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...state senator from South Carolina who is an Obama fan, says he'll back Edwards or Hillary Clinton. "Obama would need 43% in some states of the white vote to win, and that's humanly impossible," Ford says. "We in the South don't believe America is ready to elect a black President." That's not a view all civil rights activists have; Jesse Jackson, for example, all but endorsed Obama in a speech yesterday. For the moment at least, Obama enters the primary contest in a position any contender would envy - even Hillary Clinton...
Back in December 2000, if you had asked the then dark-haired President-elect to assess his predecessors, George W. Bush might have ranked Bill Clinton down around, oh, say, 42 out of 42. The President's friends say he has a lot more respect for Clinton now having seen what the ups and downs of the office are like. And this White House can only envy the final trajectory of Clinton's presidency--in a trough with two years to go and then celebrated as he ran up surpluses and pulled all-nighters negotiating Middle East peace. President Ronald...
...brutally suppressed for decades - were quick to stake their claim to the shape country's future. They embraced the American promise of democracy and, ordered to vote by their most respected spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, they turned out in their millions at the polling booths to elect the Arab-world's first Shi'ite government. And that inspired Shi'ites across the region to clamor for more rights and influence, challenging centuries-old arrangements that had kept them on the margins...
...pamphlet with tips for preventing sexual assault and facts about date rape drugs to recipients of the grants. “I think it is a great way to ensure a fun campus that is safe as well,” said Student Advisory Committee Chair and president-elect, Ryan A. Petersen d’08, who co-sponsored the bill with Ariana Kroshinsky ’08. According to the National College Women Sexual Victimization study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, up to 25 percent of women might be assaulted during their college years. The pamphlet emphasizes...
...Rebuilding the House Incoming house speaker Nancy Pelosi failed in her campaign to elect her ally John Murtha as House majority leader [Nov. 27]. But why should anyone have been surprised by Pelosi's decision to support the populist Murtha? The Democrats' gain in the election was primarily driven by dissatisfaction with the Republican Party, not support for left-wingers. I'm not sure, however, that either party deserved to win. The constant bickering and lack of focus on results shown by both parties are appalling and discouraging. Glen Wilson Westerville, Ohio...