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...candidate doesn't exist. But chief counselor Ben Ginsberg insists- echoing one of the campaign's main themes - the attitude stems largely from the fact that Romney is "the outsider candidate. He's not from Washington and he's going to change Washington. He's not part of their club...
...into half measures, either. Taylor, a founder of England's Football Supporters' Association in the mid-80s, is calling on 100,000 Liverpool fans anywhere to each chip in $10,000 toward the cost of buying back the club and footing the bill for a new stadium. In return, individual fans - limited to a single share in the business - would each vote to elect executives to run the club. It's a model of ownership popular on the continent: Spanish soccer giants Barcelona are among several top-flight teams in the country to be owned by its fans...
...after the launch of shareliverpoolfc.com, the website where fans can register their interest in eventually putting up cash, it's difficult to gauge the appetite for a buyout among the club's 25 million supporters worldwide. Overwhelmed by visitors - the site was attracting a thousand hits a second - its pages crashed out of action seven minutes after going online, but was back up Friday afternoon...
...that ... fans want stability. Players want stability." In truth, it hasn't really worked out like that. A public spat with Rafael Benitez, Liverpool's Spanish team manager and a favorite among supporters, has done nothing for the American owners' own fan base in the city. Uncertainty over the club's ownership - Dubai International Capital, which offered $300 million for the club before Hicks and Gillett swooped with a better offer, was reportedly preparing a fresh bid just last month - hasn't helped, either. The result: three quarters of fans polled by the Liverpool Supporters' Network in January said they...
...Right now, there's no sign of that changing. "Liverpool football club is not for sale," maintains a spokesman for Hicks. (The club itself isn't commenting.) And last week, the owners agreed to some $700 million in refinancing, hinting at a longer-term commitment. For Taylor - who's not had any contact with either Liverpool owner about his scheme - picking up a private business that's not up for grabs in the first place seems like a pretty high hurdle. And even among Liverpool's legendarily large fan base, finding so many with enough money to pony...