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...Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende informed the Queen that the government he put together 87 days ago had reached a dead end. The reason: a bitter leadership feud between Economics Minister Herman Heinsbroek and Health Minister Eduard Bomhoff, both members of List Pim Fortuyn (LPF). When Balkenende, a Christian Democrat, failed to reconcile them, it was obvious that this cabinet was not going to survive. "The LPF is brilliant at carrying wood to its own funeral pyre," says the hapless Mat Herben, a former party leader who now takes up the post again. "Sometimes it even provides the matches...
...fact that Democratic members of Congress, neutered by their fear of being labeled unpatriotic, cannot provide any credible opposition to the conflict has, alas, bypassed Kastner. “If we don’t get Democrats in power, then what we say will be ignored,” she claimed. Doubtless, between handing out countless fliers, pins and t-shirts to potential Jean Shaheen supporters on the streets of New Hampshire, there has just been no time for HCD members to figure out amongst themselves whether they agreed with her hawkish, pro-administration views on war in Iraq...
...telephone company allegedly booked phantom revenue. But Qwest's ex-CEO Joseph Nacchio, in little-noticed testimony last week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he had consulted Anschutz on all major decisions. Now committee staff members plan to question Anschutz again on the deals, and if Democrats get their way, on his sale of $2 billion in Qwest stock before it cratered--twice as big a haul as that of any other corporate insider. The committee's renewed interest may quiet suspicions that Anschutz's Republican ties--he is a major G.O.P. donor--have shielded him until...
...sudden uncertainty has come as a shock to Democrats, who just six weeks ago were weighing their odds of also reclaiming the House, where Republicans hold a six-seat edge. Of the 34 Senate races, 16 seats are truly in play; control of the body is likely to turn on the outcome of tight contests in Colorado, New Hampshire, Missouri, Georgia, Arkansas and elsewhere, which makes the Republicans' fund-raising edge all the more valuable. This will be the last election fluffed up by unlimited soft-money donations before the new campaign-finance laws kick in. Democrats have raised...
...Hutchinson became a Democrat - for the second time - largely by chance. A rising star as mayor of Bettendorf, a suburban town on the Mississippi, she was courted by both parties. The Republicans wanted her to run for lieutenant governor four years ago; she didn't like the head of the ticket. The Dems, in 1996, asked her to vie for Congress against Jim Leach; she figured he couldn't lose. But with redistricting last year, Leach moved west, leaving Nussle the man to beat in the First District. "He lost much of his rural base; 42% of the district...