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...Kudrin tersely told Abramovich that such donations must come from "the state budget" rather than his tax breaks. Whatever his reasons, Abramovich looks as if he wants to keep selling. He recently ditched another 37.5% stake in the Ruspromavto auto company. So will the richest Russian swap his Chukotka governorship for the title of Sir Roman? That might depend on how much money Putin will let him withdraw from Russia. And the extent of Putin's generosity may tell other oligarchs how much of today's riches they might get to keep
...Republican Romney drew from his experience of running unsuccessfully against Mass. Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 for his seat in 1994 and then winning the governorship in 2002 in a state controlled predominantly by Democrats...
...Republicans also picked up the governorship in Kentucky for the first time in more than 30 years. That shouldn't have been too surprising. The current governor had an embarrassing affair with a state contractor and the slogan of governor-elect, Ernie Fletcher, was to "clean up the mess in Frankfort," the state capital. But it was more than local issues at issue in Kentucky. It's a good sign for Bush that both Fletcher and Barbour invited him to the state while national Democrats from Ted Kennedy to Hillary Clinton to the 10 presidential candidates were kept...
Dartboard cautions California’s voters not to punish their governor for problems he did not create—not because of any fondness on Dartboard’s part for the slick-haired sap, but because doing so would transform the governorship into a game of Russian roulette. If the governor can be tossed out in the street at any moment due to factors he cannot control, there will be no persuading any wise and prudent leader to run in the first place. Film actors and smut peddlers may be the kind of star candidates Californians will have...
Garrison Keillor spoke for many of us rational individuals in his description of Jesse Ventura's governorship of Minnesota [ESSAY, Aug. 25]. Keillor referred to Arnold Schwarzenegger's candidacy for California Governor and noted that Minnesotans "invented the action-hero Governor." Education and experience are the substantive ingredients necessary for any successful career, including one in politics. Star power and money should not be the determining factors. Are you listening, California? ALEXANDER G. KAPOCIUS Orland Park...