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...today hold more modern and truly democratic primaries than America's, whose Iowa- and New Hampshire-centric traditions seem as atavistic to a lot of people as using groundhogs to forecast the arrival of spring. If a silver lining emerges from the Florida-DNC standoff, it might be a consensus on a new arrangement, like the rotating regional primary schedule endorsed by the National Association of State Secretaries of State - the people who actually have to run these elections...
...notion of Allawi's return is symptomatic of a bipartisan consensus in the U.S. that Iraq's problems could be solved if the Iraqis would simply do as they're told. Last Wednesday Hillary Clinton offered her advice to Iraq's parliament, saying it should get rid of Prime Minister Maliki and pick a "less divisive and more unifying figure." That echoed remarks made earlier in the week by Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Republican Senator John Warner later chimed in to say Maliki had "totally failed," and was unable "to deliver greater security...
...above." Senator Carl Levin called for it to be replaced after his and Senator John Warner's mid-August Iraq jaunt. And Ambassador Ryan Crocker told me, "The fall of the Maliki government, when it happens, might be a good thing." But replace it with what? The consensus in the U.S. intelligence community is that there's going to be lots of bloodshed, including fighting among the Shi'ites, before a credible Iraqi government emerges. It also seems that the U.S. attempt to build an Iraqi army and police force has been a failure. Some units are pretty good...
...change of venue isn't the only thing that has changed in two years. While many, including several potential jurors who came before State District Judge Jerome Winsberg earlier this week, believe the Manganos are responsible for the deaths, there is a growing consensus that blame for all post-Katrina woes lies at the feet of the federal government, which built the flood-control system that was supposed to protect South Louisiana's low-lying areas in the first place. The defense maintains that the Manganos thought it better to offer shelter to residents rather than put them through...
...Japan that takes a much more assertive role within the security alliance. But with Abe weakened, and Japan possibly turning inward, "we could be at the beginning of a redefinition of the U.S.-Japan alliance," says Tanifuji. Such a shift would not be too sharp - a deep consensus persists among politicians that Japan's fate remains tied to the U.S. But Washington may soon discover a Tokyo that's a little less eager to pitch in around the globe...