Mr. McGreevey's shifting opposition to tax increases drew immediate fire from Republicans, who accused him of flip-flopping on a tax pledge that they, and voters, understood to be unequivocal.
Does she regret her shift into opposition journalism from afar?
He promised to shift the opposition's main party back towards the centre, after more than a decade tacking to the right under John Howard.
The crux of the talks involved trying to get Russia and China to shift their opposition to a Security Council resolution to a position supporting an Arab League plan to end the violence in Syria.
Its shift into opposition, combined with other developments, such as a two-year uprising in the far north and urban riots last year sparked by fuel price rises, have rattled Mr Saleh as never before.Still, few Yemenis expected him to lose, and at mid-week he was heading for a resounding victory.
The government clearly hoped that the announcement would shift the opposition from a protest stance to a campaign stance, and that it would demonstrate to voters and Georgia's international allies that Mr. Saakashvili was committed to democracy and had not chosen an autocratic path.
The government clearly hoped the announcement would shift the opposition from a protest stance to a campaign stance, and demonstrate to voters and Georgia's international allies alike that Mr. Saakashvili, under intense pressure, was committed to democracy and had not chosen an autocratic path.
