Month: July 2006
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Nifong challenger qualifies for November ballot
Lewis Cheek, a county commissioner here in Durham, submitted enough signatures (including mine) to qualify for the November ballot: Lewis Cheek has enough signatures to get his name on the November ballot and run against the district attorney prosecuting the Duke lacrosse case. Now, the question is whether he will make the race. Supporters of
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Bush’s attack on Congress and the press
Today, I hope patriots of every ideological persuasion will read Jane Mayer’s disturbing investigation of the Bush administration’s views of presidential power under the Constitution. I knew Vice President Cheney and his subordinates supported a sweeping view of presidential power, but not to this extent: The Iran-Contra scandal substantially weakened Reagan’s popularity and, eventually, seven
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Can Hillary win in 2008?
James Carville and Mark Penn, who is Hillary Clinton’s pollster, have written an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing that “if [Hillary] runs, she can win.” But as Matthew Yglesias argues, that sets “a mighty low bar”: She can win? Sure. Is she more likely to win than are plausible alternatives? The piece doesn’t say.