Word: defeatism
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Though he has played many roles since his first campaign, in 1968, Ickes is known best as a closer, the master of the bitter end who can wring important victories from defeat. He fought pitched, sometimes noble, usually hopeless battles on behalf of Eugene McCarthy, Ed Muskie, Ted Kennedy and Jesse Jackson. And in most cases, he took the fight for his underdog candidate all the way to the party's convention, where he tried every trick the rules allowed--and some they didn't--in the hope a miracle would happen. It never did. But in the process, Ickes...
Despite their defeat at the hands of Miyamoto, the 2008 poll will almost certainly be remembered for the epic battle fought between Colbert and Rain. If 2007's poll - in which Colbert created his own Korean pop video in an attempt to outshine Rain - was a World War I of meaninglessness, 2008 was far bloodier. Colbert mocked Rain on various outlets and pleaded with viewers to vote for him while Rain valiantly fought back, sending Colbert a video taunt that advised him to "keep your day job." Colbert countered by proposing a dance...
...slim that most French employees will show up for work on Friday, either, despite the fact that it's nominally a working day. The pattern will be repeated the following week, when workers kick off their weekend with Thursday's May 8 holiday marking the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, a triumph most will celebrate by staying away on Friday, too. All in all, May this year holds three weekend-expanding holidays...
...promising free bananas decisively beat Labour and Britain's two other leading parties, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. So it's not surprising that Ken Livingstone, the Labour politician aiming to win a third consecutive four-year term as London's mayor, hopes humor will help him to defeat his main challenger, Conservative Boris Johnson, when Britain's capital goes to the polls...
...Livingstone, whose success or failure will resonate loudly in Westminster. Voters throughout England and Wales are casting ballots in municipal elections on the same day, and Gordon Brown's battered Labour government is expected to perform miserably, losing perhaps as many as 200 local council seats. A Labour defeat in London's mayoral election would raise loud chortles in Conservative ranks and strengthen his critics in the media and his own party...