Word: republicanized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Georgia was enduring its worst drought in a century, and it had already asked President Bush and the Supreme Court for relief. So on Nov. 13, Republican Governor Sonny Perdue appealed to a higher power, hosting a statehouse vigil to "pray up a storm," begging God to bring the rain he had withheld for 14 months...
...After watching their ideas die in committee for years, however, the Republicans also understood the value of working together. In Manchester, the majority party on the Board of Directors picks the mayor from among its members. While Lou Spadaccini, the Republican leader, had won the most votes of any candidate in two previous elections, he had never become mayor because of his lackluster running mates, to voters’ dismay...
...Certainly, the question of whether the Republicans will actually govern better than the Democrats awaits an answer. And a Republican upset in a small Connecticut suburb doesn’t say anything about 2008. But municipal elections, if not indicators of national trends, are microcosms of our political system. Political junkies shake their heads over a sound-bite driven media, fat cats’ hands in politicians’ pockets, and incumbents growing bedsores in their Senate seats. But sometimes, fresh ideas and a good pair of tennis shoes trump conventional wisdom and win elections...
...campaign - or staffers on rival campaigns - and they will all tell you the same thing: John McCain must win New Hampshire, where he won a key victory in 2000 and plans to campaign this weekend. He can't come in third; he can't come in second. One Republican strategist put it this way, "He should run as if he's running for governor there...
...with the caucuses less than 50 days away, observers wonder why he's not spending more time and money in the state he can - and must - win. As the Republican strategist puts it, "John McCain has one chance, only one chance, to advance toward the nomination and that is by winning New Hampshire - anything that wastes resources from that goal is malpractice...