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Being accused of flip-flopping by the Republicans is routine; infuriating the faithful is risky business. Obama denies that he's sacrificing principle to appeal to moderates. "Don't assume that if I don't agree with you on something that it must be because I'm doing that politically," he told an audience in Powder Springs, Ga., on July 8. "I may just disagree with you." It's true that some of Obama's "shifts" have been more about a change in emphasis than in policy. On Iraq, for example, Obama has long said, "We have...
...history: Until the 1980s, running mates were chosen primarily to placate party factions and broaden geographic appeal. John F. Kennedy didn't want Lyndon B. Johnson in his White House in 1960, but he needed Johnson's home state of Texas in his win column. Gerald R. Ford was pressured by the G.O.P.'s conservative wing to drop liberal Nelson Rockefeller from his 1976 ticket in favor of the more right-leaning Bob Dole...
...Nonacademic Approach But that was then. Money raised through Oxford's appeal will be poured into new facilities and the endowment. Scholars at Cambridge needn't feel outdone. Under its own campaign, launched in 2005 to mark the university's 800th anniversary next year, Cambridge hopes to bring in $2 billion by 2012, and has already raised some $1.3 billion...
...Faith of the DemocratsThe G.O.P.'s success with Catholic voters in 2004 was an astounding victory born out of Bush's personal appeal to pro-life voters and six years of party organizing at the parish level. But it also sparked a backlash in many Catholic circles that is shaping the current election...
Ryan Lewis, who will serve as the movie’s executive producer, said that the project has a unique appeal...