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...winding up 12 years as President and was Paris' mayor for 18 years before that; its inauguration offers him a rare respite from the political failures that have plagued his final years in office. Chirac himself decided in 1999 to award the museum project to Nouvel, a Socialist voter who had been an outspoken critic of Chirac's urban policies. It was a felicitous choice: Stéphane Martin, the museum's president, who has worked closely with Nouvel since then, says, "We have never gotten mad at one another, which in the French tradition of such collaborations is remarkable...
...tentative détente with Iran: "It reinforces the perception that he can't play nicely with the world and will stir up the monitoring organizations, which hurts the President abroad." The detainees' deaths are unlikely to become a domestic political liability, the source says, because the American voter assumes "that if they're in Gitmo, they're pretty bad." But the former official adds, "People don't react very well to surprises like this, because it reinforces the notion that a chaotic world has been made more chaotic by the Bush presidency, not less. People say, 'Typical Bush. He creates...
...Democrats pointed out that the San Diego voter turnout may be a trouble sign for the GOP. While Busby's 45% of the vote was just about the same percentage as John Kerry got in that district in 2004, Bilbray's 49% was more than five percentage points behind President Bush's re-election total there. Amy Walter, who analyzed the vote totals for the Cook Political Report, says that suggests the moderates and independents who usually vote GOP in the district were "sitting on the hands," while "Democrats don't have to worry about their voters coming...
...Busby was a late-hour gaffe in which she seemed to be encouraging illegal immigrants to vote, when she told a Latino audience, "You don't need papers for voting." Though she quickly corrected the slip, saying that she meant "you don't need to be a registered voter" to help the campaign, conservative talk radio hosts had a field day with the comment, which carried particular resonance in a district so near the Mexican border. Yet, even though it came back to haunt her, Busby's gaffe may ultimately hurt Republicans' ability to present a united front this fall...
...year’s end, many of the UC’s activism goals had been reached, and the Council succeeded in restructuring itself to better serve its constituents.Still, the year began less than swimmingly. September’s general elections saw a low turnout not only of voters, but also of candidates; in a few Houses, there were more open positions on than there were candidates to fill them. Inadequate publicity was largely to blame for the shortfall, and as the semester went on, it became readily apparent voter and candidate apathy were just a small part...