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So when Senator Edward M. Kennedy proposed that $300 million of the $1.35 trillion tax cut be deferred, it was not just the first detailed proposal from a Democrat: he was also playing an election-year role, trying to push the party into direct confrontation with President Bush.

With around 40% of their support coming from 2010 Conservative voters they are playing an important part in this election.

During a swing through South Carolina this fall, he dropped in on a Christian radio station, where the host of the drive-time talk show, Tony Beam, asked Mr. Santorum how social issues would play in an election dominated by the economy.

This is Baldwin's second time playing a presidential contender this election season.

The DPJ hardly got a look in.Mr Koizumi is playing a big role in this election too.

Once again, tax policy is playing a central role in the election campaigns across the country.

Money from anonymous sources is pouring into key elections and playing a crucial role in both outcomes and political discourse.

In the film, which has earned a relatively meager $13.5 million so far, Mr. Costner plays an everyman caught in an election that goes down to the wire.

(617-266-0800) www.BESTdu/HUNTINGTON "THE BEST MAN" An election-year revival of an election-year (1960) play about an election, it could only be a comic melodrama or risk its credibility.

But the idea got little play in an election that largely ignored the issue of climate change.

The pro-Clinton Priorities USA, an existing Super Pac that helped Barack Obama's re-election, plays an important part.