Obama's foreign policy views have been praised by Pat Buchanan, a Republican and a longtime critic of American policy toward Israel. At the same time, the liberal group MoveOn.org has been sending around e-mails with the apparently false claim that Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate, supported Buchanan in the 2000 election. (She wore a Buchanan button when he visited Alaska but says she never backed him.) All the money and outside effort has a single goal: reaching voters where the candidates have not. "This election is going...
...Porter is one of few professors at Harvard who can claim a résumé punctuated by multiple stints on Pennsylvania Avenue. But it was a long journey from practicing his serve on the tennis team at Brigham Young to playing a match at the White House—as Gerald Ford’s partner...