Word: defeated
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...Jack Abramoff congressional lobbying scandal unmasked the candidate who built his career on the issue of values as one who apparently had his own questionable values. And so it was that Tuesday Reed lost both his party and his religious conservative base in a humbling Republican primary defeat, losing by nearly 20 points to Casey Cagle, a state senator from Hall County...
...When he conceded defeat, Reed addressed about 100 faithful for only five minutes, and quickly left the hotel ballroom, noting that Election Day was also his 19th wedding anniversary and striking a chord for party unity. "Job number one is to work for Governor [Sonny] Perdue's re-election..." Undaunted by his defeat, Reed still had the audacity to trumpet the same signature issue that had been his undoing. "It was a positive campaign about the issues; about fiscal responsibility, about improving our schools through charter and choice, and about strengthening our values... Stay in the fight, don't retreat...
...harrumphed: "Ginzburg was clearly publishing pornography... The Court inescapably concluded that Ginzburg had no scholarly, literary or scientific interests; he was strictly an entrepreneur in a disreputable business who took his chances on the borderline of the law and lost... The pornographic racketeers have cause to worry, and their defeat is society's gain...
...outskirts of London Sunday, some 13,800 spectators watched the world’s top ranked male tennis player, Roger Federer, defeat world #2 Rafael Nadal to win his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title...
...political climate has since shifted in McKinney's favor. Redistricting in 2004 strengthened McKinney's standing by removing some of her antagonistic white constituency. And anti-Bush sentiment is high. Crossover voting in Georgia's open primary (which helped defeat McKinney in 2002) is likely to be smaller than usual because of a heated Republican fight for lieutenant governor between former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed and Georgia Senator Casey Cagle. Plus, it's tough to defeat an incumbent...