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...enough that, in February 2001, the White House ignored the Hart-Rudman commission’s recommendation to create a “National Homeland Security Agency” to defend against international terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. But the President’s initial opposition to the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11 was simply unfathomable. On October 24, 2001, Ari Fleisher said the president believed “there does not need to be a Cabinet-level Office of Homeland Security,” and Bush only flip-flopped on this issue when forced to by political pressure...
...went to Kansas City, Mo., last week to watch Peter Hart conduct a focus group of more or less undecided voters. Focus groups are a powerful political aphrodisiac: civilians tell the wizards how to rub them the right way. But they are also an insidious reversal of the political process, turning followers into leaders. Watching Hart, a pioneer and master of the idiom, trying to elicit responses from a surly group of citizens, I began to wonder whether focus groups have outlived their usefulness. The group was almost entirely predictable. They said Bush was a regular guy and Kerry seemed...
...Finally, Hart asked what advice they would whisper in the next President's ear. "My opinion doesn't have to count," said John Kenny, a Bush voter. It took a second before I realized that Kenny was delivering a revolutionary message, undermining the very purpose of the focus group: Don't listen to me! The next President, he said, has to "stand up on his own and do what he thinks is right...
...also very intimidated by the leading actor, Rex Harrison. I learned later that Rex had said to our director, Moss Hart, "You either get rid of that kid, or I go," but I didn't know that at the time. Rex was nervous for a very different reason: he had never sung before and didn't think he could. The orchestra was very daunting for him, and so he demanded the most enormous amount of time. I felt left out of the loop. The miracle was that Moss must have seen something in me when I didn...
Incoming freshman Lindsay Hart placed placed 27th in the 200-meter backstroke, while classmate Bridget O’Connor placed 36th and 43rd in the 200-meter and 100-meter butterfly, respectively...