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...politics at the Department of Homeland Security." TOM RIDGE, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, responding to accusations from Democrat Howard Dean that last week's terror alerts were politically motivated...
...repositioning, the Bush team was not going to abandon one of its best weapons--hitting Kerry from on high. On Air Force One the day after Kerry spoke in Boston, aides described for the President, who hadn't watched the address, the Democrat's line of attack, including his claim that he would always fund U.S. troops. Afterward, Bush asked to pump up the portion of his stump speech that lampooned Kerry's explanation of his vote against the $87 billion to fund the U.S. occupation of Iraq. "There is nothing complicated about supporting our troops in combat," Bush said...
...easy being a democrat in Iraq. Consider the plight of Uday Abu Tbikh, an aspiring politician in his mid-30s from the holy city of Najaf. Two months ago, the interim government announced plans to hold a national conference to pick 100 members of a temporary national assembly, which would give some public input to the governing of Iraq before a parliament can be elected next year. Abu Tbikh was determined to participate and make his voice heard. "We believed it would be the solution to getting rid of the U.S. puppet government," he said. But when his local caucus...
...election against Massachusetts' popular Republican Governor William Weld. That election drew into Kerry's world the storied, sharp-elbowed media consultant Bob Shrum, who toughened Kerry's ads and message. Shrum made his name as a speechwriter for Edward Kennedy's failed 1980 presidential campaign, and no Democrat who was there will ever forget how Kennedy brought down the house at the Democratic Convention that year with the Shrum-crafted line that "the dream shall never die." It's that kind of magic candidates are looking for when they hire Shrum, but he is also known for bringing a populist...
...been a frequent thorn in George W. Bush's side, and was wooed by Democrat John Kerry as a potential running mate. Now John McCain will get prime exposure at the Republican Convention, and some G.O.P. strategists even wish for the impossible: dumping Dick Cheney as Bush's Veep in favor of McCain. TIME's Douglas Waller talked with the maverick most wanted...