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...Still, immigrant Muslims remain devout social conservatives. And in Minneapolis in the days leading up to the celebration Tuesday night, one could hear many of them trying to reconcile their support for Ellison and other liberals on Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor ticket with their unrelenting opposition to abortion and especially homosexuality. It is clearly not easy for them to do so, but as one Muslim American leader born in Afghanistan put it, "the majority of Muslims weigh the alternatives" - and vote against President Bush and the Republicans...
...could now meet as early as next Sunday. Telekom's largest investors, the German government with 33% and Blackstone Group, which holds 4.5%, both sit on the supervisory board and will push to remove Ricke and Raizner. The supervisory board contains an equal number of representatives from investors and labor. "The major investors and labor representatives have lost confidence in current management's ability to improve the situation," said one source familiar with the situation...
...leading candidate to replace Ricke is Rene Obermann, the boyish CEO of T-Mobile, Telekom's fast-growing international mobile phone unit and the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. Obermann is the candidate preferred by the German government and labor representatives on the supervisory board. But there is some opposition to Obermann's appointment by investors and supervisory board members, who would rather see an outside executive with international experience...
...Democrats across the board urged populist, paycheck messages - and they were traditional messages from the liberal end of the Democratic Party, touching on labor issues, corporate bashing. These issues are becoming more mainstream," Todd said. In fact, the Democrats' approach is similar to the issues that Republicans in the 1970s used to built voter coalitions that created the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s. "Back then, the Republican Party didn't talk about its social issues...
...Where Tester made a difference was in the traditional Democratic and labor cities of Missoula, Butte, Anaconda, Great Falls and the capital city of Helena. Tellingly, Tester also won the counties containing the state's seven Indian reservations, where Burns has never been popular...