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Members of the newly elected executive board of the Harvard College Democrats say they will work to keep the group strong despite disappointment for the party in last week’s midterm elections...
...back into his cell phone. Then he gave the President the news: Talent's win meant they didn't just have the state; they had the Senate. They had it all. And with that, George W. Bush lit a cigar. Presidents aren't supposed to bet their prestige on midterm elections, which their party traditionally loses. Rove had peddled the riskiest midterm strategy ever to emerge from a White House, designed to realize the grand, gauzy vision he has been touting for the past three years - that he and Bush are forging a new Republican majority that will rule...
...This is a unique situation, it’s going to be like a presidential general election with the momentum going forward,” he said. “[Bush’s] success makes the period now very different than we would expect after a midterm election...
Last Monday, Martire had a midterm from 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning before rushing over to the Murr Center to play her quarterfinal match at 10:30 against Virginia’s Jen Tuchband. Martire still won convincingly in two sets...
...months before the midterm elections, the White House worried about the outcome of certain key races, calculating the chances that Republicans would maintain control of the House of Representatives (pretty good) and take back the Senate (not so good.) Rove, who has been called a "control freak" by more than one colleague, decided the White House would do very little good standing around worrying about the close races, but could do a great deal of good by actually getting involved - even if it meant tying the President's reputation to the races he was supporting...