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...Democrats may never be able to outdo the Republicans on patriotism and national defense, but they do have to be credible in those areas. "This is the threshold question," says Donna Brazile, a longtime Democratic Party activist. "We have to be able to close the leadership gap with Bush. We can't do that if we don't field a candidate who is strong on defense." In the South Carolina debate, Lieberman made good sense with this formulation: "I am the one Democrat who can match George Bush in the areas where many think he's strong--defense and moral...
...market share slipped to 61.7% last year, an all-time low, and it has declined an additional 1.6 points in the first quarter of 2003. Toyota is just a couple of market-share points from passing Chrysler, the smallest of the Big Three. Though it is narrowing the quality gap, Detroit today squeezes almost all its earnings out of "light trucks," an industry category that includes SUVs and pickups. But the transplants are attacking that bastion. Toyota is adding capacity for its full-size pickup, the Tundra, with a new plant set to open in 2006 in San Antonio, Texas...
...still managing to juice up its supporters - a balancing act that is getting old. Mark Leonard, director of the Foreign Policy Centre in London, a think tank with close ties to Labour, says that "six years of warm words but no action have left Blair with a big credibility gap, both on the Continent and with the pro-European movement here." The Conservatives sense an opportunity to turn the tables on Blair. His tactic has been to paint them as ideological extremists who focus on the euro but really want out of the E.U. altogether...
...years of warm words but no action on the euro have left Blair with a big credibility gap. - MARK LEONARD, director of the Foreign Policy Centre...
...position of PBHA executive director was created in 1997 as part of an agreement between PBHA and Harvard College to provide better accountability for the group. As executive director, McDonald bridged the gap between students and staff at PBHA, a student-run organization that is professionally supported...