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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...House, and the Republican governor whom McConnell helped elect in 2003 was roundly defeated four years later. Bunning's conservative credentials - buoyed of late by his opposition to the stimulus package, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and, especially, the Wall Street bailout - would have stood him in good stead in a primary, but observers on all sides of the fence predicted he would have struggled in the general election, which has already drawn two strong likely Democratic contenders, Mongiardo and attorney general Jack Conway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Mitch McConnell Ended Jim Bunning's Career | 7/29/2009 | See Source »

...informed President Obama of his intention to resign. As the search for his successor commences, we applaud Souter for his 18 years of service as a member of the Supreme Court’s progressive caucus and encourage Obama to nominate in Souter’s stead a justice of comparable judicial philosophy...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Mockery of Meritocracy | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...some residents said they felt the school committee did not give sufficient weight to Turk’s Cambridge roots. “Lifelong service to this city doesn’t mean a damn thing because they’ll screw you,” said Charles L. Stead, Sr., a former principal in the district. “Understand that is the sentiment that is going to be felt by most of the blacks in this city.” Fantini, who has served on the committee for 12 terms, said he thought Turk deserved to be superintendent...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Young Selected To Head Schools | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...under Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., ’53, conservativism’s elder statesman and principal brain trust. Despite these credentials, Mr. Kristol’s short run on the Times’s editorial page had yielded little more than uninspired boilerplate. With Mr. Douthat taking his stead, the Times will now feature a conservative whose intellectual vintage is much younger but who has already earned a reputation as an independent thinker and reformer...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Distinct ‘Privilege’ | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

...Khatami had hoped to persuade his former presidential adviser, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, to run in his stead, but made clear that if Moussavi declined, he would be forced to accept the mantle of responsibility. According to Tajzadeh, the pressure on him, "combined with the terrible situation of the country," has made Khatami feel a social obligation to run against Ahmadinejad. A victory by the reformist leader who promoted domestic liberalization and accommodation with the West on the international front would mark a profound political shift from Ahmadinejad, whose foreign policy has been based on an uncompromising defiance. But victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: A Familiar Face to Challenge Ahmadinejad | 2/7/2009 | See Source »

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