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Well before Election Day, campaigns tend to be lost or won depending on whose vision of the race prevails. The secret code of the Bush campaign is that politics doesn't really matter, the country is at peace, the market is up, so you can afford to vote for the guy you like because we're all happy centrists now. George W. Bush has all but dared Al Gore to fight on that ground, as he strolled down the middle of the field, threw up a tent and invited every voter to the party...
Still, Bush wasn't taking any chances. The day after Gore's speech, the Governor was talking in Tennessee about the nobility of working people, the fairness of the tax code and the fact that after seven years of Clinton and Gore, there was still no prescription-drug benefit "for those who need it" (without mentioning that the Republican Congress played a role in that outcome). And his aides announced that the campaign was buying airtime in 21 states this week to trumpet Bush's record on education reform--the ultimate swing-voter hustle...
...leads section with Katharine Q. Seelye's anatomy of a Gore rallying cry: "working families." The campaign even tested it with a hand-held "people meter," like the admen use on focus groups. Code for "waitress moms," which is code for "populism," which is code for Gore. WP leads harder with Richard Morin/Claudia Deane on new WP-ABC news poll... Boing! Gore takes 50-45 lead over Bush, 46-44 in a four-way race, "by easing doubts about his leadership ability and personal style while establishing himself with voters as the candidate best able to deal with the economy...
...them make upwards of $1 million annually, some for doing little more than repeating the cheery stuff they hear over smoked salmon and white asparagus in the executive dining rooms of the companies they follow. They are so conflicted they almost never advise selling a stock, resorting to code to tip off clients when things aren't on track. For example, buy really means sell if the stock was previously rated a strong...
That's asking too much, perhaps. The good-ole-boy network that puts the best IPOs in the hands of the best clients remains intact. In some cases the code will get even more indecipherable. And while the field levels, there may be less information overall as companies freak out over what they can say. Some 42% of companies polled say they will reduce communications to avoid running afoul of the new rule, reports the National Investor Relations Institute...