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Columbia University presidential scholar Alan Brinkley says the all-Ivy race of 1912 suggests "the power of elite connections in helping people advance in public life...
...billion-dollar question is whether the last-minute ads make any difference. Alan Brinkley, professor of history at Columbia University, says that in the past two elections, Bill Clinton did himself far more good with early ads. "The effectiveness of advertising," he says, "probably diminishes the closer you get to the election itself." As if you Michiganders didn't know that already...
...Just because she got fat on milk doesn't mean that the drink should be banned. Let's see if Alicia, affectionately named Butt-Girl by the tabloids, can shed the pounds on her new vegan diet. Oh and while we're on the subject of unintelligent vegetarians, Christie Brinkley said last week, "I used to live in Mexico and go out into the jungle and shoot coconuts out of the trees. I could shoot a coconut down in one or two shots. But I'm a vegetarian and don't like hunting...
Today, being an ex-president is a job in itself, Brinkley says. One of Clinton's advisers agrees that the Arkansan will continue to speak out on political issues after his presidency...
...whole, former presidents have not been drawn to universities except as sites for their libraries," Brinkley says. "I think it's inconceivable either that Harvard would offer Clinton its presidency or that Clinton would take...