Word: reformer
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Sarah Palin doesn't really do compromise. Defiance is more her style. So when other Republicans began to go soft on their promises to "repeal and replace" Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, the former Alaska governor went reliably rogue. Wearing a trim black leather jacket and pencil skirt, Palin appeared at a rally for John McCain in Arizona and urged the GOP faithful not to quail now. "I see Fidel Castro likes Obamacare, and we don't," she taunted. "Doesn't that tell you something...
Democrats know keeping control of Congress in November will be a challenge, but they believe that the passage of health care reform gives them a chance to hold their losses to a minimum. Palin doesn't see it that way. "We're taking our country back, and we're starting right here in Nevada," she told the Searchlight crowd, many of whom chanted for her to run for President. For Palin, health care's passage was not the end of a long battle but the start of an entirely new war. And she sounds more than happy to lead...
...bullying in Eastern Europe. His animosity had deep roots. In 1980, he spent nearly a year in prison for "anti-socialist" activities when the Moscow-backed communist government imposed martial law in Poland. After his release, he became a leader of the underground Solidarity movement that campaigned for democratic reform, helping to topple the communist regime. (See pictures of the Buffalo, N.Y. plane crash...
While the president's role is largely symbolic, the holder can veto government legislation. Lech Kaczynski infuriated the Tusk government several times by blocking legislation including health sector reform. (See pictures of the Buffalo, N.Y. plane crash...
...handful of openly gay Congressmen, a "f_____." "Members have had death threats," read a fundraising missive from Mitch Stewart, the head of Organizing for America, an offshoot of President Obama's campaign website. "Democratic offices have been vandalized. Please chip in $5 or more to defend health reform - and those in Congress who fought to make it possible." Though both parties saw significant fundraising bumps from the passage of the bill, the Democratic National Committee raised $2 million more than its GOP counterpart...