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...rule for picking a vice-presidential running mate—like the rule for modern medicine—is first, do no harm, I’ve got the perfect choice for Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass.: Rep. Richard Gephardt...
Finally, The Smart Choice should do no harm. Yes—despite everything else—this is still most important aspect of all. If a running mate has some dark secret in his past—a mistress, a felony, rehab—he will be a liability. Unless the choice is almost inhumanly scandal-free, nothing else matters. Senator Kerry, you could object to this rule, you could (rightly) argue that it drives many qualified, capable people out of public life. But ignore it at your peril...
Finally, The Smart Choice should do no harm. Yes—despite everything else—this is still most important aspect of all. If a running mate has some dark secret in his past—a mistress, a felony, rehab—he will be a liability. Unless the choice is almost inhumanly scandal-free, nothing else matters. Senator Kerry, you could object to this rule, you could (rightly) argue that it drives many qualified, capable people out of public life. But ignore it at your peril...
...told him, 'In our first meeting three years ago I accepted your request not to physically harm Arafat ... [That] commitment does not stand anymore.'" ARIEL SHARON, Israeli Prime Minister, recounting what he told President Bush at their recent meeting in Washington regarding an earlier pledge not to harm Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat...
...enough to get bills passed. "They just seem to have trouble keeping their attention on one bill," says Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. Administration officials, in response, point to such Bush legislative successes as the Medicare prescription-drug benefit and a bill imposing additional criminal penalties on those who harm fetuses while committing certain crimes. The President will continue to push for his legislation, but White House officials recognize that, with the election approaching, it won't get any easier. --By Matthew Cooper