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Burner, who wanted to run in a district that stretches from wealthy Seattle suburbs to farmland at the base of Mount Rainier, passed muster. Now the two are bonded on a historic adventure--the Democrats' increasingly promising quest to evict Republicans from the leadership suites they have occupied for the past dozen years. "This Microsoft mom is going to be part of us taking back the Congress," Emanuel said hoarsely at a rally in a Mercer Island, Wash., community center last week...
...Shuler with several phone calls a day last summer, leaving messages like, "Heath, Rahm. I'm taking my kids to day care." The implication: You can do it too. Shuler signed up for the race, and polls show he's already even with Republican Charles Taylor in the Asheville district. Emanuel's army includes a sheriff, a former FBI agent and several Iraq war veterans, including Tammy Duckworth, a National Guard pilot who lost both legs when a grenade exploded in her helicopter in Iraq...
Each week the DCCC brands one congressional Republican the "Rubber Stamp of the Week," to mock fervent support for President Bush, and holds a conference call with reporters in the member's district to hammer the point home. "Our rapid-response operation is presidential timber," Emanuel brags...
...barred from making the calls from their offices, so many Democrats are miffed by the threat of another crackdown. Candidates who are getting lots of money from Emanuel's committee have to sign formal agreements that they will bring in enough on their own to compete in the district and get attention in local media--something Emanuel calls "M-squared," for money and message...
...steps should be taken to reverse the trend. According to numbers provided by the Massachusetts Department of Education, Cambridge Public School enrollment decreased from 6,927 students in 2002 to 5,746 in 2006, a four-year decline of more than 17 percent. Over the past 11 years, the district has lost over 27 percent of its students. The hearing, which was specially called to address the declining enrollment, was held in a roundtable format, meaning that committee members could speak freely but the public could not ask questions. It was the result of a resolution sponsored at the last...