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...nonfiction paean to his all-American ethnic group, the Scots Irish. "When I started studying Andrew Jackson, I realized that I was really a Jacksonian populist Democrat," Webb tells the crowd. "Jackson believed that you don't measure the health of a society at the apex but at the base. I believe that too, and that's why I'm a Democrat." There are other reasons. Webb opposed the war in Iraq, and he was increasingly uncomfortable with Republican extremism on social and economic issues. "I'm not sure that Democrats are much better," he told me earlier...
...abortion issue have been abortion opponents, which explains why congressional Republicans have worked so hard to put anti-abortion judges on the bench and passed restrictions on late-term abortions, and state legislatures have passed laws requiring parental notification for abortion. Those moves have excited the GOP base, but haven't caused much of a negative reaction from swing voters, because they haven't threatened the majority position on abortion...
...there seems an easy way for Republicans to keep their base happy on immigration and not lose swing voters in the process. Certain "get tough" proposals on immigration, such as sending National Guard troops to the border and increasing the number of border agents, get more than 60% support from all Americans, and at the same time appease the Republican base. Which is why House members, who supported President Bush's position on other issues even when they doubted the wisdom of it, may buck that trend when it comes time to bargain with the Senate over immigration later this...
...days. It then falls to the boy to raise the stakes. Tank's preferred lines are, "when was yr last bf" or "how far have u gone." A girl you've met once for five minutes replies to that? "Sure," says Tank. "They might say 'third ["base]".' Or they might just fang it out there that they've had sex." From the guy's point of view, the further the girl says she's been, the better. Tank would then suggest they meet. If the girl agrees, a "hook-up" or petting session might take place at the movies...
...Probably not. I hate the guy." TYLER SNYDER, Oakland A's fan who caught the ball Barry Bonds hit for his 714th home run?to tie Babe Ruth at No. 2 on the U.S. base-ball all-time list?when asked if he would give the ball to the slugger