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...This express lane to the nomination was crafted by party bigwigs and state parties to favor frontrunners and avoid a divisive primary season that leaves a bloody, bruised nominee to face the President. Ironically, it initially looked like the system would favor outsider Howard Dean, who won the pre-primary season before killing his campaign with a dreadful last month before Iowa. During that month, Democrats who weren't Deaniacs took a long look at Dean and decided the party needed the candidate least like the former Vermont governor. That was Kerry...
...threw out 40 years of diplomacy with what we did in Iraq,” said Kerry, who added that while her father voted in favor of the initial resolution to authorize war, he regarded it as the “toughest vote he has had to make...
...students present seemed to favor the idea of moving winter exams before Christmas break, even if it meant starting the school year earlier...
...Virtually every democracy with an independent judiciary has come out against this court having jurisdiction over this case,” he said. “And almost every country that has come out in favor of the court having jurisdiction over this case is a tyranny with no real justice system...
...late January. The buck may hold firm if, as seems logical, Europe cuts interest rates to combat slow growth. A steady dollar would remove the currency edge of foreign securities, which in dollar terms rose nearly twice as much as they did in local currencies last year. You should favor U.S. assets. As a hedge, hold some European stock or bond funds, which as rates decline overseas could rally sharply. Consider Mutual European or Fidelity Europe Capital Appreciation, which have been top performers over the past three and five years. Credit Suisse Global Fixed Income has been a stellar bond...