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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, Tex.—who headed up the redistricting posse—is no Wyatt Earp. But a hardcore gun-control foe like him is likely packing a six-shooter in his belt, making the world wonder whether the redistricting flap could have been solved faster by a good old-fashioned shootout. No such luck: as DeLay entered the state legislature, tumbleweeds rolling in his wake, his “shoot first, ask questions later” approach to state governance might have finally helped matters—if only there...
...listens to music with any real interest knows the feeling. That sort of fevered, messianic impulse that visits you every couple of years when you listen to something and realize with utter clarity that everyone in the entire world should be listening to this music, immediately and without further delay. And you may be the only one who can tell them before it’s too late. After it’s happened a few times, you learn to distrust your own proclivities. But sometimes you just have to try, because you know that if even one person...
...capacity of the Iraqis needs more time to be developed—the French are clamoring for the conferring of authority on an Iraqi Governing Council which was totally hand-picked by the Americans. Some Iraqi leaders are even asking to be given principal domestic security responsibility without delay. At the same time, almost immediately following the setting of a six-month deadline by the U.S. for constitution preparation, the Iraqi committee charged to recommend a procedure for this announced that wrangling among its various factions had stymied consensus...
...drive of the third quarter, Cornell faced second-and-15 from its own 36. Razzano dropped back and looked downfield, but before he could throw a trio of defenders converged on the pocket, led by Everett who sacked Razzano for an eight-yard loss. The play and a subsequent delay of game penalty set up a third-and-28 that Cornell could not convert...
...similar circumstances, what would Clinton do? Clinton was the genius political escape artist of the American presidency--and a good part of his success is attributable to the little things: great political antennae, an exquisite sense of how the political calendar works (when to move, when to delay), intellectual and tactical nimbleness. Those are God-given gifts that no recent U.S. politician can match. But Clinton also succeeded because he knew how to steal his opponents' best ideas, sand off the rough edges and get them enacted. Deficit reduction, free trade, an emphasis on law enforcement (remember Clinton...