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...After Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., compared homosexuality to incest, bigamy, and adultery, Savage embarked on a campaign to coin a new noun, “santorum,” to be defined as “the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the product of anal sex.” But some of Savage’s antics are less innocuous. In 2000, he penetrated the presidential campaign of the Republican Gary Bauer, an outspoken opponent of gay marriage. Savage wrote a column for the online magazine Salon that, after being diagnosed with...
...spent most of his time in Illinois, and out of the headlines. While he did appear on Oprah Winfrey?s television show in January, he has focused his energy on local issues like veterans? benefits and has deferred to his more experienced colleagues on the big political fights. "What Sen. Clinton did when she first came in was what any person would do when they come into a new environment, that is listen and learn before you speak and you act," Obama told TIME in June. "I have tried to follow that same wisdom...
...Clinton frequently joins Republicans like Rick Santorum, a darling of the religious right, to work on legislation on the rare issues where they agree. (One recent bill provides $90 million to research the effects of video games on the cognitive development of children.) Obama is now working with Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, one of the chamber?s most conservative members, to demand that President Bush appoint someone to act as a chief financial officer to oversee Katrina spending. Clinton, who focused mainly on domestic policy issues before she entered the Senate, has emerged as a key player on defense issues...
...list includes Harvard experts from a wide range of fields, from economists such as University President Lawrence H. Summers and Nobel laureate Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen to humanities scholars such as Carr Center for Human Rights Director Michael Ignatieff and Chair of the African and African American Studies Department Henry Louis “Skip” Gates...
Throughout last week’s hearings, senators on both sides of the aisle—including Durbin, Feinstein, Kennedy, and Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio—urged the nominee to consider the human ramifications of the Court’s rulings...