They live in the Alaska Pioneers Home, part of a chain of state-run nursing homes that places an unusual emphasis on treating residents as resources of state history.
In practice, the prime minister, Hun Sen, runs the country by virtue of a monopoly of muscle, the readiness of thuggish subordinates to use it and a tight grip on the machinery and resources of state.
Mr. Jindal has promised to focus resources on the state's ports, roads and research universities, which have received little state investment.
Hospital groups "have more resources on the state level," he said.
Dick Cheney campaigned exclusively in California today, a lavish commitment of time and resources on a state that many pollsters believe is securely in the Democratic camp.
One out of eight Americans live in California, and the imperative of Mr. Bush's advisers has been to win the governorship here so that in 2004 the Democratic presidential nominee would at the very least be forced to lavish resources on the state.
What party leaders care about is recruiting a candidate who's well known and who can raise a ton of money, so that even if that candidate doesn't win, he will at least force Republicans to spend precious time and resources on a state they'd rather be able to take for granted.
WASHINGTON – The same Republican strategist who presciently focused his party's resources on winning state legislatures in the last election is now trying to patch up the party's relationship with Hispanic voters, with an eye toward saving the GOP from itself.
Mr. McCain is planning to focus most of his resources on the states with big delegate troves: California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Missouri.
