Word: progressives
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...cannot do the same.It is true that the EU has its own problems to deal with. Many believe that the union has already bitten off more than it can chew with the accession of 12 new countries since 2004. The death of its Constitution for Europe has also paralyzed progress for the traditional bureaucratic juggernaut. Nevertheless, in a dynamic and interconnected world, the EU cannot turn a blind eye to an international crisis. Because of previous inaction, the crisis will come to a head this year. As it looks right now, possible outcomes can only include violent resistance in Kosovo...
...envision a school system where we show progress on tests, but are not ruled by them,” said McGovern, who publicly opposed the superintendent in 2006 and voted against the extension this time around...
McGovern added that despite the improvements in overall scores, not enough progress has been made on closing the achievement gap between white and minority students...
...hard to overstate the extent to which thick Washington résumés are out of vogue on U.S. campuses. Especially among young Democrats, many of whom cast their first votes in 2006 to elect a Congress that would change course in Iraq and make progress on issues like health care. The yawning chasm between what was promised in that campaign and what the Democratic Congress has actually delivered makes everyone with seniority in Washington automatically suspect. Joseph Biden and Christopher Dodd probably have socks that have spent more time in the Senate than has Obama, and look what...
...before it began. When he reached the Senate, Obama had to deal with the awful reality on the ground: we had troops there; there was chaos. He proceeded to vote exactly like other Senators who had opposed the war - in favor of funding the troops, hoping for progress. As Iraq metastasized into a civil war, he began to vote for a responsible withdrawal. That Bill Clinton would turn this into an attack against Obama was almost as absurd as Clinton's turning Obama's statement that Ronald Reagan had changed the trajectory of the nation - and that, for a time...