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...reason for this curious gathering is not hard to figure out. Muslim Americans in Minnesota and throughout the nation have been forging a coalition with liberals on issues like those articulated by Congressman-elect Ellison - universal health insurance, tougher environmental regulation, opposition to the Patriot Act and an immediate end to the war in Iraq...
...Earlier this year, it seemed like Angelides would be giving the Terminator a much tougher fight. Schwarzenegger looked politically dead just a year ago, when voters rejected a number of conservative ballot initiatives he backed in a special election and his approval ratings plunged. But the former action movie hero quickly recast himself as a moderate pragmatist, making deals with the Democratic-controlled legislature on bills ordering a minimum wage hike and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. His centrist image restored by late summer, Schwarzenegger pulled ahead of Angelides and hasn't trailed since. Along the way, he has benefited...
...place with Iona and Brown, the Crimson entered the fray seeded No. 3, based on a goal differential tie-breaking system. Last time out, Harvard won with 54 seconds remaining in the third overtime period against Brown, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, but the Bears proved a tougher foe this time around. When the last ripple faded, the Crimson had finished where it started, placing No. 3 in the Championships and earning a spot at the Nov. 11-12 Eastern Championships. HARVARD 8, FORDHAM 5 Fordham University, seeded sixth, met the Crimson in the first round. When...
...area in which the President and a Democratic Congress might be able to make common cause is the immigration bill that has been one of his signature issues. The Senate has gone along with Bush's comprehensive approach, which includes both tougher enforcement of the border and expanded legalization for immigrants who are already in this country. But the closest thing to an immigration policy to come out of House Republicans was a 700-mile "virtual fence" along the border--a politically expedient idea that, enacted on its own, leaves Bush with less to horse-trade in his efforts...
...concerned about the fact that is getting harder to make ends meet, and that the minimum wage has not gone up in a decade." In general, Ellsworth is not easy to portray as out of step with local values: he is also against abortion and gun control and for tougher immigration laws...