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...form of a vividly older and angrier Bill Clinton taking on the stage. It was after his wife’s unexpected defeat in Iowa, and at first, I was taken aback. But then it came to me. At her weakest political moment, Hillary did not stand up for the positions or the campaigning style that had led to her downfall...
...Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday, Romney said that if he continued his campaign, he would be helping Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama win the White House. “I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, I feel I must now stand aside, for our party and for our country,” Romney said. N. Gregory Mankiw, who teaches the popular undergraduate course Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics” and served as an outsider adviser for Romney on an “irregular” basis...
...poked fun at this state of affairs on Thursday evening, provoking loud and knowing laughs from her Seattle audience. She then urged her supporters to ignore their meaningless primary ballots and instead focus on caucusing. "I need you to find where your caucus site is and to go and stand up for me," Clinton said. "If you stand up for me for a couple of hours on Saturday, I will stand up for you throughout this campaign...
...didn't need reminding. "If we don't do it, another sport is going to come and do it unto us ... Or another football league is gonna go and do it around the the world first," he said. "There's a competitive drive that says the League can never stand still. We're either moving forward or backwards. Standing still doesn't work...
...reasons behind the new pressure on Ukraine. Russia is unhappy at the restoration to power of Yuschenko's pro-NATO coalition following last year's snap legislative election. It is also irked by Ukraine's imminent accession to World Trade Organization membership, which would improve Kiev's ability to stand up to Russian blackmail by giving it the means to block Russia's own, coveted but much postponed entry into the organization...