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...same time, Frist's hardball tactics--shutting out Democratic lawmakers, springing important bills just before arraignment and counting on exhausted opponents to give up--may come back to haunt him. For one thing, cooperation from angry Democrats may be even harder to secure now on complex measures like the $31 billion energy bill, which was snarled in the Senate last week because of disputes over ethanol subsidies and liability protection for makers of gasoline additives. "The environment in the Senate is as poisonous as I've ever seen," says a worried Republican Senator...
...same time, Frist's hardball tactics-shutting out Democratic lawmakers, springing important bills just before arraignment and counting on exhausted opponents to give up-may come back to haunt him. For one thing, cooperation from angry Democrats may be even harder to secure now on complex measures like the $31 billion energy bill, which was snarled in the Senate last week because of disputes over ethanol subsidies and liability protection for makers of gasoline additives. "The environment in the Senate is as poisonous as I've ever seen," says a worried Republican Senator...
...Dean continues to lead the pack into the primaries, look for him to continue his insurgent strategy. But he does need to be careful. His rebellious straight talk sometimes leads to off the cuff comments that come back to haunt him - like the stars-and-bars flub. Dean isn?t a racist, but the comment shows he can get himself in trouble by speaking faster than he thinks. That same tendency sank McCain?s hopes in 2000 when he decided to attack Jerry Falwell and the Christian right. George W. Bush proved in those primaries that he is a disciplined...
...Carey's story is a fascinating statement by Max Harris, editor of Angry Penguins, years after the original hoax was exposed: "I still believe in Ern Malley." In Carey's rendering, Bob McCorkle, the fictitious poet, is not only believable but actually comes to life?and then proceeds to haunt Chubb, his creator, to a gruesome end. It is a thoroughly gripping melodrama, rich with implications about the power of the imagination?and the greater power of fate...
...militarized forces of Russia's Interior Ministry, as he feeds a cat in the tightly guarded garrison that protects the Chechen government headquarters in Grozny. "This war is a f______ mess." Chechnya may not be Putin's undoing in the coming elections, but its endless nightmare is likely to haunt him in his second term...