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...ends the career of an ambitious New Democrat, a man who slaughtered his Republican opponent in 2001 and had long ago set an eye on Washington. But if this is a story of one man's dashed hopes--a man whose parents called him "our lad of great expectations"--it is also the story of a state's. McGreevey never fulfilled the promise he made in his inaugural address to "change the way Trenton does business." Actually, if you add up all the scandals involving McGreevey and the men and women of his inner circle, you could...
Early in the campaign, Jeff met with an influential Democrat who was known to control the Democratic machinery in his ward. The man claimed to sympathize with Jeff’s beliefs, but he explained that supporting Jeff would not be the prudent thing to do in a race where Russ Carnahan was widely expected to cruise to a massive victory. Jeff asked if the man knew of anybody else in the ward who might be worth talking to, and the man thought about it for a second before answering. “To tell you the truth...
...terms. The most dangerous leaders - political and religious - are those who paint the world in black and white. They profess to recognize very clearly, at first sight, the good from the bad. They have absolute certainty that God is on their side. Such demagogues can be Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Democrat or Republican. But the world's challenges are not black and white. Despite what the Bush Administration maintains, the war in Iraq has nothing to do with freedom. The U.S. invasion was based on lies. There were real geopolitical and business motives for overthrowing Saddam Hussein. H. Christian Eggenberger Platja...
...Democrats who received intelligence briefings quickly told their colleagues to hold their fire. During a conference call that House minority leader Nancy Pelosi held last Wednesday with Democratic Representatives scattered throughout the country, some were still grumbling about the politics of the Ridge press conference. Jane Harman, senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, quickly cut them off. Everyone should "take this threat very seriously," she told them. Indeed, members of Congress themselves may be in the terrorists' sights. Two days before Ridge issued his nationwide alert, an FBI official warned a congressional leader that he and other top legislative...
...home state of South Dakota, is pushing a bill to reinstate this year's across-the-board deadline. The law, he says, "enables Americans to perform a simple but significant act of patriotism every time they visit the grocery store." On the other side, Representative Charles Stenholm, a Democrat from Texas, mindful of Lone Star State feedlots that import Mexican cows, is co-sponsoring legislation to jettison mandatory labeling in favor of a voluntary system. That bill is backed by the four processors--Tyson Foods, Swift & Co., Cargill and National Beef Packing Co.--that control 81% of the nation...