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...opponents of illegal immigration as mostly a bunch of nativist bigots rather than concerned citizens [Dec. 10]. But is it racist to say that a legal immigrant from Chile deserves a job more than an illegal immigrant from Mexico? I hope it is not considered bigoted to be in favor of the rule of law and against the systematic disrespect of it by those who enter our country illegally and those who help them. Jeremy Slavin, TUSCON, ARIZ...
...This is unlikely, since the man looks as fit as a flea; it has been centuries since any Kremlin ruler - except for the incumbent, Vladimir Putin - has looked in ruder health. The second snag would be any change of mind by Putin. Medvedev owes his projected elevation to the favor of just one man. Such is Putin's dominance that Medvedev has immediately begged him to serve as his Prime Minister after the elections in March...
With polls set to close at noon today, this year’s Undergraduate Council presidential elections appear to be headed for the lowest voter turnout in the last decade. The lower turnout may favor the two outsider tickets in a race in which current Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 has been cast as the clear favorite to win the presidency...
...votes as the second place finisher that year, Maryellen “Mel” McGowan ’09—campaign manager for Sundquist and running mate Randall S. Sarafa ’09—said that the lack of voter enthusiasm would likely not favor her ticket...
...attendance, half were cheering for the libertarian congressman. The chair of Harvard Students for Ron Paul, Pedro L. Teixeira Jr. '09 drew sustained applause when he defended Paul against charges from opponents that he was a radical. “Apparently being too radical means you're in favor of obeying the Constitution, you're for the rule of law, and you're for following the Founding Fathers," Teixeira said. Andrew L. Schlafly, Jr. '10, who chairs Harvard Students for Huckabee, pointed out a Rasmussen poll released yesterday that, for the first time, shows former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leading...