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...what network a show airs on. Granted, today these are fledgling gizmos used by a handful of technophiles. But in the future, this technology may be standard in your cable box - and the software on it could be so sophisticatedly attuned to your tastes that you will watch not ABC but your smart box's own custom-made grouping of shows: say, the 32-Year-Old College-Educated Hispanic Mother of Two in a Northwestern Suburb Network...
George W. Bush is a popular president; of that there can be little doubt. In a recent survey released by ABC News on his 100th day in office, he received a 63 percent job approval rating. After a bitter and divisive election, many have argued that Bush is succeeding in his mission to reach across partisan divides and create a united, consensus-based government. Unfortunately, this view is even more flawed than the 43rd president’s grammar...
...strong suit, by his own admission. And that much was evident Wednesday as China policy watchers both in Washington and Beijing tried to parse the implications of Bush's latest comments about defending Taiwan, as the President himself did a little damage control. The hubbub began after Bush told ABC News Wednesday that Beijing needs to understand that the U.S. would "do whatever it takes" to defend Taiwan. That was a dramatic break with Washington's traditional ambiguity on the question, designed in part to avoid emboldening Taiwanese leaders to declare independence. In a subsequent CNN interview, Bush appeared...
...Branegan: Because the President's statement on ABC News was a dramatic break with previous policy. For decades, we have maintained a "strategic ambiguity" about whether the U.S. would directly intervene to defend Taiwan. Up to now we haven't even had a defense treaty with Taiwan, and our military has not worked with the Taiwanese military to prepare for such a scenario. So for the President to take a position that appears to suggest we would use our own forces to defend Taiwan against Chinese attack is a dramatic shift, and could be read that way both in Beijing...
...course, the President claimed in his CNN interview that nothing has really changed, and that his position was consistent with those of previous administrations. But the ABC interview had certainly set off alarm bells among China watchers. The question is whether this is a president using the media to announce a significant shift in foreign policy, or an inexperienced president trying to effect a nuanced shift and overstating the case. What makes it more interesting is that there is a responsible conservative view in the administration that has been pushing for this. Bush's comments on CNN suggest that...