Word: mistrusts
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...chaos. On Wednesday, hundreds surrounded the hotel where Chen was dining and refused to disperse until 2AM, when Chen could finally leave. "The protests were to be expected," says political scientist Yang Tai-shuenn at Taiwan's Chinese Culture University. "The Democratic Progressive Party has always had a deep mistrust of the Kuomintang [Ma's party], and the opposition uses mass movements to mobilize the party...
...added, “I would have to say Obama [will win], though perhaps not with the big landslide margin that some others are predicting.” Professors said they believe McCain is unlikely to win for several reasons, especially, according to Frankel, because of a general mistrust in the Republican Party stemming from the Bush administration’s failures in the past eight years. “Senator McCain, closely linked to an unpopular president...has underestimated the angst people in America have with the Republican brand,” Vilsack said. Putting it simply, Hochschild said...
...crossroads in shaping their political coverage and winning viewers’ trust,” Seth A. Rosenthal, the study’s leader author and a fellow at the Kennedy School, said in a statement. “At a time when Americans are demanding better leaders, their mistrust of the media’s coverage of the presidential campaign is troubling.” The study also cited that 62 percent of the 997 American citizens surveyed said that they were skeptical of media campaign coverage, and that “some percentage” of those individuals...
...would be pulling for him through thick and thin though? No matter how much the Democrats might like striking deals with McCain, in the end they would be planning his demise in the next election. Meanwhile, given his age (72) and the long history of mistrust between McCain and the Republican right, his other flank would be in danger too. Conservatives would probably demand a steady stream of vetoes of Democratic legislation, and any failure to deliver would strengthen his younger gop rivals. The McCain-Palin relationship would be Washington's answer to King Arthur and Mordred...
...Public Mistrust Re Michael Grunwald's piece on how Washington failed us: I'm neither Republican nor Democrat, and I am disgusted with both [Oct. 13]. Both presidential candidates want to blame Wall Street, and there is surely some merit to that. But the heart of the problem rests with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, two quasi-government corporations. Despite several attempts by legislators to call attention to the impending crisis, others preached the soundness of these institutions. This is not a failure of the free-market system; it is the failure of big government and its manipulations. Jim Vance...