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...part because of the doings of Vito Fosella, his GOP predecessor. Fosella was forced to resign after news broke that he had a mistress and love child in Virginia. The Cook Political Report rates the district R+4, meaning it leans Republican. And with the GOP expected to make a strong nationwide comeback in congressional races this fall, McMahon - the first Democrat to represent the area in 28 years - is by no means safe. In fact, he needs to draw a healthy number of Republican votes to win re-election, and his voting record up until health care had been...
...instead of sailing quietly into oblivion, Kaufman has decided to make waves. Most notably, he is challenging his Senate colleagues - and the Obama Administration - to get behind far tougher financial regulations than they have yet proposed, a move that has been unsettling to both bank lobbyists and White House aides. "I think most people know that I am really cranked up about this," Kaufman says with a smile...
...accepts that China is, like it or not, a defining power of our time and that the day has come for the U.S. to think in fresh ways about our global system. U.S.-China friendship sounds as impossible at the moment as calming fireworks. But decisions we make now, the way Obama and his team handle China as early as when they meet in Washington, may yet make it possible...
...says political analyst Hussein al-Ja'af. He contends that the terrorism attacks won't derail the political process, though he warns that three days this month coincide with the birth and overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of the Baath Party and could bring more attacks. "They make violence to confuse people about the democratic experience that Iraqis have...
...more interesting question is not what is in Hu's mind but what is in Obama's. Does Obama have a clear sense of the man he is dealing with and how to shape the tense landscape of our relations? Does he understand the rules of power that might make real friendship with China possible - or lead to catastrophic deadlock? (See pictures of the mysterious life of Hu Jintao...