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...course, the race for the Ivy League championship is not over yet. Harvard is riding a five-game winning streak and doesn’t look like it’s ready to lose anytime soon. But at 3-1 in conference play, the Crimson does not control its own destiny...
After having the House and Senate wrested from its clutching hands in 2006, on Tuesday night, the GOP was forced to watch its control of the executive branch evaporate as well, as a triumphant Barack Obama stood before thousands of jubilant supporters in Grant Park and proclaimed that change had come...
...sincerely hope that Stewart and Colbert can find a way to successfully navigate the transition from Bush to Obama, but more importantly, I hope that the Democratic Party can transform itself from opposition into leadership. Since winning control of Congress, Democrats have not handled their newfound power as gracefully as possible—though admittedly there have been considerable obstacles posed by a hostile executive branch. Now, with the Senate, the House, and the Presidency all in Democratic hands, there are no more excuses. The laughs are over. It’s time to get serious...
...being short an asset? For the really short guys, they don't have as much of an upper body to control, so they might have some advantage there. Some of the taller guys have longer arms, so they can give and take a little more. But it really doesn't matter...
...that numbered in the millions, and amassed a war chest of some $700 million. Now, however, the tough work begins. Between today and his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009, Obama must pick his advisers, organize a staff, appoint his cabinet and learn how to operate the countless levers of control that come with the highest office in the land - everything from getting briefed by U.S. intelligence agencies' top spymasters to figuring out the White House phones...