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The macaca campaign: how George Allen fell.
THE last thin hope of Republicans not losing the Senate as well as the House was broken two days after the election when Virginia senator George Allen conceded a 9,000-vote defeat to Democrat James Webb. It was the perfect whimper to accompany the death of the GOP congressional majority--a once highly touted potential presidential candidate vanquished after a humiliating campaign that ended with a brief, hopeless post-election search for additional votes.
In George W. Bush's annus horribilis, it is only appropriate that Allen too got "thumped." His fate was tied to Bush's--as went Bush and the war in Iraq, so to a significant degree went Allen. Like Bush, Allen ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot September 24, 2000 700+ words
...CORRECTION: Former Virginia Gov. George Allen's brother, Bruce, is vice president...Raiders. A front page profile of George Allen Sunday erroneously placed the team...too much. Is he serious? Can George Allen possibly be for real? George F...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times August 4, 2002 700+ words
...Jones had no trouble summing up George Allen as he presented his former coach...enshrined posthumously. Sen.George Allen (R-Va.) accepted the honor on his father's behalf. "George Allen is with us in the living spirit...
- George Allen's son, Bruce, has taken the unusual route of players' agent to...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hayes, Neil June 17, 1996 700+ words
George Allen sat his four children on the sofa in...grown up steeped in it for 20 years.'' George Allen worked hard to make sure the dreams he...If he met with President Nixon when George Allen was coach of the Redskins, he brought...
- Virginia Governor George Allen to Join McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe Law Firm
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 11, 1997 700+ words
...Southeast, today announced that Virginia Governor George Allen will become a partner of the firm when he leaves...s domestic and international clients. GOVERNOR GEORGE ALLEN George Allen was elected the 67th governor of the Commonwealth...
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- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 2, 2002 700+ words
...decided, would catch the eye of George Allen. It is one of football's great...the toll of his neglect? Well, George Allen, who died in 1990 and who joins...explained, "a holy war." At 72, George Allen died after his final triumph...
- George Allen family is one of a kind.(The Orange County Register)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Whicker, Mark August 2, 2002 700+ words
...decided, would catch the eye of George Allen. It is one of football's great...the toll of his neglect? Well, George Allen, who died in 1990 and who joins...explained, "a holy war." At 72, George Allen died after his final triumph...
- George Allen's back, as leader of the PAC.
- Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) June 1, 2007 700+ words
...RICHMOND -- Former U.S. Sen. George Allen is returning to the political fray...Bush's war policies. "I think George Allen is very formidable," Welch said...because people need to see and hear George Allen so they'll be reminded of his...
- Hut ... hut ... hike! It's kickoff time in the George Allen re-election...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot April 16, 2006 700+ words
...er, U.S. senator ... George Allen drew back his right arm and hoisted...s junior Republican senator, George Allen enters the contest as the odds...of campaigning has always suited George Allen just fine. That said, no one...