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...kick-off event for the Harvard College Democrats?? Massachusetts Politics Week, Mass. State Senator and Middlesex County district attorney candidate Jarrett T. Barrios ’90 discussed his platform before a student gathering in the Kirkland Senior Common Room last night. Barrios, who is the first openly gay Hispanic Mass. state senator, addressed issues ranging from violent crime prevention to the gubernatorial race to the Supreme Court’s recent Solomon Amendment decision. Barrios, who will face another Democrat, Gerry Leone, in the district attorney race, advocated reforms focusing not just on winning convictions...
...included former Senator Bob Graham, D-Fla. “They sit and don’t know [whether] to wind their butts or scratch their watches.” Begala advised troubled Democrats to ask, “What would Clinton do?” Begala cited the Democrats?? docile response to Republican fliers distributed in West Virginia during the 2004 election that suggested Democrats would ban the Bible. He said that his former boss would have responded more aggressively to that charge. Begala broke out in a full-blown Clinton drawl and said that?...
...argument for an even number of justices could be a double-edged sword in the Democrats?? hands. Now that the Alito confirmation is a done deal, why not let President Bush appoint a tenth justice to the high court? Democrats would shudder at the prospect. So the case for an even number of justices might be sound in theory, but in practice, it’s tinged with partisan motivations. As Senator Specter suggested, the nine-justice system “naturally raises cynicism”—but so does any effort to undo...
...spokesman denies that Affleck has any intention of running, the prospect is certainly tempting. Affleck and his wife, Jennifer Garner, have been spotted recently looking at real estate near Charlottesville, Virginia. In addition, University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato, a well respected political pundit, hinted that Democrats?? whispers have been of a serious nature; “[The rumor of Affleck’s bid] spread pretty widely, at least in the political underground,” he told the Post. Though Affleck has never held political office, he has been politically outspoken, most noticeably...
...don’t have the luxury [of fighting] in a world that is moving at Internet speed,” he said to a crowded room of Harvard Democrats. The governor, oft-mentioned as a potential presidential candidate for 2008, outlined three main issues he believes the Democrats??and the next president—must take on. Personal security, economic security, and political efficacy and accountability are the most important problems facing America, Warner said. All three must become Democratic issues, he added. “We as a party have to take back this country...