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...Auburn is 10-0 and powered by its best team in 100 years. We’ll see if the Tide can pull off the upset in Saturday’s nightcap...
THOMAS H. KEAN Republican Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Reach across the aisle. This has been one of the most divisive campaigns in American history, and your job now is to pull the country back together...
Ultimately, the out-of-synch nature of Daschle's career may have been the most critical factor in Thune's victory. For three terms Daschle managed to pull off the balancing act of being a high-profile, left-leaning Senator in a low-profile, right-leaning state. South Dakota tipped further to the right in 2004, however, and Daschle knew it. His campaign frequently touted a study that showed the Senator agreed with President Bush about 70% of the time and aired a spot showing Daschle and Bush hugging on the floor of the House in the wake...
Coburn's opponent, Democratic Congressman Brad Carson, couldn't pull the same kind of weight, and in fact didn't dare try: most Democrats with a national reputation are radioactive in Oklahoma. Despite Carson's declared support for gun rights, tax cuts, the Iraq war and a constitutional ban on gay marriage, Coburn managed to paint him as a liberal. Once he gets to Washington, Coburn may apply the same label to some of his fellow Republicans: budget deficits drive him crazy, a lonely cause in a Congress that these days winks at trillions in red ink. Given that Coburn...
Inside Kerryland, it was called Operation Gutsball, chiefly because it would take a gritty determination to pull it off. Gutsball was a secret plan to supercharge the way Kerry would fight and finance his fall campaign. He would pass on the public dough altogether, not exactly a precedent that the avowed campaign-finance reformer would want to be the one to set. But the idea was tempting...