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...Affleck was at Grendel's Den today shooting a scene for his new movie, "The Town," along with wife Jennifer Garner (FlyBy was a huge Alias fan.) and daughters Violet and Seraphina...
...most crucial for getting a bill passed. Obama admitted in a prespeech interview with ABC that he made the mistake of keeping a distance from Congress because he didn't want to "step on any toes." Shoring up moderate Dems is a beginning; he must also work to garner support across the aisle, where Maine's Olympia Snowe is currently considered the most likely convert. During the summer of discontent, the White House stopped reaching out to some key potential votes: the other Senator from Maine, Susan Collins, says she hasn't heard from anyone at the other...
...feature could pass the House, Hoyer hedged. "I think the public option is a very good choice for consumers to have," he told reporters in his first-floor Capitol Hill offices. "On the other hand, I have said that I hope to move a bill forward that can garner majority support." Even progressives, more than 50 of whom had signed a pledge before the recess not to vote for any bill that did not include a public plan, have shown some willingness to bend on the issue - an indication of how spooked the caucus is by the summer theatrics...
Summer work on the capital campaign included outlining management changes, meetings with Harvard alumni, the administration, and student group leaders to garner support for the project...
...Kennedy’s leadership qualities and ability to garner support from other politicians, even those who disagreed with him, was exemplary. However, the next generation of public servants need not have a famous last name to be equally effective. We hope that present and future legislative leaders study Kennedy’s successes and step up to fill the void he left behind...