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...voters and the ground shifted under her feet," says Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In a recent New York Times story, the Senator mused that she had been hoping the "November Republicans" - a reference to the moderates she has relied on for support in the past in a state with no party registration - would turn out and vote in the primary. But her campaign appears to have misjudged the tectonic political shifts of the past year...
...million - plus her comment on the Glenn Beck radio show that some of the conspiracy theorists who see the federal government's hand in the 9/11 attacks "have some good arguments" have cost her, Jillson says. Medina is insisting the polls are not picking up her strong grass-roots support, and the question on Tuesday will be just how close Medina comes to Hutchison. (See pictures of former presidential candidate Ron Paul...
Despite widespread support for the President's policies, there is little question Uribismo will be weakened without the man himself to stand up for it; many of the votes that would have gone to Uribe will be up for grabs. "A lot of people voted for Uribe not because they really liked Uribismo," says Isacson. "So you could see voters being drawn off to other more charismatic candidates who are not Uribistas...
Naturally, candidates outside Uribe's alliance hope for major shifts in the electoral landscape. "If the President can't run, there will be a change in popular support," says Rafael Pardo, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate. Pardo believes traditionally Liberal voters who switched their allegiance to support Uribe will return to the Liberal Party. In any case, the candidates have precious little time to gear up for the vote. "It's clear the [debate over the term-limits] referendum did a lot of damage because it cost the electoral campaign almost a year of analysis, and a country...
...process, Iraq's contending factions will achieve a consensus that will prevent a relapse into civil war. Under the Status of Forces Agreement concluded between the Bush Administration and the Iraqi government, all U.S. combat forces will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of July, and the remaining support troops and training personnel will leave by the end of 2011. The Obama White House, which needs extra soldiers for its expansion of the war in Afghanistan, is committed to that timetable and optimistic about the country that they will leave behind. But on the streets of Baquba, it seems...