Word: unpopularity
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...many of his cronies that it appears the Party's ballyhooed transition to a younger generation of leaders has effectively been thwarted. Jiang even engineered an expansion of the Standing Committee from seven to nine members, presumably so he could get his right-hand man, Zeng Qinghong, and unpopular but loyal apparatchiks Jia Qinglin and Huang Ju into his postretirement support network...
...constitutional convention, that, in his opinion, Turkey's admission to the club would mean "the end of the European Union." Plus, the terms of the next year's International Monetary Fund loan package have to be hammered out, and a decision made on whether to back an unpopular U.S.-led war on Iraq. Erdogan's first act as Turkey's non-Prime Minister will be to tour Europe, starting with an old enemy, Greece. He is hoping to allay fears about an Islamist threat. And then he must convince doubters at home...
...Democratic candidates have gone to great lengths to compare themselves to Bush, like Ron Kirk, a Texas Democrat running for Senate, whose campaign machine has ceaselessly churned out press releases talking about Kirk’s affection for the Texan president. Likewise, Republicans have been distancing themselves from now-unpopular notions like privatizing social security. In these cases, however, candidates has been generally evasive over what they believe and have instead relied on arousing public suspicions over the true beliefs of his opponent...
...even if the unpopular government of General Pervez Musharraf survives the inevitable anger in the streets that a U.S. war with Iraq would unleash, Pakistan's bitter dispute with India over Kashmir will remain, posing a constant threat of war between two nations with nuclear arms. Weaver, a foreign correspondent for the New Yorker, is a lucid and compelling guide through the nasty predicament that is Pakistan. Just don't expect her to be a comforting one. --By Richard Lacayo
West criticized current politicians, notably members of the Democratic Party, who he sees as unwilling to risk reelection and public support by voicing and acting upon unpopular opinions...