Word: stuck
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...focus of debate. Reagan personally lobbied against the budget alternative, mostly with Democratic freshmen. He told Ronald Coleman of Texas that the Democratic plan was "way out of line." Army Secretary John Marsh also called Coleman, subtly reminding the Congressman that Fort Bliss was in his district. Coleman stuck with his party. "Even though I'm a freshman, I think there's enough of us not to let anything happen to Fort Bliss," he said. The 26 seats won by the Democrats last fall tipped the balance: on what was close to a party-line vote, the Democrats budget passed...
...This is where we are right now," Obama said. "It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years. Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, black and white, I have never been so naïve as to believe that we can get beyond our racial divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidacy - particularly a candidacy as imperfect as my own. But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people - that working together we can move beyond some...
...since the invasion In terms of what the mood was in 2003 versus now in 2008, it's complicated because certainly there was some trepidation and concern on the part of some of us that going into Iraq didn't make sense, and that we could get stuck there as we have. I think most people thought it wasn't necessarily a great idea, but it would be relatively easy militarily and we wouldn't get stuck there. I think what we're seeing now is that it was a huge strategic mistake, that it is bleeding...
...left Iraq There was no hope in the future for anyone who has ambition to do things. If you are there, you are so stuck with the system you either play with their rules or you are an outcast. Iraq at that time - you had every flexibility that you have here in New York except being able to say anything bad about the government. Here I can say whatever I want, no one is listening. But there you cannot. I've seen it with my own eyes that people disappear for no reason. In Iraq, no matter what you would...
...vote. Erdogan might learn to rein in his famous temper and accomodate critics. For instance, he abandoned a much-needed reform to overhaul the constitution, a leftover from a 1980 military coup, in favor of a one-off amendment to lift the ban on headscarves in universities. "If Erdogan stuck to his original steps, like joining Europe and integrating with the global economy, he wouldn't have been faced with this court case," says Hurriyet commentator Enis Berberoglu...