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‘Tea party’ win in Del. is message to the GOP


Divided Republicans fighting internal battle ahead of midterms


BY KAREN TUMULTY “Tea party” activists have been


saying all along that their move- ment is about something more than winning elections. And as the bloody Republican primary season reaches an end, they have proved they really mean it. Their parting shot at the Re- publican establishment was their loudest. In defeating the GOP’s strong


prospect for picking up a Senate seat in Delaware — and thereby dampening its chances of regain- ing a Senate majority — the tea party has delivered a clear mes- sage to the Republican establish- ment: You are not in charge. “This is about changing the


system,” Christine O’Donnell, the tea party pick, said Tuesday night as she celebrated her stunning primary victory over Rep. Mi- chaelN. Castle. Her upset was the biggest in a


string of tea party wins this sea- son over establishment-backed candidates in Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky,NewYork and Utah. The end of the primaries nor-


mally is a timewhenparties try to close ranks, but O’Donnell’s win fueled another spasm of recrimi- nations. After GOP strategist Karl Rove


said Tuesday that O’Donnell was unelectable—echoing the assess- ment of, among others, Delaware Republican Party Chairman Tom Ross—he came under fire from a battalion of conservative com- mentators. “I’ve never heard Karl so


animated against a Democrat as he was against Christine O’Don-


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Whose party is it? Christine O’Donnell’s surprise


victory in Delaware sends a message to GOP leaders: the “tea party” is a force that can no longer be ignored. A6


Controversy around Britain’s first papal state visit deepens


planned protests during Benedict’s 4-day tour


BY ANTHONY FAIOLA


london—The first state visit by a pope to Britain, a country that unceremoniously broke with the Vatican over Henry VIII’s divorce in the 16th century, seemed doomed to controversy from the start. Months before Pope Bene- dict XVI’s scheduled arrival Thursday, a memo making the rounds at the British Foreign Of- fice suggested that he be invited to preside over a same-sex mar- riage and visit an abortion clinic while in town. The youngdiplomats responsi-


ble were reprimanded, but the note’smixture of comedy andout- rage aptly captures the mood of manyBritons as thepopebegins a four-daytourhere.Byvisitingthis


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ECONOMY&BUSINESS Markets bounce back


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heavily secular nation, Benedict is, to quote theGuardian newspa- per, “entering the lions’ den.” Various groups — including


the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests — have banded together into an alliance dubbed “Protest the Pope” and are set to march Saturday through the streets of London as the German- born pontiff hosts a vigil in Hyde Park. A number of Britons, some with deeply held suspicions of Vatican motives, are also smart- ing froma campaign launched by Benedict to woo dissident Angli- cans angry over the ordination of gay and female clerics. Stillmore are furious over the $30 million price tag for the trip, largely fund- ed by British taxpayers as is cus- tomary for state visits. OnWednesday, thecontroversy


surrounding thepope’s visitdeep- ened when Cardinal Walter Kasper, a senior Vatican aide,


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Over the next two months, Vincent C. Gray, the District’s presumptivemayor-elect, plans to hold town hall meetings in all eight wards, highlighting his “one city” campaign theme.


THEUNMAKINGOFAMAYOR Fenty set path, oblivious to terrain


Unwillingness to listen to advisers, alter tactics helped lead to defeat


BY NIKITA STEWART


AND PAUL SCHWARTZMAN One afternoon in late June,


D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s political advisers invited their boss to a downtown conference room to report an unsettling de- velopment: Focus groups com- missioned by the campaign were saying that Fenty’s leadership style was offensive and that he was oblivious to constituents’ concerns. If the mayor had any chance of winning them over, the prospec- tive voters told the campaign, he


needed to apologize for his ac- tions. Tom Lindenfeld, the mayor’s


chief political strategist, pro- posed a cure, a one-page letter to be delivered to thousands of vot- ers across the District, a letter in which Fenty would acknowledge mistakes and express remorse. He would promise to change. “What is this?” the mayor said,


reading the letter and tossing it away. “The things you don’t do now


will be much harder for voters to ignore later,” Lindenfeld told him. The mayor slammed his hand


on the table. “I’mproud ofmy record,” Fenty


shot back, according to Linden- feld and two others present at the meeting. The mayor stood and walked out. Across the decade in which he


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moderate Republicanism. A25 David Broder: Dulling the GOP edge for November? A25 What’s out; what’s in: How D.C.’s culture will change. C1


shot to the top of the city’s politi- cal pyramid,Fenty reliedonunre- lenting energy and a well-honed internal compass — his gut — to navigate three elections and the often treacherous complexities of running a big city. His instinct told him he could win a D.C. Council seat in 2000, evenagainst a veteran incumbent. He was right. In 2006, he ignored the doubters who said he was too young at 35 and unaccomplished to capture the mayoralty. He was right then, too. As the 2010 Democratic prima-


ry campaign arrived, the mayor’s instinct told him that his accom- plishments would far outweigh complaints that he seemed aloof and uncaring. Overhauling the school system meant something, he told loyalists. Building swim-


