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...important twenty or thirty years down the road, when he would be eligible to run, Chris told me. “Hopefully global warming will be somewhat resolved by then, energy independence will be somewhat established.” I had asked him earlier if he was a Democrat or a Republican, but he said he didn’t want to affiliate himself with either party. He thought it would be “premature” to “affix myself with a title that I don’t necessarily agree with,” Chris...
Despite his sunny disposition, you'd think Charlie Crist would be feeling a bit down right now. Florida's Republican governor just watched a northern Democrat, Barack Obama, win the Sunshine State in a presidential election for the first time since Franklin Roosevelt won it in 1944. Obama also took Pinellas County, which includes Crist's hometown of St. Petersburg. And Obama only lost nearby Sarasota County - which since 1944 hasn't fallen to any kind of Democrat, Yankee or otherwise - by a mere 237 votes...
...Like Clay, “The Great Compromiser,” McCain will be remembered for his efforts to reach across party lines in the spirit of doing what is best for the nation, such as when he worked alongside Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54-56 towards immigration reform and wrote the legislation that created the 9/11 Commission with then-Democrat Joe Lieberman...
...mean to diminish last week’s accomplishment. Obama succeeded in energizing millions of new voters. It is a towering achievement for an African-American to be elected president; heck, it is a towering achievement for a Democrat to be elected president. There is plenty of reason to celebrate and, after such a long campaign, to feel a sense of contented closure...
...which explains why the caricature of Emanuel in Congress as a hyperpartisan Democrat is both true and beside the point. He is a partisan, in the sense that he is a tireless advocate - but he is that way whether he's advocating for the Democratic Party in congressional races or for legislation on behalf of his President that many Democrats oppose. (Read "Congressional Races to Watch...