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Obama still shows vulnerability on the question of what kind of President he would be. Fifty percent of those polled said Obama gives a great speech but doesn't have other qualifications; 46% disagreed with that statement. Asked if it was accurate to say that the real Barack Obama holds extreme positions that won't be revealed until after he's elected, surveyed voters split...
...there is no free speech, are you to be trusted that Bulgaria is a democracy?” asked one Northeastern student, who came to the lecture with a sign saying “Meet PM of the most corrupt EU country.” Transparency International—an organization that monitors corruption—globally ranks Bulgaria 72nd, below all other countries in the European Union...
Raymond C. Offenheiser, the President of Oxfam America, an international anti-poverty organization, criticized U.S. development policy and explained the implications of the current global food crisis, in a speech last night...
...said in a column that Sarah Palin's candidacy would be either dramatically successful or dramatically not. What's your feeling right now? I thought she gave an excellent speech [at the Republican convention] and she is a moving and rousing figure. But I became concerned as the weeks passed at the manner in which the McCain campaign was treating her like she was a Fabergé Easter egg - don't drop it! It might crack! I can tell you that her interviews - to the extent that she has thought aloud - have not been impressive...
...Coming to a new agreement, however, will require getting past some very bruised feelings. The GOP leadership was quick to point outraged fingers, citing Speaker Nancy Pelosi's closing speech before the vote as breaking the bipartisan spirit of the proceedings. "The Speaker had to give a partisan voice [sic] that poisoned our conference, caused a number of members we thought we could get to go south," Boehner ranted to reporters after the vote - as if partisan speeches had never before been heard on the House floor...