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...interview with TIME, Kilpatrick pledged to run for reelection in 2009. If he is exonerated, it's possible Kilpatrick could make a political comeback, as he did in 2005, following allegations of misconduct ranging from club crawling to charging the city for the lease of his wife's Lincoln Navigator. At that time, Kilpatrick dismissed many of his earlier indiscretions as "boneheaded," and attributable to his relative youth. But he and his lawyers have displayed what many call arrogance in the face of the current charges. The prosecutor's team tried to contact Kilpatrick's attorneys to inform them...
...speech he delivered at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia was an artfully reasoned treatise on race and rancor in America, the most memorable speech delivered by any candidate in this campaign and one that has earned Obama comparisons to Lincoln, Kennedy and King. But that doesn't mean it will succeed in its more prosaic mission of appealing to voters who have their doubts about Obama and his preacher. It left unanswered a crucial question: What attracted Obama to Wright in the first place...
...Abraham Lincoln was a one-term congressman with little to distinguish him, yet he was our most brilliant President. James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon had excellent résumés, yet each failed when the U.S. needed strong leadership. Whether or not Obama is qualified on paper, he has all the tools for the making of a successful Commander in Chief. Luiz Bravim, Hollywood, Florida...
...ball and he does the rest. What he did was very impressive, especially not being able to play that much, coming in here and just giving us a lift.”Blankenau saw six more minutes of action in the second half, but the Lincoln, Neb. native couldn’t convert another trey. With the Crimson trailing 61-55 with 7:25 to go, Blankenau had an open look from the left side. It rimmed out, and, in a six-point switch, Brown’s Peter Sullivan sank a three on the other...
Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele emphasized the important role that students will play in the upcoming election at the sixth annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Eliot House dining hall last night. The Harvard Republican Club (HRC) and the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) co-sponsored the dinner, which attracted approximately 150 students—the largest audience ever to attend an HRC event, according to HRC President Caleb L. Weatherl ’10. Steele, who became the first African American elected to a state-wide office in Maryland when he became lieutenant governor...