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...seven-seat, Richard Anderson, said to me afterwards that when we had about seven strokes to go, he looked over and made eye contact with one of them, and he just knew we’d cracked them,” he added...
...served as the national chair for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 before taking the helm of the IOP. She emerged as the Democratic forerunner for the 2008 Senate race in 2006, when popular Governor John Lynch indicated that he would not pursue the Senate seat. Once a solidly Republican state, New Hampshire has been trending Democratic in recent years. In 2004, Lynch knocked off an incumbent Republican governor. And last year, when Lynch was reelected, Democratic challengers beat incumbent congressmen in both of the state’s congressional districts, winning back control of the state...
...style. Under a new law, ostensibly to ease traffic problems, rallies in the capital are banned in front of historical monuments, ruling out much of the city center. Demonstrators also have to maintain a density of two protesters per square yard. And at indoor events, there must be a seat for every attendee. "The law is ridiculous," says Sergei Mitrokhin, leader of a liberal opposition party in the Moscow duma. "If you have five full chairs and someone arrives late, you are not allowed to let them...
Earlier this year, Takoma Park, Md., A suburb of Washington with a liberal tilt, held a special election to fill a vacant city-council seat. It was the town's latest contest under a 1992 law that allows any adult resident--including noncitizens--to vote for local offices. And since the election occurred at an odd time of year, officials took extra steps to get the word out. They mailed a notice, in Spanish and English, to every home. They sent a second notice to every registered voter. Yet when Election Day came, turnout was light, especially among noncitizens...
...plans to retain power in a different guise. He has become chairman of the board of trustees of the PDP, and from that position he could control nominations for government positions and even policy and strategy. As one Western diplomat said, "He intends to sit in the passenger seat giving advice and ready to grab the wheel if Nigeria goes off course...