Bob Schaffer
Bob Schaffer
Robert Warren "Bob" Schafferwas a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Colorado in the 105th Congress and the two succeeding Congresses. In 2004, Schaffer lost in the primary election to be the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat. He was the Republican nominee for Colorado's other Senate seat in the 2008 election, which he lost to Democratic nominee Mark Udall...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 July 1962
CountryUnited States of America
As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.
The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.
The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny.
The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq.
It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
Reducing the tax burden is necessary to produce economic growth.
Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government.
The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
The interesting thing now for No Child Left Behind is that there are very few advocates for it; there is no constituency for it. Parents don't like it, administrators don't like it, and kids don't like it, but politicians and bureaucrats in Washington love it--which should be the first indication to you that it is a troubled program.
There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.