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...Democrats, the hope for an upset is Arizona, where incumbent Sen. Jon Kyl (R), has looked safe from the Democratic challenger, shopping mall developer Jim Pederson...
...Republicans hope for an upset in Michigan because an anti-incumbent tide could benefit the G.O.P. in a state where both U.S. Senators and the Governor are Democrats. That is one of the races that will help illuminate whether any wave this year is anti-incumbent, or just anti-Republican. The G.O.P. is also making offensive moves in New Jersey, where Tom Kean Jr. is profiting from corruption charges against incumbent Robert Menendez, and Maryland, where Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele is running on change against Democrat Ben Cardin, a 10-termer in the U.S. House...
...That's what happened to the previous bland blandishment of "Merry Christmas." It was no more a declaration of religious belief than saying, "God bless you," when you heard a sneeze. (Remind me: is that still allowed?) Yet in the nagging belief that an invocation of the holiday might upset some people, usually referred to as "our Jewish friends," the phrase morphed into "Happy holiday" or "Happy holidays" - those days presumably being Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's Day. Problem solved, with no offense...
...your favorite athlete outside of basketball? I'm going to have to go with Tiger Woods because he's so dominant right now. His father passed away, and he's very sad and upset, and he's playing angry. He's killing everyone. Destroying them. It's all over. He's sort of like me. When I get mad, there's nothing anyone can do. Nothing...
...Strayhorn, who bills herself as "One Tough Grandma" and is the mother of ex-White House spokesman Scott McClellan, has turned Perry's toll road "fiasco," as she calls it, into the centerpiece of her campaign while attracting teachers upset about school finance. But even Strayhorn, one of the state's most popular officeholders, has been unable to break out from the "anti-Perry" pack. She stumbled during the lone gubernatorial debate, leaving an opening for the little-known Democratic candidate Chris Bell. The 46-year-old Bell, a former U.S. Congressman who filed the first ethics complaint against DeLay...