Word: democratization
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...evident then just a few weeks ago, when he cast one of his final votes. President Bush asked Congress to authorize him to use force against Iraq, arguing that a resolution would strengthen his hand during negotiations with the United Nations. With Election Day only a month away, most Democratic senators were not willing to vote no and risk being called unpatriotic by Republican challengers. Despite having serious reservations about Bush's rush to war, every Democrat facing a reelection fight voted yes - except for Wellstone. He voted against war with Iraq in 1991, he hadn't changed his views...
...both incumbent senators were Republicans. In 1998, the state decided a professional wrestler would make a good governor. Today's Minnesota is fairly well split between conservatives, moderates and liberals. In fact, the top three candidates for the governor's seat that Jesse Ventura is leaving - a Republican, Democrat and independent - are currently locked in a three...
Forsberg, a Democrat, founded and heads the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies—a Cambridge think tank that monitors international arms control and military policies...
...Democrat is hanging in there. "First they said Holden won't run; then they said he can't win," says Holden, 45. But the pro-gun, antiabortion, fiscally conservative former sheriff has always drawn a fair share of Republican votes. The line drawers also didn't figure that Gekas' age (72) and longevity in Congress (20 years) would start to become as much of a drag as an asset...
...That a Senate race in a state with fewer people than the city of San Francisco is getting all this attention has little to do with the two candidates, Democrat Johnson and Republican John Thune. But control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs, making close contests like this one crucial. Moreover, many political operatives regard the South Dakota race as a proxy war between Senate majority leader Tom Daschle, the state's senior Senator, and President George W. Bush, who sweet-talked Thune out of running for Governor so the Republicans might have a chance of humiliating Daschle...