Word: fallen
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...message "Reid-McCain: Two Sides of the Same Damn Coin. Vote Them Out." Another placard featured McCain's picture with the words "No More RINOs [Republicans in Name Only] - Retire McCain." Before Palin's arrival, activists in the crowd debated among themselves whether the former Alaska governor had fallen from grace by trying to save McCain, who is facing a spirited challenge in the state's August Republican primary from former Congressman and conservative talk-show host J.D. Hayworth. Although Hayworth doesn't have the formal backing of Arizona's Tea Party movement, his campaign's animating spirit - that McCain...
Florida Governor and GOP Senate candidate Charlie Crist went into his first debate against primary-election opponent Marco Rubio on Sunday with a nagging reminder of the deep hole his campaign has fallen into. Some voter polls in recent weeks showed Rubio leading Crist by 30 points or more; a more credible Mason-Dixon survey released on Friday still had the former Florida house speaker ahead of the governor by 11 points, 48-37, in a race many have labeled a critical battle between moderates and conservatives for the Republican Party's soul as it tries to rebound from...
...increasingly it seems that the needs of constituents have fallen on deaf ears to Washington leaders as party-line commitment now trumps the duty to hometown voters. Representation in Congress is no longer vested in pushing constituency interests, which are now being marginalized by national party politics. In fact, the ill-fated “Cornhusker Kickback” represents the rare hat tip to a congressman’s constituents in the last year. Kudos, Senator Ben Nelson, for trying...
...number of Japanese students at Harvard has fallen by one third in recent years—from 151 students in 1999 to 101 last year—Faust urged Japan’s university leaders to encourage their students to study at Harvard...
...twisted tragedy of the morally bankrupt Vanger dynasty, a fallen and disgraced journalist, and a girl who has experienced every horror one could imagine is deeply engaging. Despite the slightly lacking plot development, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a near triumph...