Broken Political Promises
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Market politicos sometimes say one thing but mean another.
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Honesty isn't always the most profitable policy.
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Â· Campaign speech paves way to insure 47m peopleÂ· Candidate haunted by failure of 1993 reform
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Oftentimes in politics, the name of the game is expectations, a time-honored strategy of boosting your opponentÃ¢ÂÂs momentum, whether real or imagined, while downplaying your own chances. You hope to frighten your supporters into working hard for you, encourage your foes to sit on their laurels and set the stage for a stunning comeback on the eve of Election Day.
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The party is cautious and uninspiring. It needs to be hot, conscious that the destiny of our country is at stake. By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
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A baby step towards democracy, but liberal reformers lose
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One-time GOP front-runner's failure to personally reach out to voters has proven costly to campaign.
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Debunking the falsehoods springing from this November's contest
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One of the two democratic campaigns will end up with a fresh sense of possibility, the other with a sense of opportunity lost.
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A bitter campaign marked by predictions of vote fraud culminates in an election that all Western observers call seriously flawed.
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's newly elected lawmakers, who promised last month to listen closely and fight for the less fortunate, threw out two motions calling for more workers' rights and welfare yesterday.
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Some of the measures in the plan could be unpopular with voters even as they inspire politiciansâ acclaim.
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Â· Rightwing efforts to thwart former president fail  Â· Victory lays ground for clash with supreme leader
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Democrats see a broken system, with major items out of sight. The GOP sees ideals of conservatism advancing.
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Their president's approval ratings are at historic lows. The war in Iraq is grinding down their political prospects, and their party is showing deep divisions on issues such as education and immigration.
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Lawmakers vowed to respond to bribery scandals with reforms, but their pledges have come to next to nothing.
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A rout in parliamentary elections leaves the President defiant but vulnerable  -  if his  political foes can unite