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America’s Hope Against HopeNEW YORK – After a hard-fought election campaign, costing well in excess of $2 billion, it seems to many observers that not much has changed in American politics: Barack Obama is still President, the Republicans still control the House of Representatives, and the Democrats still have a majority in the Senate.
The Republicans’ explicit campaign of disenfranchisement in some states – like Pennsylvania, where they tried to make it more difficult for African-Americans and Latinos to register to vote – backfired: those whose rights were threatened were motivated to turn out and exercise them.
We strongly support the Burmese opposition’s campaign calling on the country’s citizens to reject the constitution, which does not promote human rights, but only confirms the military’s political role.
While we, as previous global ocean commissioners, had to campaign hard in 2014 for the ocean to have its own dedicated global goal, it is now hard to believe that the ocean’s position in the SDGs was ever in question.
The way the election campaign has unfolded marks a small but significant step in the emergence of the first transnational political space in European – indeed, world – history.
The campaign for the Commission’s presidency may turn out to be as significant as the final selection.
More generally, while public interest in the campaign remains far below that seen in national political contests, it has become stronger than in recent pan-European elections, despite the rise of nationalism and Euro-skepticism.
In this context, it would be strange if the European Council tried to nominate the Commission president without regard for the public’s response to the campaign.
A substantial increase, however – say, toward the 45-47% range – would make it much more difficult to ignore the outcome of the campaign.
The Kingdom has no love for Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, who tried to assassinate King Abdullah and has waged a concerted anti-Saudi propaganda campaign for at least a decade.
The Brexit campaign is tapping into the same primordial sentiments as Donald Trump is in the US.
It has recorded a deficit for all but one year since 1982, the sole exception being 1991, when foreign contributions to its military campaign in the Persian Gulf underpinned a miniscule surplus (0.05% of GDP).
Is this another incidental by-product of the campaign against Khodorkovsky, or is it part of the core Kremlin agenda?
During the campaign, the MHP leadership even called for Turkey to withdraw its moribund bid for accession to the European Union.
In his campaign, Obama called for tough new standards for cyber security and physical resilience of critical infrastructure, and promised to appoint a national cyber adviser who will report directly to him and be responsible for developing policy and coordinating federal agency efforts.
First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” educational campaign aspires to eliminate childhood obesity in a generation, though its impact so far remains unclear.
His regime survives only through a ruthless campaign of terror conducted by the army, of which Mugabe is commander-in-chief; the police force, whose commander publicly declares political allegiance to Mugabe; the dreaded Central Intelligence Organization, which Mnangagwa headed for many years; and, of late, the ill-trained and brutal youth militia, whose loyalty to the ruling party is unflinching.
America’s Race to the Ballot’s BottomWASHINGTON, DC – Hillary Clinton’s US presidential campaign has been torn between trying to secure the largest possible victory for the candidate herself and explicitly helping fellow Democratic gubernatorial and legislative candidates further down the ballot.
The Clinton campaign has not given up even on winning states that have long been considered Republican strongholds, such as Arizona, Georgia, and Utah.
The Clinton campaign has poured money into several Senate, House of Representatives, gubernatorial, and even state-legislature races, and Clinton field workers and volunteers have been encouraged to help down-ballot candidates in contentious races.
Of course, the Clinton campaign isn’t just being charitable by helping down-ballot candidates.
There’s another important reason for the Clinton campaign and its high-profile surrogates to help down-ballot Democrats.
A substantive and successful dialogue with the government would not require the protesters to call off their campaign for democracy; it would simply end the current phase of a campaign that eventually will succeed.
The “divide” part has been well underway since Trump launched his presidential campaign, which was based on divisive rhetoric, sowing mistrust, and polarizing policy promises.
Throughout his campaign, Toledo insisted that he would do so, but he admitted his paternity only two years later, after the girl's mother turned to the Supreme Court for help.
Instead, special interests compete for influence through campaign contributions and other forms of political donations.
Since becoming prime minister in 2014, he has led an enthusiastic campaign to expand digital governance, hailing its efficiency and extolling its capacity to transform the country.
To protect the people who are generating all of that data wealth that Modi so covets, he must follow through on his campaign promise to deliver “minimum government, maximum governance.”
Trump’s Manafort ProblemWASHINGTON, DC – As the first criminal trial of a major figure in US President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign got under way in Virginia last week, observers have wondered to what extent not only Paul Manafort, his campaign manager for a crucial period, but also Trump himself is in the dock.
When Manafort went to work on Trump’s campaign in late March 2016, all appeared normal.
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