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...result certainly is causing a rethinking in the U.S. and Israel. President George W. Bush, who often talks of his hope that democracy will sweep the Middle East, applauded the fact that Palestinians had spoken at the ballot box, and he said the results were a wake-up call for the Fatah leadership. But he also said the vote did nothing to change the U.S. position that Hamas is a terrorist organization. If it wants to deal with the U.S., he said, Hamas must recognize Israel and renounce violence. "I don't see how you can be a partner...
Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake, a conservative and a Shadegg supporter, says, "It's a dynamic situation"--one made more unpredictable by the fact that the election will be by secret ballot. That means all those vote commitments may be meaningless, and anything could happen. "This is high drama," says Illinois Republican Ray LaHood. As if the G.O.P. hasn't already had enough of that...
...acting like the front runner, declaring he already has enough votes and refusing to debate his opponents on TV. In fact, the ground could quickly shift. More than 70 Republicans have not allied with any candidate, and if Blunt does not have the votes to win on the first ballot, the top two will go to a runoff. Boehner has been reaching out to backers of Shadegg, who lags in public endorsements, hoping reform-minded members will coalesce around him in a Boehner-Blunt race...
...Osama bin Laden has changed all that, as has the careful provision of social services by groups like Hizballah and Hamas. If the status quo is no longer tenable, as was the case in the Palestinian territories, it's far better for Hamas to come to power via the ballot box than the gun. The election holds out the possibility of moderation-and also the possibility that the leaders of Hamas will come to learn what Bush seems not to understand: that freedom isn't a gift. It is an achievement...
...Taking back Congress seems a perfect task for two such ambitious men as Schumer and Emanuel, who by dint of their abrasive personalities aren't likely to ever appear on a presidential ballot. In the 1980s, Emanuel was working for a consumer watchdog group in Illinois when a political journalist told him he didn?t have time to write about the group because his wife was having a baby. Emanuel showed up in the recovery room, said ?Mazel Tov? and immediately asked, ?when do you think you?ll be back to write that story?? He once sent a 2.5-foot...