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...creating more market-oriented incentives for the development of plug-in hybrid vehicles and flex-fuel technologies. As high gas prices and a collapsing housing market continue to harm American families, it is important that policymakers learn to separate politicking from actual policymaking. H.R. 6899 demonstrates that by defusing hot-button squabbles, it is possible to move ahead on issues of actual import. We hope to see not only a bicameral consensus on this issue emerge before Congress adjourns next week, but more collaborative action in addressing the systemic energy consumption problems that plague...
...according to these debate-prep experts, it's just as likely that Obama could try for a hot debate. "My gut is that Obama will be very aggressive," says Stevens. "He'll go in and not hesitate to prosecute what he sees as McCain's poor foreign policy judgments. That's what he did in his acceptance speech [at the Democratic Convention]. I think he feels it. I think he'll argue that his judgment was more prescient on Iraq, and he'll go from there." If he does, adds Stevens, "that exchange could be a real opportunity for McCain...
...Whether hot or cold, says Steve McMahon, a Democratic strategist who helped steer Howard Dean's meteoric 2004 campaign, Obama would be wise to keep a few scraps of advice in mind. First, he should keep his answers crisp. "I would tell him to go back to his appellate argument skills and answer the question like he's answering the judge, so he doesn't bury the lead," says McMahon. "In law school, there's an old adage: answer the question first, then explain it. When you're a gifted orator, as Obama is, sometimes you explain your answer while...
...says McMahon. "And don't forget the cutaways. When your opponent is answering, you tend to think you're off camera. But you're not. If you scowl or shake your head, viewers are going to see it." And bad body language can turn any debate performance - hot or cold - into...
...YouTube, Palin is seen rising to introduce herself as Zardari, dressed in one of his signature flashy tailored suits, enters. As custom demands, the two grip each other's hands and shake them animatedly before the cameras. But it is the remarks that follow that got Zardari into hot water back home...