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Harvard undergraduates were given a taste of local politics last night at a dinner joining journalists, students, and newly elected mayors at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. As part of a biannual leadership conference for newly elected mayors, hosted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) and the US Conference of Mayors, Harvard students and their hometown politicians were given a chance to discuss local affairs before engaging with a panel of journalists speaking on the 2008 presidential election. “Even though the [new mayors’ conference] is designed for mayors, it is also...
...presidential campaign. The theme was soon picked up by Mitt Romney, who seems incapable of finding an issue where integrity trumps expediency. Romney has made illegal immigration the target of recent campaign ads. He has used the issue as a cudgel against Rudy Giuliani (a passionately pro-immigrant mayor trying to sound like a tough guy now), even though Romney reportedly employed illegal workers to do his gardening and didn't seem concerned about the issue when he was Governor of Massachusetts - until he decided to run for President...
...grade school and the reconstruction of a local community health center. The neighbors forum was created earlier this month with the goal of giving the community a powerful and united voice in negotiations with the city and with Harvard. But Ray Mellone, who chairs the task force composed of mayor-appointed citizens, told the community that the science complex should not be used as a device to fulfill all of the neighborhood’s wishes. “A lot of hope is being built upon the hope of having an enormous amount of long term benefits thrown into...
...most unelectable (as a divisive and polarizing figure). Others have said that former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), a white male protestant, is the Dems “sure thing” heading into ’08. On the other side, many claim that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani would suddenly put states like New York and New Jersey into play for the Republicans, thus putting the Democrats on the defensive and retaining the White House for GOP control...
...campaign trail former New York mayor Giuliani has called on Romney to explain his decision to appoint Judge Tuttman. "It's not an isolated incident," Giuliani told the Associated Press, offering FBI crime statistics that he said showed a 7.5% increase in murders in Massachusetts while Romney was governor and a 12% increase in robberies during the same period. "The reality is, he did not have a record of reducing violent crime," Mr. Giuliani told...