Word: stated
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...death penalty can recognize the danger of wrongful convictions and act to prevent them. No one favors the death penalty for innocent people. Hopefully Illinois' action will have consequences nationwide; one especially hopes that Gov. George W. Bush's Texas, which executes more people than any other state, and Gov. Jeb Bush's Florida, which has identified more innocent death row inmates than more than any other state, will follow suit. Ryan's example shows that a politician, even one who has defended the death penalty, can still have the courage to govern by principle...
...Arizona senator won't rest on his laurels after outpacing the Republican field in the Granite State, but will instead begin days of town hall meetings in a state largely inhospitable to his moderate views. His rival, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, has fared better in recent polls in the Southern conservative state...
Bush has the support of the state establishment in South Carolina...
...despite McCain's strong showing in New Hampshire, Robert H. Becker, director of Clemson's Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs, believes there is little that will keep rival Bush from winning the state...
...Bush begins the South Carolina campaign with the endorsement of most state party leaders," Becker says...