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...case, the Republican electoral lock gives Bush a leg up on the competition. In each of the last six presidential elections, 23 states, accounting for 203 electoral votes, have sided with the GOP. Bush's position and party affiliation spell tough times for any Democratic challengers...
...goals of political action differ only slightly from those of social service. This election season's campaign for the middle class seems to have left out the most needy. Aside from suggestions such as those from Republican Patrick J. Buchanan to sweep streets clean of the homeless and lock them up in jails across the country, little mention is made of the very poor and hopeless...
...like a wake," said Manager Ellen Walsh, who will lock up the store at 2 p.m. today. "People are sending flowers, making phone calls. They're really mourning...
...policy is designed to provide those whohave successfully passed the initial applicationprocess the chance to take part in the annual roomlotteries of the host house, thereby allowing themto "lock-in" with a group of friends in the hosthouse, Millett said...
Clinton is as superstitious as most politicians, but he has already considered the possibility of an early lock on the Democratic nomination. "The trick would be to keep the campaign expanding when I've won mathematically," he says. "The tendency is to close down and exclude those whose support you'll need in the fall," primarily because the original members of a winning candidate's team never want to share power. "You've got to guard against that," says Clinton, "but it's manageable." The downside? "If you win quickly, you've probably not been sufficiently tested, and then...