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...Democrat-scarce zones like Mississippi, giving local party officials $8 million to carry out his controversial "50-state strategy." The Democratic National Committee chairman argues that if the Democrats want to win presidential elections, they need to spend to build strong state parties across the country rather than pump all their cash into swing states like Ohio. Other top officials, led by Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel, the man in charge of electing Democrats to the House on Nov. 7, have fumed at what they consider Dean's boneheaded approach. They wonder why he is investing in a victory...
...Gasoline prices have had a big impact, but now they're headed in the right direction. And I think that's to our benefit, as well, too. People when they go to the pump a couple times a week and fill up the tank, they see what the price of gasoline is, and that becomes a barometer against which they judge how things are doing. My dad used to be able to tell you the price of a gallon of gasoline at every single filling station in Casper, Wyoming. He knew it, and he always went to the low-cost...
...prices have plunged by almost $20 per bbl. since August--good for drivers but bad for OPEC. So its members, which pump 40% of the world's crude, plan to cut production by 1 million...
...they connected like old friends, stopping for lunch and getting their nails done. Siebert carried a little pump of pain medication over her shoulder like a purse. Luckily the few flashes of pain she felt passed so quickly that Siebert was able to take a turn at the wheel. "When she called me afterward," says her daughter Michelle Hovey, "you would have thought she'd been to Hawaii and back...
This will obviously continue to dominate the Spec and the Columbia community for much of the week, and the administration may have to move beyond strongly worded missives. In the meantime, someone has to figure this out: Is it Minuteman or Minutemen? (Or, perhaps, Two-Pump Chump?) The groups's official name is the Minuteman Project, singular, but their troops are collectively known as the Minutemen, plural. The Spec has used both, with no clear rhyme or reason, and it's time to standardize for the sake of style mavens everywhere...