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...Democrats aren't persuaded. The entire program "is a multibillion-dollar giveaway to the drug companies," complains Rep. Henry Waxman, the Government Reform Committee's top Democrat. Ultimately, seniors will decide which party has made the best case when they go to the polls in November...
...weather. I bet hurricane, you bet calm seas. You win some, you lose some. Q: And what about the firefighter whose pension plan put money into Amaranth. A: Oops. Alas, this Q-and-A was clearly fictional. I’m not a lefty (or even a Democrat). I don’t intend this to be a screed about the evils of capitalism. What Amaranth can teach us, rather, is the need for a little humility. The people at Amaranth were the best and the brightest. They were graduates of the best colleges. They took fairly rigorous math...
...military is the institution in our society that best reflects the values of the Democratic Party," says retired Vice Admiral Joe Sestak, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania's Seventh District. This is a wonderful, underutilized political technique, the "Huh? Tell me more!" statement. And the small gathering of neighbors in Barbara and Charles Blum's Hershey's Mill living room is all ears. Sestak explains that the military provides universal health-care coverage and substantial educational benefits-"I was able to get a Ph.D. from Harvard," he says-and it has also been a pioneer in providing equal...
PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF THE MISSING LINC Lincoln Chafee, the pro-choice, antiwar, handgun-hating Senator, wins his Rhode Island Senate primary, proving that the G.O.P. will do anything to keep its majority--even elect a Democrat...
...good." But in the Senate, Graham has become one of Hillary Clinton's good friends and has sponsored legislation with her to expand health benefits for reservists and members of the Guard--one of many times he has worked across the Senate aisle. Alex Sanders, the Democrat he defeated in 2002 to get the job, told TIME, "If I'd have known how Lindsey would turn out, I would have voted for him." And Dick Harpootlian, who in 2002 chaired the South Carolina Democratic Party, has gone so far as to send Graham a $1,000 campaign contribution...