The recession may be over, yet job losses endanger recovery, create woes for DemocratsJob losses mar recovery, create woes for Dems WASHINGTON — A distressed economy is widely blamed for President George H.W. Bush’s re-election defeat in 1992, and a decade earlier, for the loss of 26 House seats in midterm elections by Ronald Reagan’s Republicans. Yet in both instances recession had already ended or was winding down. Democrats hoping 2005 Social Security debacle is not blueprint for health care this yearWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s health care initiative is repeating history. No, not the failed attempt by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Right now, Obama’s troubled plan is on the same shaky ground that preceded President George W. Bush’ grand flop with Social Security. Mexico’s former ruling party makes gains in midterm congressional electionsMEXICO CITY — Reviled as a creaky remnant of Mexico’s authoritarian past, the old Institutional Revolutionary Party made a big comeback in midterm elections, once again becoming the largest force in Congress. Mexico congressional elections test public support for government’s drug war, economic policyMEXICO CITY — Drug violence, an economic downturn and recent cases of political malfeasance weighed heavily in Sunday’s midterm congressional elections that could decide the future of President Felipe Calderon’s anti-crime and economic policies. |
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