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...Which leaves the Democrats in a bit of a bind. This week was the White House?s turn to crunch the numbers; next week, on Aug. 27, the Congressional Budget Office will send out its bean-counters with a result the Democrats hope will put Bush?s first budget exactly where they want it: In the red. But while the CBO?s numbers may vary slightly from the OMB?s, in leaky Washington it?s a good bet that Mitch Daniels? accountants had the CBO?s numbers in mind when they came up with that extra $4.3 billion last week...
...fuel-efficiency bill reaches his desk, Bush could be in a bind--caught between auto lobbyists (his chief of staff used to be one) and his concern for energy security. With new technology putting impressive fuel efficiency within reach, it will be hard for him to oppose measures that could reduce the national appetite for foreign oil by millions of barrels a year...
...TIES THAT BIND When it comes to baby boomers caring for their aging parents, the numbers fall along a multicultural divide. According to an AARP survey, white Americans are the least likely to care for their elders (19%), while Asians are the most likely to do so (42%). Blacks (28%) and Hispanics (34%) fall in the middle. Guilt feelings for not providing enough care neatly mirror the differences: Asians feel the most guilty; whites the least...
...Ordinary taxpayers acknowledge that economic reform is the only way out of Japan's bind, a view the West has pushed all along. "It's like you're in the final stages of a fatal disease and someone comes along with a potential cure," says Bill Wilder, head of the Japanese arm of Fidelity Investments. "You don't know if it'll work or if it won't, but you've got no choice." Some worry Koizumi is trying too much, too soon. "He's promised structural reforms, along with clearing up bank loans and cutting government debt...
...plan to allow states to provide "unborn child" medical coverage, an unmistakable gesture of goodwill toward Catholics. Still, Rove has been heard to say that, with such a difficult choice, the only thing to do is the right thing. That's a sure sign a strategist is in a bind...