Word: electioneered
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First: turn inexperience into an advantage. Gandhi, 38, is at least a generation younger than most of the other leaders of his party (let alone the opposition), and he has had little more than his pedigree and a few years as a consultant to back his entry into politics. He...
Third: remember your base - a big reason for Gandhi's appearance at the farm-belt rally. The rural poor still make up the vast majority of voters, and no party can win a general election without their support. Gandhi spoke to several thousand Congress supporters in Bhatinda, a small town...
Of course, winning an election is the main reason that Gandhi has come to Bhatinda. He has lent his star power to five young, handsome Congress candidates who are running for parliament from Punjab. All of them also come from politically well-connected families, though none with the name recognition...
Can Chávez carry the same swagger into this weekend's Americas summit in Port of Spain, Trinidad? At first glance, his decade-old Bolivarian Revolution (named for South America's 19th century independence hero, Simón Bolívar) seems as potent as it was four years...
Chávez, however, will need to make changes as well. In years past, say his critics, he could get away with some of his more authoritarian impulses because Bush was getting away with so many of his own. But Bush's exit may throw a brighter international spotlight on...