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Saakashvili Declared Victor in Georgia Vote
Saakashvili Declared Victor in Georgia Vote
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Jan 6, 2008 11:06 AM CST

Saakashvili Declared Victor in Georgia Vote

No runoff election needed; but opposition cries foul

(Newser) - Official results today showed Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili won re-election with 52.8% of the vote, thus avoiding a runoff election that could've given detractors the chance to unite behind a single candidate, the BBC reports. Protesters claimed foul play, opposition leaders alleged unfair conditions and violations, and main challenger...

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?
What's Bill Doing in This Picture?
OPINION
Dec 31, 2007 11:25 AM CST

What's Bill Doing in This Picture?

Billary could become first woman* president, opines Politico scribe

(Newser) - Once, Hillary Clinton wanted to keep Bill and his baggage tucked safely in the backseat. Now, as panic takes hold in Iowa, she's set him loose, the latest swerve in a "herky-jerky" campaign that has hopped from strategy to strategy, writes the Politico’s Elizabeth Drew in an analysis...

Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears
Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 AM CST

Violence as Kenyan Vote Nears

Too close to call 48 hours before poll in key East African nation

(Newser) - Kenya's presidential election remains too close to call with 48 hours to go, writes the Mail and Guardian. President Mwai Kibaki is seeking a second term but facing a stiff challenge from former ally Raila Odinga for the leadership of East Africa's bellwether nation. Yesterday police fired teargas at supporters...

Oprah to Test Clout on Trail for Obama

Multimedia titan will campaign with senator in early primary states

(Newser) - Now that the Barack Obama camp has confirmed that Oprah Winfrey will stump for the candidate in key primary states, analysts are wondering whether Winfrey's massive clout will translate into votes. Celebrity endorsements rarely do, the Chicago Tribune notes, but Winfrey, who can turn a book into a best-seller in...

Lebanon Under Emergency Rule
Lebanon Under Emergency Rule
Nov 23, 2007 5:15 PM CST

Lebanon Under Emergency Rule

At end of term, Lahoud orders controversial military takeover

(Newser) - Lebanon teetered on the brink of chaos tonight as its president declared a state of emergency just hours before his term expired and transferred power to the military. The outgoing Emile Lahoud refused to give power to his rival, PM Fouad Siniora, who immediately rejected the legality of Lahoud's move,...

Iowa Dems Will Caucus Jan. 3
Iowa Dems Will Caucus Jan. 3
Oct 29, 2007 7:08 AM CDT

Iowa Dems Will Caucus Jan. 3

Join state GOP on January 3; New Hampshire still undecided

(Newser) - Iowa Democrats voted yesterday to move their caucuses up from Jan. 14 to Jan. 3, following state Republicans who picked the date earlier this month in an effort to counter pressure from states trying to elbow in on their traditional early-primary status. Campaign officials welcomed the announcement, saying they “...

Argentina Elects 'New Evita'
Argentina Elects 'New Evita'
Oct 29, 2007 4:07 AM CDT

Argentina Elects 'New Evita'

President Cristina to replace husband

(Newser) - Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has become the country's first elected female leader after trouncing 13 rivals in the presidential election yesterday, Reuters reports. A glamorous 54-year-old lawyer and center-left senator, she will take over from husband President Nestor Kirchner in December. Kirchner is credited with leading Argentina's...

Rudy, Mitt Mix It Up in NH
Rudy, Mitt Mix It Up in NH
Oct 6, 2007 4:00 PM CDT

Rudy, Mitt Mix It Up in NH

Giuliani, Romney get serious about pivotal primary state

(Newser) - GOP presidential frontrunners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have been stumping hard in New Hampshire in advance of the primary, desperately trying to highlight their differences. Romney is blasting Giuliani's record as mayor of New York City and claims he backs unlimited government spending. Giuliani, capitalizing on his renown in...

Mitt Veils His Mormonism
Mitt Veils His Mormonism
Oct 4, 2007 5:34 PM CDT

Mitt Veils His Mormonism

Disguising a central biographical peg leaves candidate Romney with authenticity problem

(Newser) - In downplaying his Mormonism, Mitt Romney is a candidate “who seems to have no history, and, as a result, no heart,” argues Newsweek. When Mitt boasts of his “Judeo-Christian tradition” roots, calls Jesus his “personal savior”—not Mormon terms—and says he hasn’t “...

