Word: platformization
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...dependence on oil. And the $12 billion he promised for AIDS research can potentially ease the suffering of millions of people. But the extent of these proposals are miniscule next to Bush’s budget cuts. In effect, they are just sugar-coating a nonsensical and unfair economic platform that will disproportionately benefit the richest Americans and place a fiscal burden on future generations who will be forced to deal with today’s rising debt...
...laid out a point-by-point platform for legislative reform of tax, education, health care and civil rights policies...
...senator did a good job pressing the democratic platform and challenging the Bush administration,” said R. Gerard McGeary ’04, president of the Harvard College Democrats. “It’s nice to hear a truly liberal critique...
...Tuesday's election is likely to produce a familiar outcome. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to trounce his Labor Party challenger Amram Mitznah, whose platform is based on seeking a to renew dialogue with the Palestinians over an Oslo-based peace agreement, and on a program to stimulate an economy mired in its worst recession in 50 years. Sharon is campaigning on the basis of continuity of his tough policies against the Palestinian uprising and postponing political negotiations until after it has been suppressed. In many ways, it's a rerun of the contest between Sharon and his predecessor...
...junior role in Sharon's government, but if not, he may have to look towards a narrower coalition of hard-line nationalist and religious parties. The wildcard in the current election, however, is the centrist Shinui party of Tommy Lapid, which has surged from the political margins on a platform of militant secularism. Lapid's peace policies are somewhat vague, but his challenge to the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox who are exempt from military service and study at state expense has proved so popular that Shinui stands to win a potential king-making role with 14 seats. Lapid...