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...take hold: if the elections were held today, top strategists of both parties say privately, the Republicans would probably lose the 15 seats they need to keep control of the House of Representatives and could come within a seat or two of losing the Senate as well. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who masterminded the 1994 elections that brought Republicans to power on promises of revolutionizing the way Washington is run, told TIME that his party has so bungled the job of governing that the best campaign slogan for Democrats today could be boiled down to just...
Indeed, the party's House leaders and committee chairs have begun making plans for their first moves if they take power, Democratic sources told TIME. Those sources said one of the first steps that a newly installed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would take would be to introduce legislation making college tuition more affordable for middle-class families, perhaps through tax credits and lower interest rates on student loans. Democrats would move immediately to tighten port security, seeking to have 100% of incoming container cargo inspected. A Democratic official briefed on the plans said the party would quickly push a bill...
...Gingrich's Contract was a voter-friendly manifesto that tied together Republican advantages on themes as disparate as congressional ethics and tax policy into a manifesto for an electoral landslide. The Democrats may envy the former House Speaker's success in creating a winning narrative, given the large advantage they enjoy on issues such as rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, protecting Americans' rights, standing up to special interests and corruption, managing government spending and tax policy. Still, the Republicans retain an 11-point edge over the Democrats on the question of dealing with terrorism, while voters are evenly split...
...easily mitigated by minor details in a pre-assignment policy. For example, peer advisers would be given access to Annenberg, and would be expected to have meals and interactions with their advisees in the Yard. And when it comes to special House events, the draw of an excellent speaker or of Stein Club should overcome the inconvenience of a short shuttle ride to the Quad or Mather...
...highlight of the Blackbird is its FM transmitter. Rather than rely on the internal speaker, you can choose to hear the instructions through the FM radio in your car's own sound system. Because a road trip could get pretty boring if you had to keep your radio tuned to your turn-by-turn navigator, Alpine included a rudimentary MP3 player. Take any old SD card (sold separately), fill it with MP3s or WMA files, including protected files you download from Yahoo! and other online stores, pop it into the card slot and the music player inside will find...