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...VILSACK, former Iowa Governor and the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for President in 2008, who withdrew from the race after he could not raise enough money to compete on a national scale...
CONGRESSMAN JIM MORAN, Virginia Democrat and co-sponsor of a bill requiring labels for all clothes with fur, introduced after the Humane Society discovered manufacturers using dog fur and calling it fake, prompting some retailers to pull items from shelves...
...been unsettling too. Software failures and gaffes committed by the city's election commission bollixed last Nov. 7's election. The upshot: hundreds of perplexed and angry voters couldn't cast ballots. In January, days after moving into the Governor's office, the ever smiling Bill Ritter--a Democrat, of all things--stood accused of reneging on a campaign pledge, socking union leaders by vetoing a bill that would have made it easier to organize workers...
...college students who were suspected of committing suicide sued universities officials for failing to provide adequate mental health care. “It is the only bill of its type in the country,” said the bill’s sponsor, Delegate Albert C. Eisenberg, a Democrat, in a phone interview with The Crimson. But at Harvard, a top mental health official said that the legislation, if signed into law, could carry dangerous consequences for Virginia universities in forcing them to care for mentally ill students. “Who would be responsible for 24-hour treatment...
...Still, it is so early in this wide-open race that no one dares to offer a firm prediction - except that voters, now more than ever, won't tolerate mudslinging. "The bulk of us who are active will ignore it," says attorney Robert Josten, 64, a Des Moines Democrat. "We will not let it be silly... the candidates are going to hurt themselves as much as they hurt each other if they play the childish games." "It diverts our attention from the real issues and it's annoying. Americans are so frustrated right now and really want to see clear...