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...Levy Mwanawasa called a conference of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the Zambian capital Lusaka to discuss the delay in the release of results in Zimbabwe's presidential race. Though Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a parliamentary majority in the March 29 vote, the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) has not released the official result in the presidential race. An independent survey places Tsvangirai well ahead in the vote, and the MDC itself claims an outright victory after 28 years of Mugabe's rule...
...Nevertheless, no SADC leader has yet joined the worldwide chorus of condemnation of Mugabe nor echoed accusations that he is attempting to steal the vote. There is little expectation that the organization will reverse its stand on Mugabe this time around, not least because SADC often bridles at any kind of outside intervention; and Mugabe blames sanctions and persistent imperial ambitions of white foreigners for his country's economic woes. Certainly someone has a lot to answer for: the former British colony now has a six-figure annual inflation rate, unemployment is 80%, and average life expectancy stands...
...wards that make up the political machine thrive on delivering the vote come Election Day. But they also exist for the patronage and other help that ward leaders and committee persons can offer their people. Like all dreamers, Grandpop was a walker of the neighborhood. He took us on evening walks through Hunting Park, his Phillies cigar a regular part of the ritual. On the way home, he'd stop at the corner next to the subway stop, get the bulldog edition of the Inquirer and chat with the guy selling the papers. That corner, one of my brothers recalled...
There are thousands of my Grandpops in Philadelphia today--committee persons who will be out there on primary day. There may not be one endorsed candidate in the race, but they'll be getting their people out to vote. And the rest of the state will have its eyes on the wards of Philadelphia...
...Bush on the substance of the issue. But at a time when new details are emerging of the Administration's intimate involvement with formulating specific detainee interrogation practices, the Arizona Senator does now find himself in the uncomfortable position of agreeing with President Bush on a key election-year vote about those very same controversial policies...