Word: pressingly
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...think the press [took that approach...
...lugged around for so many years. They feel like this would be an historic achievement for the country. And I understand that appeal. I think McCain probably, as you can tell from his speech last night, felt part of that a little himself. And I think that required the press then to start rationalizing McCain into something he wasn't. He's an honest, honorable guy, who pressed and fought his way through the world's worst political environment. And played by rules that nobody else would have played by. And so it became what...
Martin, in a conference call with reporters, seemed to believe the answer was "yes" and had said he had already placed a call to the President-elect asking for his support. Chambliss, in another press conference later in the day, seemed to believe the answer was "no," but acknowledged the national implications of the race. He said a runoff could force him to face the flood of Democratic money that bedeviled John McCain in the presidential race. "Look, a runoff is just not good news for Saxby Chambliss," says Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University...
...That sentiment is reverberating around the world, but there are dissenters. A majority of Israelis would have felt more comfortable with a Republican President. Bush gave Israel generous military aid, supported the government during the controversial 2006 Lebanon war and didn't press too hard for the closure of illegal Jewish settlements inside the Palestinian territories. John McCain, a solid advocate of Israel and like many Israeli politicians an ex-soldier, appeared a better bet to security-minded Israelis than a black American with a Muslim middle name. "Obama's an enigma to us," said one Israeli official...
...lost for Omar, who has declared himself an "ambassador of peace." Although, as the press here predicted, his plea was rejected, he does has multiple opportunities for appeal. And even if that fails, he may still get what Spanish newspaper El País suggests he is truly after. Not the villa in Marbella, perhaps, but at least publicity for a forthcoming book on his relationship with...