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Whether to keep Rhee is main question mark


BY TIM CRAIG AND ANN E.MARIMOW Onhis first day as the District’s


presumptive mayor-elect, D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray said he plans to spend the next two months trying to “heal” a city that seems sharply divided by race, class and geography. Although he handily defeated


Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in the overall vote in Tuesday’s Demo- cratic primary, Gray and themay- or split the city’s eight wards evenly, and in the District’s most racially homogenous neighbor- hoods,Graywonby 4 to 1 margins in black areas and Fenty won by 4 to 1 in white areas. Gray, who faces nominal oppo-


sition in the November general election, said Wednesday that he will reach out to Republicans, independents and Democrats who didn’t vote for him to assure them that he will not “turn back the clock” to the era of inefficien- cyandcorruption thatmany asso- ciate with earlierD.C. administra- tions.


Over the next two months,


Gray plans to hold town hall meetings in all eight wards, high- lighting his “one city” campaign theme and his reputation for so- liciting a broad range of opinions before making decisions. Gray also unveiled a Web site where residentscanleavehimmessages. Although Fenty emphasized that he will remain engaged for


Final results 2Map breaks down the vote in


the District, A8. Plus, vote totals for Maryland governor’s primaries, House of Delegates’ races, congressional races and other top state races. B4-8


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U.S. innovation, feeling the pull from abroad A company on the forefront of LED technology shines a spotlight on a difficult choice


BY PETERWHORISKEY IN SATELLITE BEACH, FLA.


D


uring the depths of the night, Fred Maxik is often struck by an idea for build-


ing a better light bulb.When that happens,he rolls over and scrawls a diagram or a few words on the wall beside his bedwith an indeli- ble black marker, a practice his wife tolerates because he offers to repaint their room every six months. “I don’t want to lose the


thought,” says the graying, pony- tailedinventor. Now, in a coup for Maxik and


the company here he founded, the object of those pre-dawn inspira- tions is going on sale at Home Depot, thenation’s largest lighting retailer. The bulbs, assembled at a plant here with about 250 work- ers, are illuminated notwith elec-


trified wires but energy-efficient light-emittingdiodes,orLEDs—a method many industry experts consider the future of lighting. Lighting Science Group is, as a


result, just the sortofmanufactur- er that many, including the Obama administration, have said they would like to keep in the UnitedStates. Butwhile the company’smanu-


facturing roots lie here, they may not remain. The connectionbetweenAmer-


ican innovation and manufactur- ing,whichfor generations created U.S. jobs, has been unraveling un- der the pressures of globalization, andthelight-bulbindustrymaybe aprime example. Ordinary incandescents, the


bulbs pioneered by Thomas Edi- son, aremanufactured almost en- tirely outside the United States, with the country’s lastmajorGen- eral Electric factory set to close


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ECONOMY&BUSINESS A consumer’s champion


President Obama plans to appoint Elizabeth Warren as a special adviser to the new consumer protection agency. A18


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did get at something real in his remarks, the central uneasiness of player-media relations in the locker room. ... In what other profession does one set of people do business with another while they’re partially or wholly unclothed?” —Sally Jenkins, on comments by the Redskins’ Clinton Portis. D1


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Josh Sims checks LEDs before they are re shipped from Lighting Science Group’s manufacturing facility in Satellite Beach, Fla.


thismonth.Thecompanywillcon- tinue to make incandescents in Mexico andChina. In the near term, compact fluo- rescents are expected to replace


the traditional bulbs that are be- ing phased out by newU.S. energy standards. But CFLs, as they are


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Just hours after win, Gray faces big challenges


the remaining 100 days of his term, Gray will immediately face a series of challenges that will help definehowhe might serve as the District’s sixth mayor. Specu- lation about the future of the


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D.C. elections board defends pace of count


BY MIKE DEBONIS District elections officials de-


fended their primary-night per- formance Wednesday after city leaders accused them of “mis- management” that delayed vote tallies for hours, well after most other jurisdictions had reported their results. Presumptive Mayor-elect Vin-


cent C. Gray and others heavily criticized the Board of Elections and Ethics for delayed poll open- ings, long lines and, most espe- cially, an agonizingly late final count Tuesday night. D.C. Council member Mary M.


Cheh (D-Ward 3),whose commit- tee oversees city elections, ac- cused the board of “colossal mis- management.” But in a special meeting


Wednesday, Togo D. West Jr., the board’s chairman, struck back. “If you're going to use the term mis- management or gross misman- agement where there has been neither mismanagement nor any grossbehavior,”he said, “thenyou need to be very careful about your facts and about the people about


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onwashingtonpost.com Who to watch in Nov.


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