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...ambitious, and the victories, like bringing a job-intake center to the neighborhood, were not enough. Four years later, Obama went to Harvard Law "to learn power's currency," he wrote. Laurence Tribe, who argued on behalf of Gore before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000, taught Obama constitutional law and chose him as a research assistant. Of the thousands of students Tribe has had, he calls Obama the most impressive overall. "I've known Senators, Presidents. I've never known anyone with what seems to me more raw political talent," says Tribe. "He just seems to have the surest...
...consumer-confidence index at election time is above 99, the incumbent's party remains in office; anything lower signals defeat. Since 1968, only Al Gore, who lost in 2000 despite a high consumer-confidence number, had been the exception. But the low October figure of 92.8 didn't hamper Bush...
...cleaning up the mess we've created," he said. Instead it was a matter of character. "I just don't feel that I really trust John Kerry to do what he says he's going to do." For Andrea Levin, 39, of Seattle, who voted for Al Gore in 2000, it was the return of Osama bin Laden, who released a videotape taunting Bush four days before Election Day, that made the difference. "When he made his presentation, looking all spiffed up, and condemned the President's foreign policy, I saw that as a clear sign that I should vote...
...George W. Bush. His adviser Karl Rove "will still run the party," says a Republican insider. "Everything from speaking events at state parties to Air Force One rides will go through him." A Bush endorsement could short-circuit the nominating process, just as Bill Clinton's support of Al Gore gave Gore a decided edge in 2000. Or the President could stay steadfastly neutral, as Reagan did in 1988, when his Vice President, George Herbert Walker Bush, faced five challengers and almost lost the nomination...
...elections have been fought in the media. What's notable about Election 2004 is how much of it was fought against the media. Throughout the campaign, Democrats complained about an unholy alliance of Fox News, Matt Drudge, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Rush Limbaugh et al., who former contender Al Gore charged constituted a G.O.P. "fifth column" within the press. The flak came from both sides. During their last debate, President Bush chided John Kerry, "I'm not so sure it's credible to quote leading news organizations," nodding toward moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS. It was a not-so-subtle allusion...