"Now, that's something for the Democrats that's going to be a little tough for Erskine Bowles to match, " says Novak.
The city-state's ruling Social Democrats, who also run Germany as a whole, and the Democratic Socialists, as the ex-communists now call themselves, are deep into negotiations to run the capital together, after the breakdown of the Social Democrats' talks with both the Greens and the Free Democrats, Germany's liberals.
Two years ago Mr Rutelli switched parties again, joining a new outfit called the Democrats (not to be confused with Mr D'Alema's Democrats of the Left), which had been set up by Romano Prodi, another former prime minister who now runs the European Commission.
"The solution must be socially acceptable, " Mr Schulz, who belongs to Germany's opposition Social Democrats, told Germany's Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
Here's a scary thought for Democrats: It's entirely possible that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee will outraise President Obama and the Democratic National Committee in the seven-month sprint to the general election.
While it's no surprise entertainment types favor Democrats, it's worth noting the amount of money given to Republicans has increased significantly since the 1990 election cycle.
He's focused on the Democrats, though he's hard-pressed to come up with their names.
Abramoff is also a close friend of Tom DeLay's, and Democrats are now alleging Abramoff's lobbying firm worked with another key Republican: Ethics Committee Chairman Doc Hastings.
Poland's Law and Justice Party is socially to the right of most western conservatives (though, with the Czech Republic's Civic Democrats, it is an ally of Britain's Tories in the European Parliament).
The Free Democrats, backed by a few of Mr Kohl's Christian Democrats, want to change the law so that children of long-time foreign residents in Germany can have German citizenship, as well as their parents', right from birth.
Mr. DUHAIME: Well, there's no doubt that there are places where Democrats have seen voter registrations spikes, but there's also many states where Democrats outnumber Republicans, and we win, for example, Florida.
It did rather well, stealing a lot of votes from Mr D'Alema's Democrats of the Left.
That makes advocating liberalism a much harder thing for the region's democrats to do.
NPR's Cheryl Corley, another Illinois native, has been out and about and finds the state's Democrats torn.
Mike Mullen was forced to engage aggressively with the committee's Democrats over the need for more troops.
Two of the House's 48 Democrats joined with all 51 GOP members to support overriding Beebe's veto.
The largest opposition party in Parliament, ex-PM Chuan Leekpai's Democrats, may lead a censure debate next month.
"Tonight is not about Republicans or Democrats it's about New Yorkers, " Bloomberg said.
And now, for some reason, now it's Democrats who are soft on immigration?
Instead, Obama's Democrats have so far given him higher costs (according to the Congressional Budget Office) and higher taxes.
CNN: Borger: Congressional Democrats messing up on health care
The biggest risk for today's Democrats is that they will fall prey to their own new brand of extremism.
Gore has a strong lead over Bradley among the state's Democrats, but the two are running nose-to-nose among independents.
Until this week, Connecticut's Democrats seemed as reluctant as the local Republicans to get to grips with all this.
ECONOMIST: But corruption in this state can be a bipartisan business
The Senate's Democrats oppose such a curb, under pressure from the Association of Trial Lawyers, a big donor to their party.
ECONOMIST: Is a federal backstop for terrorist insurance necessary?
The group's four Democrats met Thursday with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Pelosi's spokesman said she's optimistic about the prospects for reform.
Hillary Clinton's campaign -- did not appear to resonate among Iowa's Democrats.
The Democratic primary could be decided in New York city, where half the state's Democrats live, and which tends to favour liberal candidates.
But the faith is invoked on both sides of this quarrel, by Islam's democrats and modernisers as well as by its autocrats and traditionalists.
ECONOMIST: Much has been achieved, but things are now going badly
Almost all the chamber's Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against the rule because, they said, it would not have allowed for a fair debate.
应用推荐