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There was the problem that conservative Republicans never much liked or trusted the President. Among Republicans who did like him, especially those who respected his foreign policy skills, there was a risk the son would suffer by comparison. And out in the electorate at large, there were still people who...
If George W. Bush has a tic that drives his critics crazy, it is his cocky impression of a self-made man. Texas Democrat Jim Hightower tossed off a lethal line about the father: that he was "born on third base and thought he hit a triple," which more than...
So even as he headed east to monogram his resume at Andover and Yale, even as he played on all the same fields his father had, he played by different rules and in a very different climate. He didn't have the talent to be the baseball-team captain, so...
But, Harvard administrators say, SSP students may have the wrong impression.
On the other hand, Bush's success in Philadelphia (he passed the manhood test, and he left the impression, at least, of generosity and inclusion) may take the game up to a higher and better level. It may focus the Democratic convention, and the campaign and debates to follow, more...