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...Every day I rolled out of my base camp, I knew I potentially could be killed,” Meeks says. “I had run that route 12 times, and five out of the 12 an IED [improvised explosive device] had hit some part of the convoy, so I pretty much thought it would be inevitable...
...broader electorate. "Democrats have a problem with middle-to-low-income voters who are culturally conservative," says Teixeira. "I think Hillary still annoys them." Few things could excite the passions of the "vast right-wing conspiracy"--as Clinton once called her husband's enemies--or motivate the Republican base more than the prospect of a President Hillary Clinton. "I'm one of the few in the semi--inner circle who don't think she can win," says Ickes, a close Clinton ally who was deputy chief of staff to her husband in his first term. "It would be a brutal...
Trial lawyers, gays and bears all had something extra at stake in this week's election returns, as voters in 34 states decided 163 ballot measures. Some--like proposed constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage--helped woo a party's base to the polls. Other ballot measures--like laws against baiting bears--forced voters to tackle local issues too grisly for legislators to handle on their own. --By Rebecca Winters...
Fear is precisely what we do not need. The Bush Administration exploited fear to justify its irrational attack on Iraq when in fact al-Qaeda was hiding elsewhere. Americans are intelligent enough to know we are facing a threat. A successful response must not be distorted by base emotions of insecurity, anger or revenge. We have the wisdom and the strength to overcome our enemies. We cannot afford fear...
...husbands who wouldn't stop and ask for directions. Americans who may have been willing to stand behind Bush again if he showed a little bend or a little learning heard no evidence of either. Just as important for the Bush campaign, which had so carefully courted its conservative base, the President's performance set off gnashing and moans among the faithful...