Word: trailing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...faces tough challenges, as both men are finding it harder to rally even centrist support than it was a year ago. Thanks to the 2008 elections, two key Republican backers of last year's effort at immigration reform, John McCain and Sam Brownback, have disappeared down the campaign trail. McCain had previously united with Kennedy to form a central Senate bloc for a compromise, while Brownback played a key role representing the compassionate right. Mel Martinez, a key Hispanic Republican voice in the debate, has also gone quiet since taking over the Republican National Committee...
...throughout the album, nowhere more than on the Timbaland-produced single “Put It Down,” where the Funk Doc takes us on a blast from the past. “Look in my eyes nigga, you see a great ball of fire nigga / My trail is blazin’, I Stoudamire nigga,” Red spits, paying homage to NBA point guard Damon Stoudamire. It’s the kind of irreverent, pun-heavy rhyme that has sustained Redman’s fan base throughout his six solo efforts and two collaborative albums...
...does, however, have a paper trail: reams of pointed jokes and hours of transcripts in which he is hostile, at times crude. Mark Drake, spokesman for the Minnesota G.O.P., says he understands that Franken's remarks are mostly jokes but reminds me, "He once referred to Republican politicians as shameless [expletive we don't print]. I don't think voters will like that...
Smith’s death in February has since spawned a trail of newspaper ink and YouTube videos, the most recent centering on a paternity dispute involving her child. The results of a paternity test were due to be revealed yesterday, but instead left a frenzied media on tenterhooks until next week. It’s a shame she isn’t around to enjoy the mania, since meaningless fame was her raison d’être, but this foul death has given her life meaning as a farcical parable of ugly modern life...
...presidential election is still 20 months away, but in typical Harvard fashion, a number of student organizations pledging support for the candidates are hitting the campaign trail early...