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...seriously would not stand for the legalist parsing prevalent in the so-called “torture memos.” Renaming one government department will hardly be the toughest decision faced by our next president. Rather, that individual’s most crucial task will be to stake out a position for America in the 21st century world as more than a crotchety and insecure bully. As such, the next president cannot stay home and build ever higher walls. He—or she—must seek to engage with our global partners with ambitions of advancing reason...
...hoops franchise, the New Orleans Jazz, to Utah almost 30 years ago. The team slipped into New Orleans in 2002, when co-owners Shinn and Ray Wooldridge moved the team from Charlotte after years of fighting the city for a new arena (in early 2005, Shinn bought Wooldridge's stake in the franchise). The team struggled to draw fans in the Crescent City, and after just three seasons Katrina forced the Hornets to fly off to Oklahoma City. The Bees returned to town this past summer, but the roller coaster had crushed the team's already shaky connection with...
...media spin, and it seems now that they will end it by soliciting votes from party elites instead of the American people.In a contest with just over 4,000 total delegates, these unpledged Democratic “superdelegates” control almost 800 votes—a 20 percent stake that could become the margin of victory in the nomination. The Republicans, gradually coalescing around John McCain, have been spared the superdelegate dogfight in 2008, but their policy is far from commendable: 19 percent of the delegates to the Republican National Convention are unpledged; of those, a significant portion...
...neck in the pledged delegate count. But this past weekend Obama won by wide margins in Washington State, Nebraska, Maine and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to a tight but impressive victory in Louisiana. If he overwhelmingly wins the so-called Potomac Primaries, where 237 delegates are at stake, he could start to break away from Clinton, especially since he's also favored in the next two states due to vote on February 19, his native Hawaii and Wisconsin, next door to his home state of Illinois. If Clinton can pull off a stronger-than-expected showing - or even...
...Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington State are holding contests Saturday and Maine Democrats will caucus on Sunday. There are 228 pledged delegates at stake this weekend, though all of the states will split delegates proportionally, so it's unlikely that either candidate can gain too big an advantage. As it stands now, Obama leads Clinton with 853 pledged delegates to her 849, not including Superdelegates, according to Real Clear Politics...