Word: moneyitis
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That day is inevitably drawing closer. When it comes, will a gas-guzzling, money-burning, testosterone-heavy sport still attract the sponsors, promoters and supporters who keep it going? In Valencia, 40,000 fans at a nonrace race just gave you their answer...
...Democrats don't speak to angry, working-class people ... They don't know how ... Along the way, these new-style Democrats did little as their allies in organized labor were scythed down by organized money ... They have permitted nothing less than the decimation of their own grass-roots social movement. As a result, in large parts of America, there is no liberal presence...
...patriotic American disappointed with our government. I ran to support the Tea Party until Sarah Palin stepped forward. I am frustrated with Congress and baffled about how money is spent without any regard for accountability. I hope the Tea Party listens to the people and succeeds in holding our government accountable...
...ardent opposition to the seemingly unstoppable engine of the education-reform movement, which she believes is too quick to demonize teachers and unions in its attempts to improve the quality of the nation's schools and close the achievement gap. With scathing looks at the influence of private money in public schools and the national obsession with testing over learning, Ravitch's critique is an essential one--passionate, well considered and completely logical...
...that remains is to get the plan through Congress. Doerr and his allies put together a broad coalition to lobby for the money, including big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's and insulation makers such as Owens Corning and Dow Chemical, as well as environmental groups and labor unions. Most important, the plan has a presidential seal of approval. "Everybody on the Hill knows that the President is interested in this," explains Steven Nadel, executive director of one of the groups supporting the deal, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Both the White House and Doerr...