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...this Northern Kentucky district, stretching through 24 counties along the top of Kentucky, from the suburbs of Cincinnati all the way east to the coal fields on the West Virginia border, is its most conservative enclave, where President Bush won 63% of the vote in 2004. Davis won the seat easily two years ago over newscaster Nick Clooney (George's dad) when Lucas, the only Democrat to hold the seat since 1966, retired to honor a campaign pledge to serve just three terms...
...Wrigley Field, when I walk up the tunnel, a veritable concrete time warp, and take my seat among hundreds—thousands—of chattering college-age kids, I’m reminded of America’s honest, ageless love affair with the game...
...effort to make China feel (and act) as if it has a stake in the international system. A notable recent example was the United States supported International Monetary Fund reform package, which expanded the voting rights of developing countries, particularly China. Due to a combination of its permanent seat on the Security Council and its unprecedented economic growth, China now wields more geopolitical influence than it ever has before. It is critical that China shows the international community that it can use that influence responsibly...
...former representatives Tom DeLay of Texas, Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California and sex-scandal plagued Mark Foley of Florida to use as fodder. Jefferson could be the Dems' Achilles' heel in this morality play, and it's no secret that the party leadership, who stripped him of his influential seat on the House Ways and Means Committee, want...
...state's Democratic establishment; former city councilman Troy Carter (who is not related to Karen); and state senator Derrick Shepherd, who launched his campaign with a direct attack on Jefferson's fitness to lead. There's even a well-financed Republican, attorney Joe Lavigne, vying for the solidly Democratic seat, and such is the state of things in New Orleans these days that he has a mathematical chance of making it into a December runoff with Jefferson or another Democrat if no single candidate gets 50% of the vote in the first round...