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Simon believes the focus on minorities has kept the show's ratings down. "When people say it's not a 'water-cooler show,'" he says, "that's about the whitest thing they can say." The show is also dark, metaphorically, by the standards of nearly every previous TV cop show. "On commercial TV, there's no f______ way you can say, 'This is America, and we're not all right anymore,'" says Simon. "Not if every 12 minutes you have to say, 'Hey, we're sorry we brought you down, but check out the new iPods!'" And the show...
...since the 2006 Olympics? Kevin Melo, BELTSVILLE, MD. It's a matter of perception. I can make everyone think that I'm not partying, or I could easily make people think the other side. In the past, it's been a matter of where the media have put the focus. This year with my team separating and other things, there's a lot of other stuff to focus...
...There are limits in politics. You can get away with changing a position -perhaps Romney really did see the light on abortion, not just the results of an Iowa focus group - but you can't just reinvent yourself out of whole cloth. You can go negative on your opponents, but it's a stretch to attack them for taking the same positions - on immigration, most notably - that you used to take, especially when you keep getting caught having illegals tend your garden. The sheer cynicism is driving Romney's Republican opponents nuts. He is wildly unpopular among his peers...
...populist message is one that revolves around, and is squarely directed at, blue-collar Iowans. And while it would seem to be a risk to focus so exclusively on one group, the campaign says the message of economic inequity - a middle-class version of the poverty tour with which Edwards launched his campaign in December 2006 - resonates with all kinds of Americans. "One of the things that I've seen just in the last 12 to 14 hours is the energy and excitement as I move across Iowa," Edwards told reporters Wednesday in Mount Pleasant. "And the one thing that...
...wonks, able to query presidential hopefuls on the smallest details of their policies. As a group, they're also able to temper their own liberal inclinations. "Jimmy Carter was not liberal. He was probably one of the most moderate candidates," Bender says. "Even though caucuses are somewhat liberal, the focus on electability somewhat mitigates their liberal orientation...