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...Recapping the Debates I agree with columnist Joe Klein that John Kerry won the first debate on "the appearance of strength" [Oct. 11]. I was pleased with the Senator's demeanor and his direct and calm responses, in contrast to President Bush's smirks, scowls and useless sloganeering. Nothing Bush can say will ever convince me that he made a sincere, thoughtful and intellectual assessment of the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Glen Brown Naperville...
...women. One time is O.K., but twice? There is something about the seeming coincidence and good fortune that rings a false note. I have a hunch this bothers more women than many would care to admit. Richard Jacobson Marina del Rey, California, U.S. Recapping the Debates I agree with columnist Joe Klein that John Kerry won the first debate on "the appearance of strength" [Oct. 11]. I was pleased with the Senator's demeanor and his direct and calm responses, in contrast to President Bush's smirks, scowls and useless sloganeering. Nothing Bush can say will ever convince me that...
...what a poor leader he would be. For those who question whether a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush, they need look no farther than the Oval Office. Spring Davis Durham, North Carolina, U.S. What Surveys Show In "The Trouble With Polls And Focus Groups" [Oct. 4], columnist Joe Klein wonders whether focus groups have outlived their usefulness. They have, if candidates look to polls and focus groups to inform themselves about the right thing to do. But Klein shouldn't conclude that getting the public's opinion is no longer useful. When a candidate wants to persuade...
...mail Jean, a columnist, at moneytalk@moneymail.com
...Fitzgerald is trying to find out who leaked the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative married to former ambassador Joe Wilson, to several journalists in July 2003. Conservative columnist Robert Novak was the first to disclose Plame?s name in print. In a July 14, 2003 column in the Washington Post, Novak said that two unnamed administration sources had told him that Plame was involved in the CIA?s decision to send her husband to Africa in 2002 to investigate a tip that Iraq had tried to purchase enriched uranium from Niger for its nuclear weapons program. In early...