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...great irony is that throughout his second campaign for the presidency, McCain rarely seemed to catch a break. Time and again, outside events hampered his electoral chances, first with an ill-timed debate over immigration in the primary and then with this fall's financial crisis, which ultimately sunk his campaign. "It is entirely doubtful that anyone will have to run in a worse political climate than the one John McCain had to run in this year," Steve Schmidt, McCain's political guru, said earlier...
...from other parties that include independents. Siegel said Democrats currently outnumber Republicans in absentee ballots 43,000 to 36,000. Historically, it's not unusual for Republicans to outnumber Democrats 3 to 1 in that category. But county GOP chairman Sid Dinerstein says he isn't worried. "We'll catch up by 7 o'clock," he predicts. - Hector Florin / Boynton Beach...
From the green perspective, the Bush Administration has been an unmitigated disaster, with sins of omission (the failure to do anything significant on climate change) and commission (stealthy attempts to weaken environmental protections such as the Endangered Species Act). For Bush's successor, that legacy means having to play catch-up starting Jan. 20 on a dusty list of green issues; to name a few: national action on capping carbon, reengaging with the United Nations climate change treaty process, America's addiction to foreign oil, water shortages in the Southwest and accelerated species loss...
...doesn't help that President Bush seems bent on dismantling as many of the nation's environmental regulations as possible before his time runs out. With less than three months to go, the White House is looking to tweak regulations that will make mountaintop mining easier, ease catch limits for certain kinds of fish, lighten the regulation of drinking water and potentially allow power plants to emit more greenhouse gases. "We already know this Administration has a deep, unwavering ideology of deregulation," said Representative Edward Markey, the chairman of the select committee on energy independence and global warming. "With scant...
...thaw in McCain's frosty relationship with his traveling press. "We are not just flying around the country for the hell of it," says Mark Salter, one of McCain's closest advisers. "This is a winnable race. We feel we've been gaining since Thursday and we can catch him by Tuesday...