Kasparov in Presidential Gambit
Kasparov in Presidential Gambit
Oct 1, 2007 3:29 AM CDT

Kasparov in Presidential Gambit

Former world chess champ maneuvering to replace Putin

(Newser) - Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been overwhelmingly chosen by an opposition coalition to run for president of Russia when Vladimir Putin's current term ends next March, reports the Daily Telegraph. His place on the ballot is not guaranteed until he registers, a process likely to be checked by...

Clinton 2008 Looks Oddly Like Gore 2000

Frontrunner forces warmth and seems too calculating, Rich says

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is riding high in the polls now, but so was Al Gore around this time in 2000, Frank Rich warns. Worse, the New York Times columnist says, Clinton displays an alarming number of the ex-VP’s worst qualities as a campaigner. During TV appearances, she provides “rambling...

Dems Have Few Options on Iraq
Dems Have Few Options on Iraq
Sep 30, 2007 9:08 AM CDT

Dems Have Few Options on Iraq

Political hands are more or less tied to the situation on the ground

(Newser) - No matter who wins the White House in '08, he or she will preside over a significant US troop presence in Iraq through the majority of their first term, say Democratic presidential candidates and their short-list picks for defense secretary. And at last week's Democratic debate, the Washington Post reports,...

Rudy Tells Moral Critics: 'Cast the First Stone'

And he leads among churchgoers

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani has compared critics of his personal life to the biblical villagers Jesus rebuked when he said, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone.” The Republican frontrunner cited the parable in a Christian Broadcasting Network interview, saying those...

Edwards Will Accept Public Financing
Edwards Will Accept Public Financing
Sep 28, 2007 10:19 AM CDT

Edwards Will Accept Public Financing

Candidate points to principle, analysts to necessity

(Newser) - With the deadline to report third-quarter fundraising looming, John Edwards said yesterday his campaign will accept public financing. He calls the unexpected shift “a principled stand,” but the Politico deems it “probably also the only lifeline he has to stay in the race." The ex-senator urged...

Despite Assassination, Lebanon Will Hold Elections

Defiant government says it won't retreat

(Newser) - As the country mourns yesterday's death of anti-Syrian politician Antoine Ghanem, Lebanon's government is determined to hold presidential elections as scheduled next week, the BBC reports. "The hand of terror will not win," Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said today. "The Lebanese will … have a new president...

Flip-Floppers See Light—Or Just Want Job

Romney and Kerry stand in long line of political mind-changing

(Newser) - Maybe Mitt Romney and John Kerry should hold their flip-flopping heads high: Changes of mind have furthered the causes of abolition and civil rights over the centuries. Ronald Reagan defiantly claimed his biggest reversal—promising feet “in concrete” about raising taxes, then singing “the sound of concrete cracking”...

Look Who's Given Up on the White Male

Democrats dumped NASCAR dads in 2008

(Newser) - One constituency the Democrats have conspicuously not been courting this primary season is the blue-collar white male, and they shouldn't start any time soon, recommends Salon's Thomas Schaller. Bubba went to the other side in the late '80s and never looked back. The Dems didn't give up easily, but this...

Barack's Team Stacked With Bill's People

Obama's policy group boasts more than a few Clinton heavy hitters

(Newser) - Belying the rebel image that his campaign has sculpted out of his relative lack of political experience, the formidable team surrounding Barack Obama is full of Democratic policy veterans. Oddly enough, given the identity of his his main rival, many of them are pulled from the top ranks of the...

Obama: Bring Troops Home by End of '08

Senator supports pullout of one or two brigades each month

(Newser) - Iraq troop withdrawals should be completed by the end of next year, Barack Obama says in a speech obtained by Reuters that was to be delivered in Iowa tonight. “We have to begin to end this war now,” the Democratic presidential candidate demands; his plan calls for one...

Clinton, Obama Oppose Primary Leapfrogging

Candidates bow to pressure from states protecting their early primaries

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama joined three of their presidential rivals yesterday in pledging not to campaign in states that have defied Democratic primary rules by pushing their primaries to early 2008. In recent weeks, Michigan and Florida have announced votes before February 5, challenging the first dibs the party...

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