Word: incumbentitis
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Whatever the reason that prompted Jenny Sanford to write Staying True - and it remains a mystery, since she needs neither the money nor the publicity and she has said she would never run for office - the writing was not done in the heat of anger. She comes off as tough...
There may be incentives for Khamenei to negotiate as well. The Supreme Leader's authority has traditionally rested on holding himself above day-to-day political decision making and infighting. But in the June election, Khamenei pre-emptively declared Ahmadinejad the winner before challenges to the vote count could be...
But the difficulty is that any compromise would almost certainly have to involve Khamenei moving against Ahmadinejad, initiating a process within the political system that would involve the incumbent either being ousted or having his power considerably diluted. The leaders of the opposition risk losing the backing of their supporters...
Still, the Tea Party folk are fervent. The group's event coordinator, Judy Hoelscher, is relatively new at all this and has the enthusiasm of a convert. When she was living in California, she voted for Gray Davis, a Democrat, for governor. Now she paints signs and has a website...
This wasn't a partisan opinion, though some headlines have suggested that, focusing on the word corporation to mean Big Business, as in Republican. But the decision does not simply apply to business. It lifts limits on all incorporated groups. Under the law that was struck down, Kennedy noted, "the...