Word: realign
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...issue that might favor them next year - immigration - the leading Republicans have had to scramble to realign themselves with voters in their base. Bush came into office in 2001 in favor of a pathway to citizenship for some illegals, only to discover that his party's right flank opposed it. Giuliani, McCain and Romney, all of whom to varying degrees once backed that approach, have recalibrated their positions so that they share the public's desire to secure the borders before granting aliens any legal rights to put down roots. The party's nativist temptation is already having an impact...
...better to lead us out of Iraq, deal with events in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, respond to the emergence of China (where her novel, Living History, was a best-seller), and realign with our traditional allies (she is the preferred candidate in Britain, Germany, France and Canada...
...even touch the lending arms of home builders, which come with their own special conflicts of interest once you consider pressure from shareholders to get people into houses and book those profits. Establishing a fiduciary duty for mortgage sellers, which Congress is considering as well, is meant to realign interests. In the meantime, many banks are working with homeowners to renegotiate loan terms to avoid foreclosure. Still, the EZ Credit addiction is tough to cure. Drive through Green Valley Ranch, and you still see signs for 0 DOWN PAYMENT, 100% FINANCING...
...proposal have noted rightly that making health insurance partly dependent on employment puts the most vulnerable in society at greatest risk of slipping through the cracks, even through a supposedly improved safety net. The last thing a recently fired worker would want to deal with is having to realign access to healthcare. California, with its high percentage of agricultural and undocumented workers will need to confront this problem with ingenuity and determination...
...Chinese economic accomplishment and global success, what is still missing from China's political landscape is the kind of confident, bold leadership that is capable of looking honestly at the historical record; of acknowledging errors, failures and even great crimes; and of then making amends so that society can realign its official narratives with the truth. For it is no easy task for a society to live in a healthy fashion while enmeshed in a fabric of lies...