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...bunker of the status quo? Not unless he gets spooked into making a serious strategic mistake. Because despite souring public opinion and the risk of gains for the left at the polls, one thing hasn't changed since Sarkozy's convincing election victory only nine months ago: the wide consensus among voters that France needs the root-and-branch reform Sarkozy was elected to enact. Candidate Sarkozy promised harder work, more pay, fewer civil servants and a pared-down welfare state. He said he'd help small businesses get out from under high taxes and stifling regulation. "I expect...
...narrow win in Washington State - suggest that, at the very least, the Republican Party will not be able to begin preparing for the general election as soon as leaders would like. At worst, Mike Huckabee's insistence on staying in the race undermines McCain's precarious status as a consensus conservative candidate. The longer that anyone-but-McCain voters have an option in the primary voting booth, the less likely they will be to turn out to vote in the general...
...discouraging that so many republicans oppose Senator John McCain, because he's just what President George W. Bush promised to be but finally never was - a uniter, not a divider [Feb. 4]. At a time when the nation needs to come together under the unifying leadership of a moderate consensus builder, the neoconservative élites that have come to dominate the Republican Party want confrontation. The only way to save the Party is to drop the ideologues, who are more interested in waging a culture war than in uniting the nation to face an uncertain and potentially dangerous future. Greg...
...discouraging that so many Republicans oppose Senator John McCain, because he's just what President George W. Bush promised to be but finally never was--a uniter, not a divider [Feb. 4]. At a time when the nation needs to come together under the unifying leadership of a moderate consensus builder, the neoconservative élites that have come to dominate the GOP want confrontation. The only way to save the Republican Party is to drop the ideologues, who are more interested in waging a culture war than in uniting the nation to face its uncertain and dangerous future...
...economy and affecting everything from property prices to spending on luxury goods. The annual fee isn't official yet, and won't be until after Feb. 28 - the final day of the "consultation" period in which the Treasury will listen to arguments for and against it. But the consensus is that the law will pass. Already, says Paul Knox, a wealth adviser at JPMorgan Private Bank, "there is a trickle of people who have decided they have to leave. The problem is that a trickle can become a flow. The smart people are always ahead of the curve, and there...