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...eight years. “Senator McCain, closely linked to an unpopular president...has underestimated the angst people in America have with the Republican brand,” Vilsack said. Putting it simply, Hochschild said, “McCain has run a poor campaign.” Law professor Alan M. Dershowitz said McCain lowered his chances of capturing the independent vote by adding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to the ticket. “Independents had their intelligence insulted and their security endangered by McCain’s selection of an incompetent as his running mate,” Dershowitz...
...Silverman is not alone in asserting that Obama’s policies towards Israel are strong. Harvard Law School professor Alan M. Dershowitz recently published an opinion piece in which defended his support of Obama because “the election of…a liberal supporter of Israel will enhance Israel’s position among wavering liberals.” Last week, Steve Grossman, former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, championed Obama’s commitment to Israel’s security at a discussion of the candidates’ foreign policies at the Harvard...
...competition.The Crimson grabbed second place in both the A and B divisions to win the title, with each boat recording four wins. Consistency was the name of the game for Harvard, as the B-division boat placed in the top ten in all 18 races. Sophomore skipper Alan Palmer and senior crew Lauren Brants sailed in the A division, while skipper and captain Jon Garrity and sophomore crew Grace Charles held down the B division. “We had a pretty big lead on Sunday and it evaporated a little,” Garrity said...
...contrasted this in his description of McCain, who he said “looked to [Senator Joe] Lieberman several times for reassurance on his answers and seemed a little flummoxed.” On the list of staunchly pro-Israel Americans who have endorsed Obama are Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz and Ambassador Dennis Ross , the man responsible for brokering the major Middle East peace treaties under both the first Bush and Clinton administrations...
...next President, whether it's Barack Obama or John McCain, will take the helm amid a maelstrom. Testifying before Congress, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan - not known for his colorful public statements - professed "shocked disbelief" at the "tsunami" that has plunged global finance into disarray. He predicted a deep recession that will cost jobs and devastate balance sheets across the economy - "much broader than anything I could have imagined." When the chief economic advisers to McCain and Obama met recently for a debate, they found little to agree on. But they shared the realization that...