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When it comes to making a new line of argument, Bush can take comfort that the moment is ripe. The 9/11 commission report is a blueprint to overhaul the U.S.'s intelligence agencies and plug holes in homeland security. Any swift executive action on those fronts lets Bush remind voters that he is a war President and that the danger is still real. Moving now is particularly important for Bush, since his once unassailable advantage on fighting terrorism has shrunk to just 8 percentage points in the polls. Kerry pounced on the findings of the 9/11 commission last week, using...
...uncanny feel for the water. Still, Phelps says, "he took every single stroke and changed it. From Day One, he wanted me to swim multiple events." That meant an early focus on the individual medley--the grueling test of all four strokes, which Phelps picked up with little argument...
...even more controversial instance, at least 53% of all U.S. high-fashion footwear manufacturers stand accused of marketing gloves as shoes and selling them at radically marked-up prices. A Footwear Council official's argument that "hands and feet are both five-digit extremities and both feel best wrapped in leather, so what difference does it make?" has been rejected by consumer advocates as a cynical manipulation of the facts. Fair Play for Footwear, the consumer group, points out that shoes made out of gloves fit badly and bunch up around the toes. "It isn't fair," says a Fair...
...spent in each primary state, even though he had always been a supporter of public financing. Dean, flush with cash, was going to spend as much as he could in Iowa. Kerry, broke, needed to compete. He overhauled his stump speech and, in doing so, resolved an endless staff argument about how to deal with Dean. "Bob Shrum was on one side," says Cherny, referring to the famous, infamous political consultant, "and all the rest of us were on the other. And Shrum was right. He said that if you attack Dean in a multicandidate field, 'you wind up with...
Critics are willing to apply a stricter standard to Moore's presentation of his opinions than they do to Bush's argument for his. That's why Moore's movie is necessary. Those who desired a serious debate in the lead-up to the Iraq war waited in frustration for serious journalists to ask hard questions and apply critical scrutiny to the Administration's case. Moore's questions are the ones that should have been debated before we went into Iraq. Why should Moore's movie receive closer scrutiny than the Administration's decision...