Word: partisans
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...says, “I wouldn’t have to run.”Friendly and formally dressed, Green sits at a table outside Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square, explaining his seemingly unlikely bid for office. He stresses that he is not trying to make this a partisan race.“I’m not running as a Republican,” he says. “I am a Republican, and I am running. There is no reason to deny that.” But Green’s party affiliation is not the only...
...step aside as majority leader. Largely responsible for the successes of our legal system in the case of Libby is special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who has done a superb job of conducting a fair and neutral investigation into the leak of Plame thus far. Compared to the viciously partisan investigation of former President Bill Clinton by Kenneth Starr in 1999, Fitzgerald has maintained an air of professionalism and has not let partisan pressure get in the way of his investigation. He has been thorough in his inquiries, and amidst pressure from the media and politicians alike he has leaked...
...baseball: He's a Phillies fan, and coached youth league baseball from 1994 to 2000. He also was mock trial coach at a local high school from 2001 to 2003. He heads for confirmation a strong favorite, but with Republicans recognizing he will have to survive a bruising partisan fight to get there, and that some in their party could vote against him. But after the two parties had a unanimously tepid reaction to Miers, conservatives are pumped to have someone to fight...
...that we strongly oppose, specifically further Bush tax cuts. However, he has been the least political of Bush’s CEA chairs—though that may not be saying much—and those who know him well say that his disposition is to remain above the partisan fray. It is crucial he does just that. When Bernanke moves just up Constitution Ave. to the Fed, he assumes a unique position deliberately designed to be insulated from the political tides of Washington. The Fed chairman should remain unpartisan, focusing on the long-run growth of the economy rather...
That Gingrich used tax-exempt donations to underwrite his college course called Renewing American Civilization, which he told donors would promote the Republican cause. Federal law prohibits use of tax-exempt contributions for partisan political activities...