10-03-2014, 10:55 AM
Political Round-Up
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Canada: ^ Toronto mayor Rob Ford (left) was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last month and won't be seeking re-election after all. He's in treatment. He's endorsing his brother, Councillor Doug Ford (right) for mayor.
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US: ^ Eric Holder (right), US Attorney General, announced his resignation last week. It was not a big surprise; he'd initially pledged to serve six years if Obama was elected to two terms.
Holder will step down by the end of 2014; finding someone who can work with Republicans for the last half of Obama's second term probably won't be easy. Holder has been characterized by some as law-breaking in overreaching his power and too racially-focused/ biased. Others characterize him as the leader who's done the most to advance civil rights in recent history. He's definitely been a love 'em or hate 'em leader for most.
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US: ^ Mitt Romney (left) says he'd make a much better US President than Hillary Clinton (center). I'm not sure if he'll run again in 2016, but seems he's might be headed in that direction. The GOP doesn't appear to have a strong candidate that could beat Clinton. Massachusetts Senator and former Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren (right) has some strong support within the Democratic Party, but pundits don't expect that she could trounce a Republican candidate in the same way that they predict Hillary would.
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Hong Kong: ^ Hong Kong remains embroiled in massive public protests. The protestors are demanding that Chief Executive C.Y. Leung resign. Their beef is that he hasn't made good on reform promises issued when China assumed control of Hong Kong in 1997, that he's a Beijing puppet, and that he's completely out of touch with the Hong Kongese.
I think Leung's days are numbered, but he's refusing to step down at this time.
Canada: ^ Toronto mayor Rob Ford (left) was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last month and won't be seeking re-election after all. He's in treatment. He's endorsing his brother, Councillor Doug Ford (right) for mayor.
US: ^ Eric Holder (right), US Attorney General, announced his resignation last week. It was not a big surprise; he'd initially pledged to serve six years if Obama was elected to two terms.
Holder will step down by the end of 2014; finding someone who can work with Republicans for the last half of Obama's second term probably won't be easy. Holder has been characterized by some as law-breaking in overreaching his power and too racially-focused/ biased. Others characterize him as the leader who's done the most to advance civil rights in recent history. He's definitely been a love 'em or hate 'em leader for most.
US: ^ Mitt Romney (left) says he'd make a much better US President than Hillary Clinton (center). I'm not sure if he'll run again in 2016, but seems he's might be headed in that direction. The GOP doesn't appear to have a strong candidate that could beat Clinton. Massachusetts Senator and former Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren (right) has some strong support within the Democratic Party, but pundits don't expect that she could trounce a Republican candidate in the same way that they predict Hillary would.
Hong Kong: ^ Hong Kong remains embroiled in massive public protests. The protestors are demanding that Chief Executive C.Y. Leung resign. Their beef is that he hasn't made good on reform promises issued when China assumed control of Hong Kong in 1997, that he's a Beijing puppet, and that he's completely out of touch with the Hong Kongese.
I think Leung's days are numbered, but he's refusing to step down at this time.