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...audacious move and a smart one too--and not just because it gave Dean a chance to do a big favor for the only Democratic Congressman from a state whose Jan. 19 caucuses are looking more crucial than ever in the fight for the nomination. By siphoning off some of his money supply to Boswell, Dean was sending a signal to the Democratic Party establishment on Capitol Hill--especially Southern Democrats--which may have some misgivings about the prospect of a presidential ticket headed by an antiwar nominee from the liberal Northeast. The meaning was clear: My rising tide...
...ACSR threw unanimous support behind a proposal that oil giant ExxonMobil “review its policies related to human rights,” and the CCSR followed suit with a vote in favor of the measure...
While the city councils of Boston and Cambridge voted last spring to impose smoking bans at local bars and restaurants, the CCSR cast its vote in favor of a similar smoking ban at the restaurant chains of Yum! Brands, which include KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell...
Sachs expressed the hope that 2004 would bring a change in the global agenda in favor of addressing development issues...
...managed to convince a large voting bloc to ignore everything it had always considered central to its politics—labor, wealth distribution and a holistic understanding of the “right to life” that includes the death penalty, war and international aid—in favor of one issue. And if you think that the votes of Catholics don’t matter, just take a look at the rapidly increasing number of Hispanic voters—including a large Catholic population—in key states like Texas, California, New York and (2000 anyone?) Florida...