| Mickey Kaus
But if you use that sketch on TV, in one night it's used up." The same principle applies to this year's process, which is the first real campaign of the internet age. [E.A.] Right, Because people--I'd say voters as well as reporters--are comfortable processing information at a faster pace, there is plenty of time for Obama and Huckabee to wear out their welcome and fade. There is time for them to fade and come back. And fade again. ... P.S.: There's also effectively more time between the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus and the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary than there was during the equivalent 5 day period in, say, 1984. ... P.P.S.: Stark's point seems different than the argument** that by surging so soon a candidate like Huckabee has ironically raised the expectation that he will win Iowa, making a fading second place a bit of a defeat.
Incumbent Brown collects several endorsements
I think this demonstrates Representative Brown's status as a political insider who is more interested in satisfying other politicians than her own constituents," Gent said. "That's not what the people want, and that's not what the district needs."Click Here for Full Story .
Ten Days With Leopard: Coolest Cat Ever
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The fragile superpower
The US Federal Reserve has cut the federal fund rate by 75 basis points to 3.5 per cent, the biggest cut in 25 years, while President GeorgeW. Bush has combined with the US Congress to approve an urgent $150 billion package to boost spending and combat the loss of consumer confidence. Consider the dismal story of the Bush presidency. After the 9/11 attack, the folly of the Iraq war, the tribulations of the so-called war on terrorism, the reliance upon China's savings and its choice of high budget and current account deficits, the US now confronts the certainty of an economic downturn and the uncertainty about its depth and duration. The unmistakable message concerns American fragility. This fragility, exposed in Iraq, now centres upon its domestic economy. In a visceral yet multifaced way it feeds into a new political mood on display in the early primaries - that the US is heading in the wrong direction and needs an injection of fresh leadership, inspiration and ideas.
Michael Clayton
Oceans Thirteen, Good Night, and Good Luck, Syriana) is an in-house fixer at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. At the behest of the firms co-founder Marty Bach (Pollack; Eyes Wide Shut, Cold Mountain, Tootsie), Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeens dirtiest work. .
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