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...Marriott is determined not to lose the boomers. "Our motto is 'You dance with the one that brung you,'" King says. So the furniture--while contemporary, warm and approachable--is deliberately not hip, although the lobby is color coded for coolness: blue for technology, including chairs and tables with accessible plugs; orange for food. According to Marriott, the new lobby has been so successful, the Fair Oaks hotel owner has seen his first-quarter revenue per available room, a standard industry-profitability measurement, rise 12% over last year...
...about 20 Republican assemblymen who met with the Governor to express their displeasure. Haynes suggested a number of conservative causes Schwarzenegger could champion, such as fighting illegal immigration and keeping his no-new-taxes campaign pledge. "The secret in politics is to leave the dance with those that brung you, and I can guarantee that none of the Democrats want to see him come back," he says. "He's got to assess who's more critical to his success...
...DANCE WITH THE ONE WHO BRUNG...
...turn our eyes down modestly, and kick the dirt a little, and say "Aw, shucks, Coach" and get ready to dazzle the readers again. Which brings us to this week, in which we'd just like to remind our loyal readers to play hard, dance with the ones that brung ye, and remember to tip your bartender...
Whenever parties dance toward the center, as have these New Democrats and these different kind of Republicans, there are always deals of pragmatism with the base that brung 'em, deals of silence with the old guard. George W. Bush could stuff the God-wingers away for his show because they are desperate to return to power. But Al Gore has bigger and more popular voices than that in his party, and there has been no opportunity to bargain into them submission...