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...campaign for the White House was gearing up, then Vice President Bush summoned his son to Washington to help keep an eye on things and make sure everyone was loyal, especially the wily genius campaign guru Lee Atwater. W. was going nowhere in Texas, so he came up, brought the family, moved into a town house not far from the old family place in Spring Valley and took an office downtown at the shabby campaign headquarters. And over the next 18 months, he discovered things about his father and himself and the oily internal workings of national politics that cleared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republican Convention: The Quiet Dynasty | 8/7/2000 | See Source »

WAYNE, N.J.--Seat belt guru and presidential hopeful Ralph Nader says a strong democracy doesn't tolerate a culture of everything-for-sale. Though innocuous by itself, the statement's implication--in the context of Nader's anti-corporate rants--is that American democracy is in the crapper...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Points For Sale | 7/28/2000 | See Source »

...answer how Bush is different, campaign aides often mention Condoleezza Rice, the African-American woman who worked as a foreign-policy adviser to both Ronald Reagan and Dubya's father and who serves as Dubya's guru on the subject. Says Hughes: "So people look at that and say a young, smart, creative African-American woman, who has worked for two Presidents, believes George Bush ought to be the next President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Selling of George Bush | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

...wasn't a dark horse until he told us he was; too safe to be a surprise. Chuck Hagel has got foreign policy cred and independent cred, but it's doubtful Bush wants anybody who's on John McCain's speed-dial. That leaves John Kasich, the House budget guru and rock 'n' roller who has been written off as too young for a ticket short on presidential experience. But try this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yee-haw! In GOP Veepstakes, It's the Last Roundup | 7/23/2000 | See Source »

...according to the Columbia Encyclopedia, "his reputation later declined because he was not an innovator." He has fans today who think he got a bad rap, but it shows how history judges people. The reference work gives far more respect to anyone who really innovated, ranging from fashion guru Elsa Schiaparelli (for the use of shocking pink) to bridge engineer Robert Maillart (for the use of reinforced concrete slabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Revolutionaries | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

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