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Do Republicans have a chance in 2008?

With President Bush's approval rating at an all-time low, according to Reuters, do Republicans have what it takes to win in 2008? An exciting young leader of the Reagan wing of the party, Steve Laffey says the GOP has a fighting chance if it learns from the disastrous 2006 election and stays true to its grassroots.

Laffey has emerged as a leading conservative who won't sacrifice Reaganism to politics or money. He explains what's wrong with the GOP, and how to fix it, in Primary Mistakes: How the Washington Republicans Establishment Lost Everything in 2006 (and Sabotaged My Senatorial Campaign).

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Accused murderer for Russian president?

Andrei Lugovoy, wanted by Britain for poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, announced today he will run for the Russian parliament and hopes to become president, reports Reuters. Russian-affairs expert Yuri Felshtinsky, Litvinenko's co-author of Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror, says Lugovoy and his KGB cronies are making a mockery of Russian democracy.

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Shake-up of Russian government worries West

President Vladimir Putin's shake-up of the Russian government should make the U.S. nervous, says Russian historian and analyst Yuri Felshtinsky. But while Putin's next prime minister will be seen as his chosen successor, experts fear the president won't give up power when his term ends in March. Felshtinsky, who co-wrote Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror, explains Putin's motives and why Americans should care.

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