Big in news this week are the Democrats who have decided not to run for office in 2010. Today's Daily Training is an article from the blog Fire Dog Lake which reports on what's happening.
Lots of political vocabulary and expressions in this one:
- spate (large amount)
- gubernatorial (adjective for governor)
- sealing that seat (assuring that Senate seat)
- a GOP pickup (a gain for the Republicans)
- open seat (a seat that has no incumbent running for it)
- damaged goods (person whose reputation has been damaged)
- thrown under the bus (sacrificed)
- make the seat uber safe (make the seat very safe, that the party won't lose it)
- front-runners (those leading the polls)
- bevy (gathering of people of a particular type)
- floated (circulate or discuss tentatively)
- termed out (when a political office has terms limits and the politician has served the maximum amount of terms, usually two as in the case of the US President and many Governors)
- incumbents (the candidate who currently holds the office)
- tea party champion (refers to the "tea party" Republican protests over the summer)
Now, read the article here.
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