Word: bargainers
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...deals of silence with the old guard. George W. Bush could stuff the God-wingers away for his show because they are desperate to return to power. But Al Gore has bigger and more popular voices than that in his party, and there has been no opportunity to bargain into them submission...
...shake up the way they see things." But wasn't he also telling them what they wanted to hear: that you can leave no child behind and have tax cuts? That America's Promise, his massive volunteer effort, will pick up the slack from government services slashed in the bargain? "You're not listening. I always make the point that if you do everything America's Promise hopes for, it's not a substitute for government...
...hand, investors do not believe the market can sustain a rally--so as stocks near their previous highs, sellers charge in early to beat the crowd. But investors don't see a big downdraft coming either--so as stocks approach their previous bottoms, they swoop in to bargain hunt before others get there. Everyone is playing the trading range, which gets narrower with each reversal...
...message of Pinochet and Suharto's plight is plain to see for all who rule by force: As long as you're holding the guns, people will cut you a deal, but if you've committed crimes against humanity, don't expect them to keep their end of the bargain once you've lost your power. In other words, tyrants planning on retirement are well advised to take some acting classes and work on doing a believable senile dementia...
...they take the deal, they will have nothing popular to promise the voters in November. Thus, so far, they have said no. But if the summer drags on and the public buys Al Gore's attacks on a do-nothing Congress, Clinton's offer might start looking like a bargain to the G.O.P...