Word: defeatism
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McGovern, a social worker at the Cambridge Family and Children's Services who served one term on the School Committee from 2004 to 2006, attributed his defeat in the 2005 election to three factors: many of his supporters concluded that he would be safely reelected because due to his strong performance in the 2003 election; challengers Patricia M. Nolan '80 and Luc D. Schuster won over some of his reform-minded base; and turnout in the election was “one of the lowest in memory...
...hopes on Abbas, a moderate secularist who has been the titular leader of the Palestinians since the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004. Abbas has dismissed the Hamas-led government elected in January 2006 and appointed a new Cabinet of technocrats. To avoid a repeat of Fatah's defeat in Gaza, the U.S. moved swiftly to bolster Abbas in the West Bank by lifting an embargo on aid funds for the Palestinians. The new strategy--shared by the Israelis, the Europeans and the Bush Administration--is to flood Abbas' government with cash and attempt to transform the West Bank, while...
...collective 23, the overall result handed the opposition 227 seats. Sarkozy's Prime Minister Francois Fillon sought to put the Socialists' good showing in perspective. "The choice of voters has been clear and coherent in supporting the President and his application of reforms. Success of one side isn't defeat of the other, and we are obliged to take into account the wishes of voters who didn't back the President. [But] we won't wait any longer on the reforms the French want, and we will reform and innovate...
Nevertheless, election night held an unpleasant surprise for Sarkozy: the stunning defeat of conservative heavyweight Alain Juppe, who as Environment, Transport, and Sustainable Energy Minister was number two in Sarkozy's pre-election government. Juppe's failure to win a legislative seat leaves his political future in grave doubt...
...Socialist implosion became personal. The party's presidential candidate, S?gol?ne Royal announced her separation from her long-time life partner, PS leader Fran?ois Hollande. Their relationship had reportedly been rocky in Royal's loss to Sarkozy - members of her campaign team placed much of the blame for her defeat on Hollande. Royal said she would seek to win leadership of the party from the father of her children...