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...Does the electorate regret its choice? With his pick of Ford-Reagan-Bush Republican Cheney, and his interview in USA Today on Friday ("People are going to hear at the convention about how proud I am to be George Bush's son"), Bush seems increasingly willing to bank on just that. By picking a veep with so many Republican echoes - and so much more experience than George W. himself - Bush has certainly energized his base. Some 78 percent of registered Republicans said they were satisfied with Bush-Cheney, compared to the Dole ticket's 48 percent four years...
What happens to a corporation when environmental concerns overlap with good public relations? You get the latest Beltway love match: Ford Motor Company and the Sierra Club. It seems that ever since the giant automaker began investigating ways to entice green-minded consumers by improving the fuel efficiency of their gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles (beyond the requirements established by federal lawmakers), the company's become something of a poster child for corporate responsibility - and a darling of the environmental movement, members of which are pointing to Ford's latest maneuvers as a sign that the very dirty car industry...
...their concerns have been ignored by auto executives who insisted there was no way to improve fuel efficiency and still give consumers the cars they want. The rise of sport utility vehicles only served to exacerbate the tensions between the industry and its fiercest detractors. But now that Ford, ironically once one of the movement's most hated adversaries (think of the Expedition), has made good on a pledge to examine better ways to fuel its cars and trucks, environmentalists may see a light at the end of the tunnel - as well as a new addition to their arsenal...
...churned out by the thousands. She has worked five years for the company, most recently as business manager of its San Francisco retail outlet, as her stock doubled and redoubled. Yet she lives an ordinary life in most ways, ferrying her three dogs around in a seven-year-old Ford Explorer that she calls the Stinkmobile. "How many cars can you drive at one time?" she asks. "How big a house do you need...
Unlike his presumptive running mate, Cheney's not short on political mileage. He's been in D.C. since 1969, serving in the Nixon and Ford administrations, eventually as Ford's de facto chief of staff. In 1978, he was elected a U.S. representative from Wyoming, and served for 10 years before becoming minority whip. Cheney is reportedly especially good at keeping feathers around him unruffled; among his political gifts was the ability to broker peace among congressional Democrats and Republicans...