Florida will add two new U.S. House seats in the next election, but a legal tussle over self-imposed redistricting requirements has delayed the process.
You want a more centrist Republican alternative, more or less exactly like the option that John McCain offered as a candidate during the 2008 presidential election, but which you, a self-styled centre-right newspaper, rejected in favour of Barack Obama, who thus far seems to be the most left-wing American president since the second world war.
Some analysts argue that President Obama would never tap the SPR so soon before the election, out of fear it may appear politically self-serving.
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The combination of widespread opposition to Iran, however, and the appeal of self-defense would be difficult to resist, particularly in an election year.
This is the practical way Bush should sell his tax-cut extensions: Appeal to the self-interest of Republican congressmen and Republican senators who face re-election in 2006 and 2008.
It would be foolish for the self-defined liberal elite and Democrats hoping to get elected this midterm election to underestimate Beck and forces like the Tea Party and Sarah Palin.
Mr Blair might be allowed another year, perhaps even 18 months, but anything more, suggested Mr Brown's supporters, would be self-indulgent and jeopardise the party's chances of winning a fourth election victory.
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But for this election at least, it showed a flash of its once-deft self.
Second, he showed the strength of his self-belief when he, almost alone, insisted the party would win the 1970 election, which it did.
Last month Mr Musharraf returned from years of self-imposed exile hoping to lead his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) party into the general election next month.
That led to Mitt Romney's support for "self-deportation, " which appealed to primary voters but sent immigrants fleeing to the Democrats in the general election.
It will be a source of manpower and moral election support for candidates who share the ideals and agenda of small government, deregulation, low taxes, self-reliance, and respect for individual rights.
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