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...Obama's ambitious plans will ultimately depend on politics, and most scientists are about as adept at Beltway Kabuki as most politicians are at freezing atoms. Chu has already created a miniflap by telling reporters it wasn't his job to badger OPEC about oil prices, and he has struggled to explain why he once called coal a "nightmare." Several of his scientific initiatives have stalled on Capitol Hill, victims of lackluster salesmanship. He got his unofficial welcome to politics in February, during a tour of the University of Pennsylvania's operations facility, when a snippy Vice President Joe Biden...
...fellowship] gives you a chance to focus and reflect on your own work in an environment that is not Washington and is outside the Beltway bubble of political-speak," Daughtry said. "You're in a place of learning where the entire purpose is to learn and grow and engage, and to have that kind of time at a place like Harvard is really stimulating and invigorating...
...Obama political team has concluded that cost inflation is mostly a Beltway issue, that August recess requires reform to be marketed in more personal terms: What does it mean for you? It would be nice if Obama stopped limiting his answer to that question to consumer protections against rapacious insurers. It could be: Your premiums won't double every decade, your economy won't sink and your government won't go broke. Then again, David Axelrod probably deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to selling reform...
...Republicans left in the Senate. His favorite campaign theme is popularity vs. leadership, an unsubtle dig at Crist's over-60% approval ratings. He has repeatedly accused poll-driven Republican leaders of abandoning their principles and selling out the grass roots in pursuit of power, letting focus groups and Beltway pundits tell them what to do. "In normal times, that's annoying," Rubio said. "Right now, it's dangerous." (Read "Crist: Too Moderate for Florida Republicans...
...Lowdown: The Battle for America was written by two traditional reporters with heaps of inside-the-beltway experience, and it shows. The narrative stays tightly focused on candidates and political issues almost to a fault - glossing over the broader cultural momentum that helped propel Obama to a decisive win. There is no mention of Will.i.am's viral "Yes We Can" music video that galvanized youth support, or of Shepard Fairey's ubiquitous "Hope" graphic, which lent the candidate street cred and fed the perception that he hovered above conventional politics. The authors mention Tina Fey's Saturday Night Live impression...