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...Democratic primary campaign has produced one of the more depressing political phenomena in memory: the rise of the citizen pundit. With Howard Dean gone from the race, the last traces of passion--and, I fear, conviction--have been leached from the electorate. Instead of voters, we have handicappers. Ask a civilian why she likes Kerry or Edwards, and more often than not, you get dime-store Capital Gang: "Kerry can match up with Bush on national security," or "Edwards can win in the South." This is a form of pragmatism, I suppose. Democrats are desperate to beat George W. Bush...
...Sunshine, and since his future in politics is probably brighter than his present, he doesn't want to sully the white suit. He may also be pulling his punches because he wants to be Vice President. That would be foolish: his prospects aren't as obvious as most citizen pundits think. Kerry will surely want a running mate eager to eviscerate the opposition, particularly in the debate against Vice President Cheney (or, failing that, a Vice President who will bring his home state along--and Dick Gephardt has a better chance of doing both than Edwards). Edwards' fluffy passivity...
...government approves, several thousand inhabitants of Eunice, New Mexico are about to get a new corporate citizen: URENCO, the state-owned European consortium whose centrifuge designs have leaked to most of the world's rogue nuclear states. The consortium is revving up to build a new uranium enrichment facility just outside of Eunice not far from the Texas border. But the deal is anything but sealed. The massive project is raising eyebrows among Bush administration officials concerned that a company linked to the spread of nuclear weapons technologies would be operating on U.S. soil...
...time for the United States to move beyond its self-appointed role as global policeman and become a socially responsible world citizen. If the Bush administration continues to bulldoze through all obstacles in the name of global peace and security, there will be little left to rebuild out of the rubble. The cultural attrition in Iraq has struck a heavy blow to Iraqi reconstruction, eradicating symbols of cultural unity that might have served as the bedrock of a rejuvenated Iraqi national identity sans Saddam. Moreover, as the proverbial cradle of civilization, Iraq’s loss is a loss...
...talented Blazers in the past four years, Damon’s been Portland’s model citizen...