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...than 50 days into his tenure, the slick-haired, smooth-talking politician has become both poster boy and punching bag on the hot-button issue of gay marriage. Many Democrats are fretting that a presidential election year is a bad time for Newsom to take a principled and potentially unpopular stand on an issue that might hurt the party in the general election. But throughout all the controversy, the mayor remains almost preternaturally calm. "He's like Dean without the anger," says a Newsom staff member...
...Democratic candidates, such as Kerry, will probably be forced into taking an unpopular position,” he said...
...took the nation to the brink of economic collapse, setting off a global debt crisis; in Mexico City. An affable personality who spent early mornings practicing javelin throws and late evenings poring over literature, he was Mexico's Secretary of Finance before being elected President for a term so unpopular that he had to move to Europe for a few years after he left office...
...hang together, we'll hang separately." He has hired Phil Schiliro, an aggressive and seasoned House Democratic operative, to craft a more combative legislative strategy. Instead of going along with bipartisan compromises, the plan is to introduce more "message" legislation to rally the Democrats' base and force Republicans into unpopular votes. Senator Ted Kennedy plans to introduce a bill next week to raise the minimum wage to $7 an hour, and he plans to attach it to the next measure the Republicans want to push through the Senate. Democrats last week pounced on N. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of Bush...
According to colleagues, Van den Bosch is the person who most completely understands the H&M customer. "If it's too complicated on a hanger and if it's too avant-garde, maybe it's not us," Van den Bosch explains. However, risky, unpopular colors or shapes are always possible. "You can have everything, but you have to think about the right quantities...