Word: powers
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First, political discourse: Turnout was slightly higher this election, which is nice. But presidents don't have too much direct power over our lives now, and we tend to be more concerned with state property taxes than we do with most federal policies. So a 50 percent turnout rate isn't too upsetting...
Because I think a Bush presidency would have more establishment legitimacy than a Gore presidency, I won't make reference to the chief executive's power to actualize his agenda. But 80 percent of the country say they'll nominally support whomever is declared the winner. As for the split Congress, my unsubtle view is that the 50-50 Senate has a moderate Republican bias. There is political capital for campaign finance reform. It might happen. Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) could be wise to follow a pragmatic, moderate course of action...
...broader scale, this election may also prove a corrective to blind states'-rights activists. The federal government and its bureaucracy have a tendency to creatively and arbitrarily mess things up, but, as we've seen, devolving power to state and local officials doesn't solve the problem of homosapient-ism, which is to say that human beings have biases, perspectives, quirks, and make errors. (Theresa LePore, a Democrat, tried to help seniors read the ballot in Palm Beach by making the type-face bolder. In doing so, she had to re-arrange candidate's names. That might have cost...
...People are prepared to stay in there with no power, no heat and no food. We have everything we need," Dillen said. "They are willing to stay there until the administration gives us what we want...
...Tigers' junior goalie Dave Stathos made 31 saves in the contest, with the only mishap coming on a one-timer from Eli Jeff Hamilton, as Yale began the third period on a power play...