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Some familiar with the internal battles say Bair is too focused on the security of her own agency. "When the President says we're facing a systemic problem, should you really worry that you're not going to get your fund topped up by Congress?" asks one. But Bair knows that her chief role is to reassure everyday investors. "Your money is safe in the bank if it's FDIC-insured," she says. That's good. Because in the coming months, there may be many more modern-day Lydia Lobsigers...
...Republicans across the state and country pounced on Mahoney's clumsy response. Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, happened to be at a fund raiser for Mahoney's opponent in Palm Beach County, where Mahoney lives, the morning of Mahoney's press conference, and he wasted no time in attacking the alleged $121,000 in hush money given to Allen. Party members blasted Mahoney, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a separate Ethics Committee investigation - which, since Congress is on recess, would have to take place after the election. Florida's Republican Party...
...Even before the current scandal, Mahoney was facing a tough re-election battle with Republican Tom Rooney, an attorney and well-funded opponent whose family owns the Pittsburgh Steelers. A survey of 400 likely voters conducted by Rooney's campaign in early September gave Mahoney a 48-41 lead, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 points. In a district where Republican registrants still lead Democrats by 41% to 37%, Mahoney has done his best to sell himself as a moderate Democrat, picking up an endorsement from the National Rifle Association. But Republicans had already targeted Mahoney...
...professor, met an influential group of Chicagoans who would be crucial for his eventual bid for Palmer's Illinois senate seat. (Obama would formally launch that bid on Sept. 19, 1995 at the Hyde Park Ramada.) For a time, Ayers and Obama served on the board of the Woods Fund, a nonpartisan charitable group. They also worked together on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which was supported by funds of an organization set up by Walter Annenberg, the late publisher whose widow is a supporter of John McCain...
Meanwhile, many of the institutions with which Ayers has been affiliated continue to receive inquiries from reporters and political activists. The scrutiny has been so severe that Deborah Harrington, president of the Woods Fund, has hired a public relations firm. She can't wait until Nov. 4. "We hope that at that point, we can return to normal," she says. Amid the controversy, the fund's board has discussed whether Ayers has become too much of a distraction. But, Harrington says, "We knew who he was, and about his past, when he came on the board. People can change...