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Here's how a civil war could start. Islamic preachers under Hamas' influence begin denouncing Abbas in mosques as a stooge of the U.S. and Israel, undercutting his credibility. Hamas would then use its majority in the legislative body to try to oust Abbas as President. If that were to fail, Hamas' fighters would take to the streets in Gaza and the West Bank territories. Such an internecine conflict would devastate the Palestinians, since many families have fathers who support Abbas and sons who belong to Hamas. And the consequences for Israel could be just as dire. A senior Hamas...
...shortsighted political leadership. Prime Minister Gyurcsány seems hell-bent on staying in power despite losing 18 of 19 counties and 15 of 23 cities in the just-completed local elections, and despite President Laszlo Solyom’s public, and not very veiled, suggestion that parliament oust...
...past, moments like this have produced what political scientists call "wave elections," in which voters oust even lawmakers who don't seem vulnerable and political icons lose to underfunded unknowns. In 1948 there was widespread disappointment with the Republican-held "do nothing" Congress. It turned out to be an easy target for President Truman's Democrats, who retook both chambers. Such waves can sneak up. In September 1994 a Congressional Quarterly columnist, voicing the conventional wisdom of the time, wrote that the G.O.P.'s chances of taking the House were "dim." Two months later, Newt Gingrich and company capitalized...
...third said Chen should step down as well. There are still those who believe Chen ought to finish the remaining 20 months of his term. After all, there has been no evidence to tie the President directly to any wrongdoing, and the notion of circumventing democratic institutions to oust a sitting leader makes many Taiwan citizens uneasy. But the pressure on Chen is mounting. Shih Ming-teh, a former DPP chairman, has raised more than $3 million to fund a series of mass protests in front of the Presidential Building starting Sept. 9. If the demonstrations gain momentum, Chen...
...that once had a lock on power, they tried and failed to wrest power from Chavez with a coup d'etat in 2002 and a nationwide oil strike that paralyzed the country later that year. They only seemed to deepen their hole when they lost a 2004 referendum to oust Chavez and then boycotted parliamentary elections last year - a blunder that allowed Chavez allies to take 100% control of Venezuela's National Assembly and strengthened his seeming omnipotence. Since then, divisive infighting has been the opposition's norm...