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It’s not as if Kuo is godless, either. He was an Ashcroft aide and has an evangelical blog, and represents the kind of voter the Bush White House relies on as its base. But Kuo notes that Bush political operatives Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove called the evangelicals “ridiculous” and “nuts” in strategy meetings—an excellent way to alienate that base before next election...
Although I would like to believe it, Republicans—especially Republican pollsters—are not delusional when they get excited over this kind of news. They know that this issue energizes the Republican base. Countless articles, ranging from The New York Times to Republican blogs, have speculated that this court decision could change the momentum of Democratic Senate candidates Jim Webb in Virginia and Harold Ford Jr. in Tennessee, as well as House candidates throughout the contested Midwest...
...said that a study had found rot at the tree’s base in early 2004, and experts concluded the ash was a “safety hazard...
...Gets Nervous in Tennessee In the race for the Senate, Harold Ford wasn't supposed to have much appeal outside his home base of Memphis. But now that he is in a virtual dead heat with his Republican opponent, the race is getting down and dirty
...Pyongyang back to the table. Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose term started just two weeks before Kim's nuclear test, has built support with the Japanese public by standing firm against North Korea. If Abe is seen to go soft, he could lose his conservative political base, already shaken by his recent diplomatic overtures to Beijing and Seoul. While Abe has repeatedly declared that Japan has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, a rising chorus of influential voices inside and outside the government has begun raising the possibility. As unlikely as a nuclear Japan might seem, given...