Word: unpopular
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Abramoff. Emanuel has long pushed for the lobbying reforms that both parties are now so suddenly embracing. Both have made clear that the Abramoff scandal alone won?t hand Democrats control of Congress. Instead, they?re hoping to use the stench of corruption and other issues, such as the unpopular Medicare prescription drug plan, to paint Republicans as too close to ?special interests? like drug companies...
...best example: He left because he saw it as the best political option for Israel, and he had the courage to face down the challenge from the hotheads in his own party and society who labeled him a traitor. This is leadership. A leader is the one who takes unpopular decisions. Who is going to be this kind of leader in Israel after Sharon? No one, as far as I can tell...
...growing chaos in its own territories. And that will discourage Israelis from seeking a deal with the Palestinians, because the Palestinians will appear incapable of implementing the promises they make. The "peace strategy" of President Mahmoud Abbas will not bear fruit, because the strategy of peace requires making unpopular decisions on the Palestinian side, as Sharon did on the Israeli side. And Palestinian leaders have been unwilling to do that. Now, Israel, too, may less willing to take bold steps...
...That question can be posed another way: Why on Earth does Koizumi stubbornly keep doing something so unpopular? He himself has never fully explained his motivations, except to say things such as: "I visit Yasukuni Shrine to pledge to the soldiers who were made to fight and to die that the future will hold no wars." Granted, Koizumi did make annual visits to the shrine a campaign promise in 2001, and some speculate that he fears the wrath of the Japan Association of War Bereaved Families if he stops. But Koizumi is a lame duck?he has repeatedly said...
...Altough Morales, who leads voter polls with about 36%, has made bashing Washington a centerpiece of his campaign, he may not be able to keep his populist promises. The U.S. campaign to eliminate coca may be widely unpopular in Bolivia, where chewing the leaf is deeply entrenched in the culture, but by legalizing its cultivation Morales would risk losing the more than $200 million in essential aid Bolivia receives from Washington. Similarly, while it may be politically popular to call for nationalization of natural gas reserves, that would likely alienate the U.S. and other multinational firms that Bolivia needs...