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...even if it loses - most voter polls show it getting less than the 60% required to pass - Crist stands to remain popular. Despite the very real problems he's had with the tax and insurance efforts, his approval ratings still hover in the high 50s. Pundits agree that's largely because Crist is at least making the effort on issues that Floridians consider crucial to keeping the middle class viable in a state whose demographics make it an uncanny microcosm of the nation as a whole...
McCain's own view on the contest of resumes is typically stubborn, even righteous. "Even if the economy is the quote 'number one issue,' the real issue will remain America's security," he told reporters yesterday. "And if [voters] choose to say, look, I do not need this guy because he's not as good on home loan mortgages or whatever . I understand that. I will accept that verdict...
...election date where it was, it may well have played a greater role in deciding the nominee." That said, however, he still believes the Florida result will influence Super Tuesday voters even if it won't count on the delegate tally board. And he and other state Democratic leaders remain convinced, like state Republicans, that it was necessary for Florida to strike a blow for primary reform in the U.S., like the creation of rotating regional primaries, which looks more likely to happen now for the 2012 election...
With luck, some of these groups may consolidate or disappear. One day, for example the Americans may go home. The National Police may draw down, the Iraqi police step up and shape up, the quick reaction force remain at the station unless otherwise needed, and the CLCs integrate into the Iraqi army and police. But for students of history and armchair generals, the parallels with Beirut, circa 1975, may be striking: More sectarian-aligned groups are organized and armed and funded now than at any point...
Until the government operates from the same premises, real and concerted change will remain elusive, said Carlos Alberto Scaramuzza, thematic conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund-Brasil. "The government needs to recognize that agribusiness, especially cattle ranching, is part of the problem," Scaramuzza said. "If we keep hearing the agriculture minister saying that agribusiness has nothing to do with the problem then we are always going to be chasing our tail...