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...singles matches proved much tougher...
...subject notwithstanding, it was the kind of spirited swipe Crist backers had been waiting to hear. But it doesn't seem to be doing much damage to Rubio's surprising, and widening, lead in the polls. Before the relatively unknown 38-year-old Rubio became the darling of angry conservatives last summer, the race for the Florida Senate seat - one of the most important up for grabs in 2010, given the Sunshine State's bellwether status - looked like a walk on the beach for Crist, who led some polls by almost 30 points. Since then, Crist's bipartisan style, including...
...Despite the endless second-guessing, hand-wringing, finger-pointing and doomsaying (from the left, the right, the center and, predictably, the fourth estate), the President is on the precipice of an extraordinary legislative achievement. If he is victorious, he will get his win in much the manner he anticipated before he took the Oval Office - dirty, dragged-down and drawn...
...easy to herd Congress's collection of tense, defensive, anxious Democrats, distracted by tough re-election bids and the grim disapproval of an angry electorate. But as you watch the taut health care endgame, just remember that there is a reason we don't know much about how Barack Obama handles losing: it almost never happens...
...market-oriented exchange rate" for its currency, the renminbi. But the policies that Wen was criticizing are in many respects what China has pursued for years. The renminbi has been pegged against the dollar since mid-2008, and overseas economists say the currency may be undervalued by as much as 40%. Trade is a key component of economic growth for China, the world's largest exporter, and the government is wary of any sort of collapse that could contribute to unemployment. Efforts to boost exports, including the currency peg, helped Chinese manufacturers weather the worst of the global downturn last...