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...form of a third-party or independent candidacy. In the 2008 election cycle, the gathering is taking place on Jan. 7, when a group of mostly retired Democratic and Republican officials, all known for their centrist politics, their seriousness of purpose and their commitment to good government, will meet at the University of Oklahoma, where former Senator David Boren is president. He and another former Democratic Senator, Sam Nunn of Georgia, will be joined by 17 like-minded souls, including William Cohen, the former Republican Senator who served as Bill Clinton's Secretary of Defense, and Chuck Hagel...
...year at 50¢ a gal. (3.8 L). After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, the small wine and beer industries eventually got back on their feet, but hard liquor was considered more harmful and the prohibitively priced licenses for distilling spirits meant that only the large makers were able to meet the fees. "There's been this mentality of, beer and wine are good alcohols, and spirits are bad alcohol," says Erenzo. But over the past decade, as states have passed laws that lowered the cost of a license, an increasing number of small distillers have set up shop and begun...
...people of the Hawkeye State attended a graduate seminar in presidential politics while the rest of us got to sleep in and borrow their notes. They took their responsibility seriously, braving suffocating heat at the Ames straw poll in August and near zero temperatures during caucus week to meet the candidates and study their records. They attended town meetings, rallies, coffee klatches and house parties, and they interrupted their family festivities over the holidays to hear two or three more political speeches in large auditoriums and crowded diners across the state...
...meanwhile, has spent more time in the state than anyone in either party and remains a popular second choice among likely caucus goers who don't favor him as their first choice, a key indicator in a process that can reward also-rans when third-tier candidates don't meet the 15% threshold at most caucus sites. "Its not just a question of who turns their voters out," said Joe Trippi, Edwards's campaign manager. "It's a question of who knows how to work the caucus system...
...poised - but not guaranteed - to come in third in the GOP contest, behind Romney and Huckabee. (In another sign that the Arizona Senator is back - and sure to face the questions that come with being a front runner - McCain will appear this Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press.) Rudy Giuliani, for months the notional GOP frontrunner in national polls, has hardly contested the state...