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...force: "If I were running for office, I'm not sure how I'd explain to the American people--say, vote for me, and, oh, by the way, on a matter of national security, I think I'm going to wait for somebody else to act." His pollster, Matthew Dowd, has said the Iraq issue "puts Republicans on a very good footing" for the elections and beyond...
...rise and drug-addled fall of Boy George, the androgynous former lead singer of the band Culture Club. The surprise is that, aside from three old favorites (with Karma Chameleon as the obligatory curtain-call rouser), the show has a new score, written by (former Boy) George O'Dowd himself. Helped by Christopher Renshaw's cabaret-style production and a dead-on performance as George by Euan Morton, O'Dowd's supple melodies and touching but tough lyrics seem to encapsulate the defiantly deviant club world of London in the early '80s: "Call me a taker/ I've got nothin...
...chattering class is abuzz over Photogate. Whether excoriating the White House for "using that dark and sacred day to divide and conquer" (Maureen Dowd) or cheerfully reporting fund-raising success with studied disregard for any negative implications (the Washington Times headline was "Bush Helps Raise $30 Million for RNC"), members of the media are having an awfully good time thumbing noses either at the White House or at each other. And the other 99.99 percent of Americans? How do they feel about this political fracas...
...It’s why New York is now a democratic state,” said Dowd. “It’s why New Jersey, which used to be an indicator state, is now a democratic state. Arizona, which is now safely Republican, will be an indicator state by the end of the decade...
...Dowd cited Bush’s two gubernatorial elections in Texas, during which he focused on school reform and lowering taxes, and raised his Hispanic vote from 24 percent to 48 percent in four years...