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...Gore is the biggest fight of his life, and dutifully fighting the expectations game in public while he privately prepares for three rounds with George W. Bush that are likely to decide the presidential election. Bush does not have Gore's grasp of the issues, but he has Kemp's charm and some big ideas, and he's also shown an aptitude (see Ann Richards) for the kind of laser-focused performance that can win on television. Gore undoubtedly has a line of attack all picked out, and it will attempt, as usual, to bring out his opponents' unattractive side...
...provide solid supporting work, enriching his ideas without distracting from them, grounding his virtuosic playing without slowing him up too much. Mehldau has startling command of both hands, offering up melody and countermelody simultaneously, forcefully and thoughtfully. When he's playing, you can be sure he has a firm grasp of the song. On this album themes introduce themselves, wash away and then return, like waves against a beach. Los Angeles arrives first as a warm, flowing trio piece; later, on Los Angeles (Reprise), the musical ideas introduced in the first rendition are re-explored by the trio before Mehldau...
...Washington, FBI and Justice officials flatly denied the assertion that, as AP put it, "FBI agents believe they know who sent" the videotape and documents. AP's source, says one senior investigator, "is someone who doesn't have a precise grasp of what's going...
...preferred format; the governor's campaign staff pushed hard for a lineup restricted to more "free-flowing" exchanges. Instead, Bush will have to get through one tough evening before relief hits. Gore is widely considered the favorite in the first debate; the vice president's formal manner and encyclopedic grasp of complicated issues are well suited to the ultra-structured format. He'll also get a nice assist from Bush's relative inexperience - and the governor's tendency to be thrown off-message or into sound-bite-ready malapropism by unexpected questions or specific challenges...
...campaigning, he may just confound us with some quick and witty banter. But Bush, whose recent and much-trumpeted turn to issue-heavy campaigning indicates a willingness to do a whole lot of homework, could just as easily pull off a charm offensive - backed winningly with a surprising grasp of substance...