Word: governorship
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...Meehan may be setting his sights on a higher goal: the governorship of Massachusetts...
...secretary of state (second in line for the governorship, after the lieutenant governor), Harris was widely expected to serve an unremarkable term; the post traditionally calls for a cheerleader who will drum up business and development deals within the state. Now, of course, Harris's days of national anonymity are behind her, as she wrestles with the responsibilities of her office and her allegiance to her party...
...secretary of state (second in line for the governorship, after the lieutenant governor), Harris was widely expected to serve an unremarkable term; the post traditionally calls for a cheerleader who will drum up business and development deals within the state. Now, of course, Harris's days of national anonymity are behind her, as she wrestles with the responsibilities of her office and her allegiance to her party...
...When Perot won 19 percent of the vote in 1992, when Ventura won the governorship of Minnesota in 1998, how many of those voters were trying to elect the Reform party? In 2000, how many Naderites would miss a beat if he were running as the presidential candidate of, say, the Blue party...
...grand Texan tradition, George W. Bush, during his run for the Texan governorship, headed off into the woods in the middle of dove shooting season with rifle on shoulder and a pack of reporters following close upon his heels--no doubt to showcase his closeness to nature and the common man. In fact, Bush did shoot and bag a bird. Unfortunately, the bird had the audacity not to be a dove, but a killdee--a member of an endangered species no less...