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...While Musharraf is not running - he was re-elected president by the National Assembly in October - his fate is still very much reflected in the fate of his Pakistan Muslim League Qaid party, a faction that split from Sharif's party after Musharraf, then a general, overthrew the then Prime Minister in a 1999 coup. If the Q party dominates the polling, Musharraf's tenure is secure. But widespread antipathy for his regime may derail his next term in power. If the opposition parties, lead by Sharif and Bhutto's widower Asif Zardari, gain enough votes, they could call...
While Musharraf is not running in this election - he was controversially reelected president by the National Assembly in October - his fate is still very much reflected in the fate of his PML-Q, a faction that split from Nawaz Sharif's PML-N after Musharraf, then a general, overthrew the then Prime Minister in a 1999 coup. In the unlikely event that the president's party dominates the polling, Musharraf will then have to contend with millions of Pakistanis crying foul. If the opposition parties, lead by Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto's husband, gain enough votes, they could...
Pundits make similar mistakes when they're trying to explain non-presidential elections. Why do voters ticket-split, choosing a President from one party and a Representative or Senator from another? Perhaps it's a clever way to preserve the creative tension of divided government, check the excesses of any one party and send a veiled warning to everyone in Washington that it's time for a little bipartisanship. Or perhaps people simply choose the candidates they like. Campaign managers overthink things too. Consider the time wasted in war rooms parsing the molecular difference between, say, "Ready for Change...
...small market level, you need a kind of management intensity over a period of years to make it work," says NBA commissioner David Stern. He points to San Antonio, Portland and Utah as prime examples. "The combination of split ownership that moved the team there, the circumstances of Katrina, and the difficulty, in a big hurry, of attracting droves of talent to relocate to New Orleans - it's not a constructive circumstance for the growth of a franchise...
...would available through a website drawing. The total number of tickets available to the party has not been finalized, according to state party spokesman Hector Nieto, but there are no plans to increase the number of tickets in the public drawing. Winning tickets are non-transferable and will be split between Clinton and Obama supporters, with a few set aside for undecided voters. While Austin Democratic party officials said they had received a huge volume of angry calls, Nieto declined to characterize the calls to the state organization. "Obviously we have received a significant number of calls and have seen...