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...There are possibly hundreds of millions of dollars that have been paid to taxpayers who are not entitled to the credit," said Representative John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, while chairing a House committee earlier this month. Still, Stuart Saft, a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, thinks the tax-credit program can be cleaned up without eliminating it. "It's a question of monitoring its use more closely...
...proving the left-right spectrum to be inadequate. Three big off-year elections involved major candidates who were independent (New York City mayor and New Jersey governor) or third-party (the congressional election in New York, where the Conservative Party candidate forced out the Republican, who endorsed the Democrat). That's not to say "liberal" and "conservative" are useless, but they're not nearly enough. (See pictures of 60 years of election night drama...
...election is the second time McDonnell and Deeds have faced off: McDonnell ran against and defeated the Democrat by just 360 votes in the 2005 election for state Attorney General...
...thesis is a serious problem for me - as a feminist and someone who supports gay rights. Definitely I feel like he's a reactionary." - Ann Merchant, a Democrat who voted for Deeds, on McDonnell's controversial thesis (Washington Post...
...Virginians in particular have consistently repudiated the new President by choosing a governor from the opposite party. The Old Dominion is likely to follow that pattern again in 2009, with Republican Bob McDonnell holding a substantial lead in recent polling. If the Democrat, Creigh Deeds, loses, the GOP will retake the executive mansion in Richmond for the first time in over a decade. Democrats will blame the loss on local issues and a weak effort by Deeds, but there will be no denying that Obama and his agenda played a role. Some conservatives are turned off by the Administration...