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...American people their vision for the future is they don't like George Bush," says telecommuting adviser Karen Hughes from Austin, Texas. "This kind of thing always has a short-term effect on the polls." But outside the inner circle, others were less sanguine. A longtime ally in a battleground state said the Bush team was reading its own press releases and was out of touch with the country. Another, on the West Coast, put it this way: "He doesn't have a message. It's the same old rhetoric of two years ago. They are acting like they deserve...
...Polonia and France's Axis Airways even inked deals to begin using the Belgian hub - but no one thinks the war is over. "All Ryanair's deals with government-owned airports will have to be revisited," says Chris Avery, airline analyst at J.P. Morgan. France may prove the primary battleground. Europe's largest low-cost carrier, Ryanair shuttles in and out of 16 publicly owned airports in the country, paying discount charges to the regional airports' authorities. The Commission says it is already looking into Ryanair's deal with the southwestern town of Pau. The airline is braced for further...
...characteristically, Rove and his untimid President want to play for all the marbles. They have increased Republican Party registrations, especially in the South and key battleground states, and boast of "hiving off" chunks of Democrats into their camp. What Rove is looking for is something Bush did not get in the last election: a mandate. They are already laying plans for the ambitious things they want to do in a second term--Social Security overhaul, tax reform, Medicare restructuring and even more tax cuts...
...their efforts elsewhere, jihadists haven't forgotten their ultimate battleground--the U.S. Late last week the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued another of their vague public warnings about possible threats. Privately, they say incoming intelligence reports are loaded with talk that al-Qaeda remnants are intent on pulling off another spectacular event. Officials believe such an attack is more likely to occur on U.S. interests abroad, simply because it's easier to assemble the weapons, explosives, vehicles and foot soldiers outside the U.S. But no one dares rule out attacks within the country. FBI agents were quietly...
MoveOn's latest campaign is its most ambitious--a $10 million drive to fund anti-Bush commercials in key battleground states later this month. Billionaires Soros and Peter Lewis last week offered to give $1 for every $2 given by members, up to a cap of $5 million. Meanwhile, Moby and a host of celebrity pals (like Jack Black and Janeane Garafolo) are getting ready to judge the best commercial made by members, which MoveOn will air around the State of the Union...