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...Most polls may put the GOP ahead in voter enthusiasm, but that excitement has yet to translate into campaign cash. By the end of February, the National Republican Campaign Committee, which works to elect Republicans to the House, had slightly more than $6 million in the bank, compared with the nearly $20 million held by its Democratic counterpart. The Republican committee in the Senate that finances campaigns had $12.9 million on hand, compared with $14.3 million available to Senate Democrats. And the Republican National Committee trailed the Democratic National Committee, $9.5 million to $10.7 million. The war-chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why 2010 May Not Be as Dire for the Dems as 1994 | 4/2/2010 | See Source »

...Principle.” Voters expressing support for such parties necessarily have a concern for their ideological motives, rather than for their candidate’s charisma or charm. Since this, after all, is the goal of democratic voting—for citizens to vote for, and presumably elect, those representatives whose values and policy preferences will most accord with their own—third-party voters are likely closer to an ideal of democratic decision-making than mainstream party voters ever will...

Author: By Peter M. Bozzo | Title: In Defense of the Little Guy | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Barking and Dagenham - the two neighborhoods elect separate members of Parliament but make up a single London borough council - have witnessed rapid demographic change since the last national census, in 2001. At the time, 80% of locals identified themselves as "white - British." There's been a big influx of nonwhite families since then, with many blacks and Asians - British-born as well as new immigrants - looking for cheap housing. "There's a sense of competition for finite resources," says Jon Cruddas, Dagenham's MP and a Labour Party member. "These are generic forces, but they collide in an intense form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deep Funk: Why Britain is Feeling Bleak | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard. When evaluating the purpose of a liberal-arts education, we think that fields such as ethnic studies provide critical opportunities for students to expand their views on the world; as such, ethnic studies has every right to exist as part of the curriculum that Harvard students may elect to study...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Worthy Field | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...been captain for two years now,” Mills said. “We elect our captains, so that says a lot. We value her guidance so much. We wouldn’t have chosen her if we didn’t have complete trust in her abilities. She’s honestly not lacking in any sense of the word [leadership...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Clarke Named All-American at NCAA Championships | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

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