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Political timing can make or break an election. Howard Dean peaked too early in this year’s Democratic primaries, as did Al Gore in the last presidential election. The Bush-Cheney campaign has more than enough financial ammunition and media savvy to make a spring running-mate selection old news. So whether Kerry’s ace will be former primary foe John Edwards, Republican buddy John McCain, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson or anyone else, he should let the speculators speculate and the pundits wonder. The Kerry campaign may be craving more buzz in April...
...father in 1992.” Kerry, on the other hand, has to be careful about how he presents himself with regard to gun laws—”a lightning-rod cultural issue,” says The Boston Globe, “that dogged Al Gore in 2000 and has the potential to swing certain voters in a general election, especially in rural areas and the South...
...Governor of New Mexico, which Gore won by fewer than 400 votes, and he has foreign-policy expertise, particularly on North Korea, having served as Bill Clinton's U.N. ambassador. He's a moderate who cut taxes, he's Hispanic, and he's fluent en espanol--not Bush's Tex-Mex version either. But he's known for being too fond of the spotlight and had a troubled term as Energy Secretary under Clinton. Remember...
...normal sport, a fight would get you ejected, suspended and fined. In the NFL, just being too happy about your touchdown costs you money. But the NHL, despite an influx of European players, is still a sport born of parts of Canada that most people don't own enough Gore-Tex to visit. It's full of mafioso laws about protection and honor. And while it would seem sensible for the NHL to eliminate fighting altogether, it can't. "Some people don't like it, some people like it, other people like it in moderation," says NHL executive vice president...
...Gospel and the Gore...