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Just after lunchtime on Friday back in Arlington, Deeds cheerfully ignored the rain while greeting voters at the Clarendon Metro Station. Half an hour late, Deeds cited the one excuse that is always plausible in northern Virginia: traffic, literally the top issue of the campaign. Though his blue suit was turning dark around the shoulders with moisture, Deeds wandered about without an umbrella shaking hands with everyone in sight, including the media. Deeds, who represents rural Bath County in western Virginia, had languished in third place until he received his own big endorsement, this one a surprisingly resounding one from...
...interview with TIME, Olson said he and Boies had met with gay-rights groups to discuss their concerns before filing the suit over the controversial law banning gay marriage but ultimately decided to move forward anyway. "We have given this a great deal of thought," said Olson, who noted that sitting on the sidelines hardly guarantees that some other plaintiff won't seek his or her own day in court. "Both David and I have seen cases at the Supreme Court brought by people who didn't know what they were doing. We feel we do know what...
...issue of gay marriage back in front of voters, perhaps by as early as 2010. If they win, gay marriages will resume - a big victory for the movement, but one that would likely halt Olson and Boies' case in its tracks. Since all four plaintiffs in the federal suit are Californians, a victory at the polls would mean they have no claim to pursue...
...initiative] would be successful, but ... a loss would be very unfortunate - two successive popular vote losses in the nation's largest and one of the most liberal states. I'm not quite sure I follow the risk-benefit analysis." That's exactly what gay-rights activists worried about this suit have been thinking...
...that might not have existed if it hadn’t happened,” Mendillo says. And while HMC announced in February that it would lay off roughly 50 staffers—part of Mendillo’s desire to “rebalance the company to better suit the portfolio I want to have going forward”—it is now actively looking to hire some top-notch internal traders as well.A LEARNING EXPERIENCEWhile she has tackled the financial crisis opportunistically thus far, Mendillo says the past year has also been a learning experience. Maintaining...