Word: democratic
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...After the Rogers parade, Franken rides an hour to the Chisago County Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party BBQ, where he asks the jazz band of elderly men to play him in. In front of 50 people, he delivers his stump speech about how kids he meets in high schools cannot remember an America that is respected in the world. Then he jogs off to serve hot dogs. Standing nearby is Jim Oberstar, a Democrat in the House since 1975, who marvels at how hard Franken has worked the state. Oberstar has given Franken only one bit of advice, which he delivered...
...University in Bangkok. He says Thaksin's exile could give Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej - who is closely allied with the former PM and once declared himself Thaksin's "nominee" - more flexibility to negotiate with the forces lining up against his government in recent months, including street protesters, the opposition Democrat Party and elements within the military. Street protest leader Chamlong Srimuang said, however, that demonstrations will continue until Samak's government falls - despite Thaksin's flight...
...millennium (literally: December 31, 1999) and been re-elected on his own in the spring of 2000. By the following summer, the former KGB resident of East Berlin (oh, how he must pine for the days ...) was already giving off vibes that he was no democrat. Albright was the last to give her answer that day. She paused and said softly, "Probably...
Obama met the second type of economic voter the next morning in St. Paul, Minn., when he stopped by the Copper Dome Restaurant for some pancakes. There he met Fred Romo, 71, a retired Ford factory worker. Romo's a lifelong Democrat, but he remains undecided, even after meeting Obama. "I'm kind of leaning towards Obama, but he's a rookie, you know, and I'm kind of worried about that," says Romo, who wants a candidate who'll bring down the cost of living for retirees...
...Democrat already has a leg up on McCain. According to a new Quinnipiac poll, Obama holds a ten-point edge among Colorado's union voters. The trouble for Obama is that only 8% of Colorado's workers are unionized, well below the national average. That's why Professor Scott Adler of UC-Boulder doubts union votes will be a difference-maker: "I don't think you could just win with only union voters," he says...