Word: partisans
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...next few days is unclear. Some senators support temporarily renewing the Patriot Act to make time for substantive debate, while others hope to vote on a version of the act that resembles the one that the Senate passed unanimously this summer. But the House, which Burden characterized as more partisan and extreme, may not be open to the Senate’s version of the act. According to Burden, leaving the renewal of the Patriot Act to days before its expiration has been characterized as political brinksmanship intended to pressure moderates with some reservations to pass the measure...
...week for 20 incoming mayors from large cities nationwide, featuring three days of workshops and seminars to help participants maximize their impact as city leaders. The Seminar on Transition and Leadership for Newly-Elected Mayors ran last Wednesday through Friday at the Kennedy School of Government. The biennial, non-partisan program, first held in 1972, is co-sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “The goal of the conference is to help mayors think about current issues,” said IOP Director Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor of New Hampshire. “The conference offers...
...like the war in Iraq and gay rights, Frank labelled those who describe themselves as “independent” as “airheads.”“Given the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties today, if you are not voting as a partisan, you are not voting intelligently,” he said. He later described Republicans who voted in favor of keeping Terri Schiavo alive as “crazy people that want to ruin our lives.”Turning to the 2004 presidential election, he said the Republican victory...
While Feldstein, who is also a Crimson editor, says the BGLTSA board is “overwhelmingly liberal,” the organization is nevertheless nominally non-partisan, and avoids naming either political party in conjunction with its events or goals, which are nearly always related to GLBT issues. But though liberal views are not forced upon anyone in the group, one inevitably encounters them as a de facto consequence of participation in the organization...
Fortunately, the benefits of Benator do not require an actually successful bid on Affleck’s part. Rather, Benator will be a political success for Democrats if he manages to make the race contentious enough that George Allen will have fight for his seat. Allen, a staunch and partisan conservative, has been mentioned as a possible GOP presidential candidate for 2008; any such plans, however, could easily be thwarted by a tough re-election bid in 2006. Here Affleck has a chance. Certainly he has name recognition, he is photogenic, and he has more than enough money...