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Putin's Plan B may work, at least as far as Russian public opinion is concerned. Most Russians prefer not to think about the war, and hostility toward Chechens and other people of the Caucasus is endemic. Plus, Putin has been relentless in enforcing a media blackout. The war appears on TV only when there is an incident too large to ignore--like the Chechen suicide bombing in the neighboring republic of Northern Ossetia in August that killed 50 people and destroyed a military hospital--or when ministers boast that the rebels are on their last legs. Russian media owners...
...Started in 1971 and led by Christoph Blocher, 63, the head of Swiss chemicals company EMS-Chemie Holding AG, the SVP has always been staunchly opposed to opening Switzerland's borders to asylum seekers and immigrants. Pre-election opinion polls indicate that this issue preoccupies a large number of Swiss, many of whom also believe that closer European integration will open up the country to more foreigners. The SVP is making the most of the electoral opportunity. "More and more people believe that we can make a positive difference in their lives," says Aliki Panayides, the SVP's deputy secretary...
...election for Nov. 9, in what he called a test of popular support for his economic reforms. If Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party can extend its slim parliamentary majority (it currently holds 244 of 480 seats) he will be able to claim a mandate to implement more radical changes. Opinion polls put his personal approval ratings at more than 60%, amid signs that the fragile economy is at last in recovery...
...Senate Majority Leader John Burton had a nice phone call about working together, but, Burton told reporters later, the senator told Schwarzenegger he can?t repeal the car tax without the legislature?s approval. At his press conference later in the day, Schwarzenegger replied, ?We have a difference of opinion.? It will probably be the first of many with the legislature. Some Arnold will have to make compromises on, but sometimes he?ll have to draw the line. He is the Governor after all, and he can use the status of his office and his line item veto...
...have an opinion, but if I say it out loud, people will think I am walking for that person’s campaign. I just want to get to those who have not been voting and tell them to study the issues and the candidates and to make up their own minds and vote. They don’t need me telling them whom to vote...