Word: democratator
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with these hard truths in mind, which Democrat running for president is best suited to navigate the complex web of political ideology, special interests, and lobbies that will dominate American politics for the foreseeable future? Who will actually get something done? Hillary Clinton, who has the most preparation, experience, and knowledge ever combined in one Presidential candidate, and who also happens to be a woman, is clearly the candidate best suited at this particular moment in our history...
...measured but unquestionably tough liberal Democrat, already one of the most famous and respected women in the world, only Hillary is up to the task of leading us out of Iraq, resolving the Iran stand-off, and dealing with events in Afghanistan and Pakistan while re-bonding with our traditional allies...
...Every Democrat on the New Hampshire ballots offers policies that comprise a sea change from eight years of the Bush administration, but only Barack Obama can move beyond the level of policy to reshape the political system in a way that puts the common good, rather than power struggles, at the forefront of policymaking...
...contemporary American Democrat, the brazen U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has been an epoch-making event. Naturally, liberal politics has made the war its rallying point: Insofar as the catastrophic situation in the region correlates to the incapacities of the Bush coterie, a Democratic alternative is expected in the White House by January 2009, at which point liberals everywhere anticipate a decisive break from the follies of the past...
...else what? Such efforts usually either come to nothing or result in spirited but ultimately failed third-party White House bids (see John Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992 and '96). But 2008 is different because Mike Bloomberg, the Democrat turned Republican turned unaffiliated mayor of New York City, might run--and spend $1 billion of his personal fortune on the effort. Both Nunn and Hagel have suggested they would accept an offer to be Bloomberg's running mate. Though publicly coy, Bloomberg is the animating force behind the Oklahoma meeting, and his aides have been feverishly laying...