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...Sure, you have the country’s best interest in mind when deciding if Rudy or Mitt is better to defeat the evil Hillary-monster, but please, vote with your heart this time, not your head...
...Crimson, which failed to repeat as Ivy League champions but still earned an at-large bid and home-field advantage based on its No. 15 ranking, the defeat provided the squad’s second straight early-round exit from the NCAA Tournament...
...predictable as the election seemed, few were prepared for the scale of the government's defeat. Labor had to capture 16 Coalition seats to win; at press time it had taken 24, with the outcome in five seats still in doubt. More shocking for the Coalition, Howard was hanging on by his fingernails to his northwestern Sydney seat of Bennelong - and appeared set to become the first Prime Minister since 1929 to be turned out of his own electorate...
...16th consecutive year of economic expansion, with GDP growing at over 3% a year and exports at 10%. Unemployment and interest rates are the lowest since the 1970s. Listening to Howard's concession speech Saturday night, former Liberal Senator Michael Baume said: "This is the first defeat of a government in decades where there was no evident anger or public rage...
...quite that way. With his seat looking lost to Labor, on Saturday night Howard congratulated Rudd, thanked sobbing supporters and said, "There is no prouder job in the world that anyone can occupy than being P.M. of this country." He said he took "full responsibility" for the Coalition's defeat. On Sunday, Costello made the surprise announcement that he would not stand for party leadership and would quit politics at the end of his term. The double knockout was a reminder that for the conservatives this election is not just a single defeat; it means a coast-to-coast wipeout...