Word: winning
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...weak effort by Deeds, but there will be no denying that Obama and his agenda played a role. Some conservatives are turned off by the Administration's enacted and proposed expansion of government; some liberals are demoralized by Obama's failure to push their agenda. A McDonnell win would serve as a check on Democratic momentum in a state Obama won in 2008 after no Democratic presidential candidate had been victorious there in a generation, and signal a modest GOP comeback against the tide of last year. (Watch a video about how Virginians voted in the 2008 presidential election...
...local public corruption and by eye-popping property-tax rates. But Corzine has fought back from a near fatal deficit earlier in the year thanks to four factors: 1) the rise of Chris Daggett, an independent candidate who has drawn votes away from Christie, giving Corzine a chance to win with far less than 50% of the vote, 2) the focus on Christie's personal baggage, such as the shady circumstances involving his office spending, an unreported loan to a top aide and a 2005 traffic violation, 3) Corzine's spending millions of dollars from his own fortune...
...While the elements in the New York special election are unusual, nothing is more sui generis than the race taking place 300 miles to the south, in which the outcome is in no doubt. New York City's mayor, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, is widely expected to win a third term after leading an effort to overturn New York City's term-limit law and spending tens of millions of his own money to bury his Democratic opponent. The only lessons to be drawn from New York City's mayoral race involve smart, free-spending, billionaire incumbents - none of which will...
...reaching the quarterfinals and Hayes making the final round. Sophomore Davis Mangham made a run to the singles quarterfinals, defeating Darthmouth’s Andrew Malizia, 6-4, 6-1, and eventually falling to the Big Green’s No. 1 contender Dan Freeman, who went on to win Flight...
...irrelevance. By many accounts, its insistence on a second vote was intended as leverage to press Karzai into accepting a unity government with Abdullah rather than to actually go through with the poll. But Karzai called Washington's bluff, insisting on a second round he was confident of winning. Meanwhile, Abdullah, claiming that he'd be cheated again and probably recognizing that he was never likely to win even a clean election against Karzai, made clear his intention to boycott the runoff early on. The runoff was unlikely to help stabilize the country or resolve its fundamental conflicts, and canceling...