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...dark library shelves.' The publisher, Harper & Row, did not dream of a first printing of 600,000, or of 'the bestseller of the century,' as it is now freely described. Few foresaw that The Death of a President would become not only a publishing phenomenon but also an emotional battleground?a book about which other books will be written. When it finally reached the public last week?some stores put it on sale ten days before the release date?it seemed the work had been prepublicized, predigested, precriticized and prejudged beyond the point that the book itself could make much...
NASCAR for Nader, perhaps? Once again, Ralph Nader is making Democrats very, very nervous. Polls show him running in the single digits both nationally and in battleground states, but that could conceivably be enough to swing a state or two in what insiders expect to be another close election. As the news from Iraq gets even worse, Nader--who supports a total withdrawal of U.S. forces in six months--could become the candidate of choice for the most hard-core antiwar voters, who may see little difference between John Kerry's stay-the-course approach and Bush's. "Unlike...
...thin margin of victory; Gore would be President had he won either state. "In 2000 we made a mistake because we ignored Nader for months," says Gore's former campaign manager Donna Brazile. "We gave him time not only to build a credible movement but also to get inside battleground states and hold huge rallies...
...tense session lasted more than an hour, and both sides say they expect more meetings. Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe makes a point of calling Nader regularly, usually starting the conversation, "So, are you dropping out, Ralph?" At a minimum, McAuliffe has privately asked Nader not to campaign in battleground states. Did he agree? "Of course not," Nader told TIME...
...most important issue is whether Padilla, arrested on American soil, should be declared an enemy combatant in the first place. The government’s lawyer, Deputy Solicitor General Paul D. Clement, claims that because the war on terror is global the whole of the United States is a battleground as well. But if the Supreme Court accepts this justification, it will open the way for the Executive Branch to wield the same kinds of “emergency powers” so often misused in Third World dictatorships. Because the war on terror has no borders...