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...Because the social conservative minority in Iowa has been very effective at getting its voters to attend caucuses, this group has had a disproportionate influence on Republican campaigns. Never was this clearer than in 1988, when just a few thousand voters vaulted Rev. Pat Robertson out of the pack, briefly rattling the establishment campaigns of George Bush Sr. and Bob Dole. Robertson then converted the energy of that boomlet into the highly influential Christian Coalition of the 1990s, which did so much to shape contemporary Republican politics...
...Like most Iraqi leaders, Maliki is unlikely to believe that what his government does or does not do will prompt the U.S. to simply pack up and go home. The Iraqi leadership knows that the U.S. didn't invade their country out of concern for their well-being. It went to war in order to secure its own objectives - and that's exactly what the main Iraqi political factions are doing, too. (Indeed, it's hardly surprising that both the Shi'ite and Kurdish parties that dominate the current government are more inclined to pursue their own objectives than follow...
...South Carolina, which the parties picked to have the first Southern primary, says it will move its G.O.P. primary even earlier to keep that distinction. New Hampshire, scheduled for Jan. 22, requires its secretary of state to move its primary to stay at least a week ahead of the pack. Iowa, always the first caucus, would follow suit. That means Americans could be voting for their putative President as early as this December--or before, if other states follow Florida's lead...
...half for the Harvard women would mean placing at least fourth in the championship. The Cornell women are expected to lead the pack again this year, after a five-year streak of Heptagonal wins, including last year’s decisive sweep of the competition...
Unfortunately, my talents and skills don’t quite measure up to my dreams, leaving me huffing on a stationary bike, barely out-eating my friends at Chipotle and somewhere in the middle of the pack in Nintendo GameCube skills...