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...Barack Obama will pursue bipartisan solutions. For example, he worked with Tom Coburn of Oklahoma—one of the most conservative members of the Senate—to create a “google for government” that improves transparency and accountability. That decision reveals a defining feature of Barack Obama’s governing philosophy: a pragmatic progressivism, rooted in the belief that government can effectively improve our lives when it implements sensible policies grounded in evidence...
...Holland (who owned 14), Eric Clapton (8) and Ralph Lauren (13). In the past 10 years, the Ferrari has won more Formula One races than any other car?which has created record prices in recent sales. McQueen's 1963 Ferrari Berlinetta Lusso went for $2.31 million and James Coburn's 1961 Ferrari California Spyder sold for a whopping $11.4 million. "It's the price you pay," says Ferrari historian Michael Sheehan, "for tradition and cutting-edge styling that is available to only a select...
...with a short wheelbase 4 A 1967 Ferrari 312 Formula One race car 5 The new Ferrari California convertible, which will be officially unveiled at the Paris Auto Show in October 6 A 1961 Ferrari 250 TR 61 Spyder Fantuzzi, owned by Ralph Lauren 7 Actor James Coburn's classic 1961 Ferrari California Spyder sold for $11.4 million...
...McCain has been a relentless critic of congressional pork and has made a point of publicizing the pet-project earmarks that appropriators slip into budget bills. "He ruffles a lot of feathers because he doesn't worry about playing the game with the boys in the club," says Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican who has replaced McCain as the Senate's top porkbuster - and top headache. "I call him a crusty old fart. People say he's bullheaded, but he's never afraid to irritate people if it will get something done for his country...
...While Coburn has been willing to bog down the Senate to try to stop pork, McCain stops short of drawing the line. He tends to bend institutions without breaking them; he never alienated his caucus enough to lose his chairmanship, and even Cochran has endorsed McCain's candidacy now that he's the Republican nominee. "McCain used to make great speeches about all the garbage in military spending bills, especially after 9/11, but he'd do nothing to stop it," says the Center for Defense Information's Winslow Wheeler, a former GOP staffer who supports Obama for President. McCain...