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...contest of challengers, name recognition can count for a lot, and in that regard McAuliffe entered the race in the strongest position of the three. Until recently, in fact, the outspoken former chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign enjoyed double-digit leads in some polls. A savvy, veteran fundraiser, he's raked in $6.9 million, nearly as much as his two opponents combined: Moran has raised $4.8 million and Deeds $3.8 million. McAuliffe, who has made a fortune in real estate and Internet investments mostly with Democratic donors, bills himself as the candidate best qualified to bring jobs...
...will this change anything? Veteran Brussels consultant and lobbyist Paul Adamson says that classic political divisions matter less in the European Parliament. "It is not so much about left or right, but about more or less Europe," he says. "Once the elections are out of the way, the main political groups work out their differences through consensus and compromise. And the three main ones are still all pro-European." With the rightwards lurch and the move to the fringe, it remains to be seen whether being pro-European means the same tomorrow as it did yesterday...
...only in the company of her parents, was among a contingent of young women invited for a New Year's Eve party at the Sardinia villa. Last week, news arrived of a series of potentially compromising long-range photos of the inside of the villa taken by veteran photographer Antonello Zappadu, who two years ago photographed the Prime Minister surrounded by young women at Berlusconi's Sardinia estate, known as Villa Certosa...
...delicate balance, one that pro-democracy advocates worry is tipping toward Beijing. Last year the Chinese government postponed direct elections in the territory, bumping the date from 2012 to 2017 for the chief executive and to 2020 for the legislature. The move outraged veteran campaigners like Martin Lee, Hong Kong's "Father of Democracy." Lee, recently the target of a foiled assassination plot, says Beijing is buying time, stacking the democratic deck. "They have postponed and postponed," he says. "Hong Kong will not have democracy until Beijing knows they have people...
...have angered voters and mobilized party activists. Amid calls for radical reform of Britain's fustian political system, the next Parliament is already guaranteed to have a fresh face, with droves of MPs vowing not to run at the next election and others facing ouster by their parties. One veteran still refuses to budge, even as the calls for his head grow louder. Yet after the resignation of two Cabinet ministers in the past 24 hours, Brown's tenure at 10 Downing Street looks precarious at best. (See the top 10 most outrageous British expense claims...