Dukakis was a proud technocrat and a forerunner of the “New Democrats”—more centrist than their forebears—but was both uninspiring and still far too traditionally liberal to win in a center-right country in which the “L-word” had become a pejorative. ..…
threats and vandalism on synagogues and Jewish community centers, assassination attempts on multiple high-profile Jewish Democrats, and Pittsburg, the deadliest mass shooting of Jews American history. . ..…
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave his first state of the union address on Sunday with the economy flirting with recession, murders reaching record levels, and his popularity riding high.. ..…
That is likely to become clear only in December, when the center-left Social Democrats -- Merkel's junior partners in Berlin -- finish choosing a new leadership from a 17-candidate field and mull the alliance's future. . ..…
'The good signal in both states is that a few weeks ago the far-right was ahead, and today there was a clear signal against AfD,' said Lars Klingbeil, the general secretary of the center-left Social Democrats, Merkel's junior partners in Berlin. . ..…
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