Word: argument
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Clinton's late arrival to the national-security argument seemed yet another example of an overcalculated, underthought campaign strategy. She had made the conscious decision not to talk about national security until the general election because, as one of the generals supporting her told me, "Military stuff just doesn't make it with Democratic voters." In other words, it seems ... militaristic. It doesn't poll as well as health care. But national-security expertise speaks directly to the question of strength and authority, which is central to the presidency. And this has been the fundamental mistake at the heart...
...Over the embargo’s long history, each of its clauses has been bent, tweaked, removed, or renamed. The argument for its maintenance is old, tired, and in fact, far less nuanced than we might think. Any geopolitical excuses we once had for this vengeful act of soft imperialism have disappeared with the downfall of communism; its harsh measures are today propped up only by stubbornness and spite. Any moral argument surely cannot justify the suffering of the Cuban people, which in some respects is no one’s responsibility...
...endorsing Obama, the Yale Daily News confidently observed that he “seemed genuine”: an Obama administration “promises a reassertion of the natural, American optimism” and “new reforms.” The force of such argument, apparently, does not require any specific examples, for “hope fills a depressed town.” And in a town like New Haven, that is all that is needed...
...Obama's mantra of change, Clinton said dismissively, "Change is part of life. The question is, are we going to make progress together?" For a closing argument, hers could hardly be clearer. "The exact right message that voters are focused on," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson told reporters on a conference call Monday morning. By Wednesday morning, we'll know if enough of those voters are listening...
...whose strategy this time may have been a miscalculation, as Venezuelans haven't exactly taken to the streets to answer his martial call. Chavez plans to seek another referendum on constitutional amendments such as abolishing term-limits before his current term ends in 2012. A big part of his argument to his countrymen will be that only he can stand up to Washington and its Latin American proxies. Venezuelans' tepid response to his Sunday tirade indicates that he faces an uphill battle to remain in office unless he starts resolving their domestic woes...