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...nearly four decades, animus over the proposed bill has helped Brown erase the double-digit lead Coakley enjoyed as recently as earlier this month. The state attorney general, Coakley, 56 - who would be Massachusetts' first female U.S. Senator - is known as a fierce prosecutor, social progressive and shrewd politician, but she has drawn criticism for running a lackluster campaign. (See Ted Kennedy's life in pictures...
...knows full well that his profession will televise his weekly tournaments, and that commercials, logos, and billboards will print his face all over the world. His public status therefore includes a loss of privacy; though none of this is a legal matter, practically Tiger must know that, like a politician, his public success comes with public scrutiny...
Members of a convoy on their way to file candidacy papers for a local politician were attacked by up to 100 gunmen in what officials are calling a political massacre "unequaled in recent history." A dozen journalists were slain, along with the wife of gubernatorial hopeful Ismael Mangudadatu. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a local state of emergency and vowed to pursue the perpetrators, who were alleged to be connected to the region's current governor, an Arroyo ally...
...certainly confident in Capuano on the issues. However, given the fact that his politics do little to differentiate him from his Democratic rivals, it is his personal attributes that make him stand out most to us. Specifically, we are impressed with Capuano’s past as a politician who gets things done. Since learning politics in rough-and-tumble Somerville—where he served as the city’s mayor—he has represented Massachusetts’s Eighth Congressional District, which includes Harvard, for over a decade...
Also refreshing is his candid, and often feisty, attitude. Capuano is not a typical politician; he is often willing to embrace controversy rather than resort to the tired political trick of sidestepping it. He is also wont to be upfront about issues and his stances on them. When his votes may be unpopular, he explains them, trying to engage rather than fool those who would disagree. Finally, he has also displayed a hot streak that often results in him becoming more animated than the average politician. Rather than seeing this as a disadvantage, we recognize that this invigorating style...