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...power to help his former Wall Street colleagues; his public warnings that disaster was imminent but that the evidence had to remain secret were reminiscent of antiterrorism officials who raised the threat level to orange but refused to tell us why. Even the old claim of a rare bipartisan agreement didn't move the needle, chiefly because the approval rating of Congress has drooped to the teens...
...stage that McCain was "absolutely right." On its face, the spot seemed like damaging proof that Obama is a wishy-washy follower, not a clear leader. But both Democratic and Republican strategists were puzzled. Why was the campaign cutting a spot that undermined the claim that McCain invites bipartisan agreement? Do they now suddenly scorn consensus? "They got the tactic right, but the message was off," observes one Republican campaign consultant. An Obama spokesman, Tommy Vietor, described the YouTube spot more succinctly. "It helped us," he said...
...Coming to a new agreement, however, will require getting past some very bruised feelings. The GOP leadership was quick to point outraged fingers, citing Speaker Nancy Pelosi's closing speech before the vote as breaking the bipartisan spirit of the proceedings. "The Speaker had to give a partisan voice [sic] that poisoned our conference, caused a number of members we thought we could get to go south," Boehner ranted to reporters after the vote - as if partisan speeches had never before been heard on the House floor...
...brave, hard things that no one else could. Fire the SEC Chairman! Suspend the campaign! Let's Make a Deal! He was a human diorama of the Great Man theory of history. Of course, getting credit for bringing all parties to the table to reach a historic agreement that pretty much everyone hates may make him wonder if action is overrated, especially after his campaign's self-congratulatory statements ended up being premature. Even with stakes higher than they've been for any vote in modern history, McCain still could not deliver his team for a bipartisan deal; even...
...However, momentum for a peace agreement has picked up force in the past year after the two countries agreed to a series of closed-door discussions mediated by Turkey. Israel's advanced reconnaissance capabilities have almost eliminated the need for watch posts in the mountains and a peace treaty would remove the threat of a possible Syrian blockade of the water supply. As Livni, Olmert and Syria now appear willing to talk, the Golan Heights could be ready to change hands once more...