Word: midterms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
What should concern the White House most is that Thomas said out loud what many other Republicans have been whispering: that with midterm elections in two years, they are wary of tampering with a program as popular as Social Security and, if they have to, would prefer to consider alternative ideas. Thomas, who thinks Social Security may need to be funded with revenues other than payroll contributions, hinted that to ensure the program's solvency, Bush should consider raising taxes--an option the President rejects. Chiming in, Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana, head of the Ways and Means subcommittee...
...Blair's promise to step down halfway through a second term. The next day, Brown bows out of the leadership race. May 1997 Labour wins a landslide victory in the general election. Blair becomes PM. Fall 2003 After a second election victory in June 2001, Blair's popularity plummets midterm due to the war in Iraq and allegations that the government "sexed up" intelligence on WMD. In a speech seen by many as an outline of his leadership agenda, Brown urges the Labour Party to return to its core values. Nov. 2003 At a private dinner, Blair is said...
Freshmen vocalists left their midterm woes for microphones on Saturday night, entertaining an audience of nearly 200 in a Science Center lecture hall at the second annual Harvard Idol competition...
...that is usually freckled with jigsaw pieces. It was a few days after New Year's in 2003. The President had been out clearing cedar, and Laura Bush was lying on a sofa reading, or at least pretending to. That Christmas holiday was a deep breath between the 2002 midterm elections and the walk-up to the war in Iraq. Karl Rove, chief strategist for the Bush re-election campaign, arrived at the house with his faded blue canvas briefcase in hand. He had come to help put together a different kind of puzzle...
...before Rove could begin his song and dance, Bush cut in. "You're not the only smart guy that's been thinking about it," he said. "So before we get going, let me tell you what I've been thinking about." Bush had learned something from the midterm elections, in which he had gambled his popularity by swooping into tight races. Although the President's party usually loses ground in midseason, with his help the Republicans had made historic gains. That fueled Bush's faith in what could happen when a President resists the temptation to sit tight and instead...