日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

   

One matchup: Fiery McCain vs. charismatic Obama

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-03-06 22:37

Shift in Congress

In Congress, attitudes toward the presidential hopefuls in their midst have shifted as the campaigns progress.

Congressional Democrats had initially favored Clinton of New York, wife of former President Bill Clinton, for their party's 2008 presidential nomination.

As the first former first lady ever elected to the Senate, she took office in 2001 and quickly won praise on both sides of the political aisle as an effective and hard worker. Outside the Senate, she remained a popular yet polarizing figure.

Many Democrats in Congress backed Obama for president after the former Chicago community organizer began to win state-nominating contests earlier this year while preaching "hope and change" in Washington, long paralyzed by partisan bickering.

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin was the first Democrat in Congress to back Obama. He did so after helping persuade the freshman senator to run for president.

"I saw in Barack special qualities. His speaking ability, his energy, his optimism, his ability to connect with people," said Durbin, who like Obama, is from Illinois.

"I told him, 'You can't pick the time. The time picks you. Don't think sitting around here casting another 1,000 votes will make you a better candidate for president,"' Durbin said.

Rep. Ray LaHood, an Illinois Republican, has endorsed McCain for president, but speaks well of Obama, too.

"Two days after he (Obama) was elected to the Senate, he called me and said, 'I want to sit down and talk with you about how we can work together for your district and our state,"' LaHood recalled, saying they joined forces on legislation.

"He believes in trying to bring people together. It's not a phony campaign slogan. This is genuine," LaHood said.

As for McCain, LaHood said: "People respect him. He's an independent-minded guy. Maybe he has blown his stack once in awhile. But John's gotten things done."

Many congressional Republicans, though, were wary about McCain's White House bid because of his temper and willingness to cut deals with moderate and even liberal Democrats.

But as he emerged as the frontrunner, they rallied behind him, including one he swore at last year.

Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas was the object of a McCain tirade at a meeting about a measure that McCain had helped draft to revamp US immigration laws.

"He apologized shortly afterward," Cornyn said. "John is passionate. I don't begrudge him his passion. He's a maverick. That's part of his charm."

   1 2   


Top World News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久99网站| 国产呦小j女精品视频 | 日韩精品理论 | 男女免费视频网站 | 午夜中文字幕 | 欲望岛av | 欧美成人精品一区二区三区在线看 | 在线观看免费视频一区 | 蜜桃成人免费视频 | 国产一道本 | 免费在线观看av | 中文字幕在线视频播放 | 五月天综合在线 | 久久午夜国产精品 | 亚洲国产成人精品女人久久久 | 你懂的视频在线观看 | 欧美精品www | 一二区精品 | 日韩中文视频 | 色妞综合| 国产成人av一区二区三区在线观看 | 成年人在线观看免费视频 | 国产在线视频在线观看 | 超碰中文在线 | 亚洲一区在线播放 | 午夜激情国产 | 伊人再见免费在线观看高清版 | 青青草国产成人av片免费 | www.色中色| 久久久.com | 亚洲精品午夜国产va久久成人 | 色综合国产 | 日韩在线欧美在线 | 国产精品主播一区二区 | 福利视频在线播放 | 欧美成人另类 | 欧美亚洲专区 | www日本黄色 | 天天艹天天射 | 亚洲精品亚洲 | 毛片毛片毛片毛片毛片毛片毛片毛片 |