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...just senatorial clubbiness. The fact that Kerry chose to make global warming the subject of his first hearing as chairman of the committee signals that in President Barack Obama's Washington at least, Gore's views on the severity of climate change and the need for action are gaining clout - and not just for environmental reasons. "Climate change will be increasingly central to our foreign policy," said Kerry. (Read "Obama Cleans Up After Bush...
...forces in Iraq; a friendlier Iran would be less likely to support sectarian belligerents in that divided nation. The bipartisan Iraq Study Group contends that a friendlier Iran is crucial to this endeavor. If the US establishes relations, it will be able to use its diplomatic and economic clout to garner enforceable agreements on arms control between Iraq and Iran. Coming to an accord will certainly help secure the safety of American troops. Other problems with the Islamic Republic notwithstanding, the potential to disarm the enemies of American soldiers should take first priority...
...large, staying their hand in the expectation that sympathetic Sunni politicians - who boycotted the last provincial election, in 2005 - will take a number of seats from Kurdish and Shi'ite rivals and potentially reshape the political map in their favor. (Read "As Iraqi Elections Loom, al-Sadr's Political Clout Fades...
Sadrist parliamentarian Ahmad Hassan Ali al-Masiodi said the movement will retain its stature regardless of the elections. Al-Masiodi pointed to al-Sadr's previous ability to call up mass street protests with a word as a sign of the movement's clout and relevance. "The movement is very strong now, even better than before," says al-Masiodi. "You can notice this when we call for demonstrations in the number of people who come to join." But al-Sadr has not tested his strength with street marches lately. And that power, too, may go the way of his waning...
...George W. Bush is surely happy to be back in the friendly confines of the Lone Star State. But he may be surprised to find a very different - and more divided - Republican Party from the one he left behind eight years ago. Rural conservatives in the party are losing clout to more moderate and urban forces, while a potentially nasty internal battle for the governor's mansion in 2010 is brewing...