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...rightward tilt is a blow to President Obama's hopes that a new Israeli government might be willing to make peace with the Palestinians and various Arab neighbors. Netanyahu and Lieberman are pushing for the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which Palestinians say is a main obstacle to peace, and they are adamant that Israel should hang on to the Golan Heights, which was seized from Syria in the 1967 war. Netanyahu and Lieberman also say the army ought to return to Gaza and wipe out Hamas. During the campaign, Netanyahu said, "There will be no alternative...
Conservative voters who oppose what they see as heavy-handed government regulation in the environment have every reason to push for McCain, because Obama's nominations would likely halt that rightward slide. But Kendall notes that while Republicans traditionally place a high value on the fate of the Court when voting for Presidents, Democratic voters are less likely to do the same. "I don't think progressives in general understand how much is at stake in the Court," he says. "They're used to the Court coming out generally in their favor, and they don't realize...
...McCain. When Carter won in 1976, Democrats thought they had gotten a new lease on life. Democrats ran the White House and Congress, and the congressional leadership was more liberal than ever before. But Carter's win was an anomaly in a nation that was at the time moving rightward. Carter had eked out a paper-thin victory only because of Watergate, stagflation and defeat in Vietnam. McCain might win a narrow victory this year by running away from his party, but conservatism is fading now as liberalism was fading in the '70s. Not even winning this year's presidential...
...much as any sharp rightward turn in the capital, Alemanno's win is a sure sign that the center-left is in a dismal state. Veltroni, who was pummeled by Berlusconi two weeks ago, said the loss of Rome to the center-right was cause for "reflection." One question sure to be reflected on deeply in coming days: whether Veltroni himself can survive as the head of the opposition having presided over two such cutting defeats in the course of a mere two weeks...
Considering Britain's changing demographic patterns, Labor faces an uphill fight to regain preeminence. Even if the party does amend its policies, salvation may lie only in a Thatcher government that turns far rightward or fails to make good its promises for a healthier economy. Labor might also simply crack under the ideological strain, with one faction breaking off and setting up a new party, just as the Social Democrats did. What is certain is that the fratricide that drained Labor of its energy and public support during the past three years is far from over...