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...below 50% so late in the campaign. More than 60% of Americans thought the country was on the wrong track. The war was a mess. It's eternally tempting for politicians to trade away principles while campaigning and say they will reconcile things when they win. But Bush aides insist that wasn't in their playbook. "Campaign meetings I was in when the President was 8 points down felt the same as campaign meetings when the President was 8 points up," says outgoing Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie. In fact, Democrats admitted to feeling some envy of the Bush...
...that only 33% believe he has a mandate to change Social Security so people can invest in private accounts; just 38% say he has a mandate to change the tax code. So lawmakers are demanding a major sales-and-p.r. job by Bush and a detailed plan. They insist the President not send up vague principles and expect Congress to work out the politically dangerous details...
...Tehran, "or they wouldn't have bothered negotiating with us." Three days after Bush was re-elected, the Supreme Leader made a conciliatory gesture in his nationally televised Friday sermon. Directly addressing Bush, Khamenei said, "No, sir, we are not seeking to have nuclear weapons." Some Iranian officials insist that a compromise is within reach. Ali Akbar Salehi, a former representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) who still advises the government, told TIME in an interview last week that Iran's enrichment facilities could perhaps be privatized via an Iranian-European partnership to help eliminate skepticism about secret...
Israeli officials insist they will not free Barghouti--even if he stays in the race and wins the presidency. Israeli Police Minister Tzahi Hanegbi said last week that Barghouti would remain in jail "for 100 years." But agents in the Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security service, tell TIME they believe there's a chance that if Barghouti is elected the next Palestinian President, international pressure will force Israeli political leaders to go against the security service's advice and release him. --By Matt Rees. With reporting by Jamil Hamad, Aharon Klein and Massimo Calabresi
Though researchers agree almost unanimously that far from granting superpowers, sleep deprivation dulls the mind and nervous system--rapidly, profoundly and invariably--many people still insist that they are the exception. For them, the perceived satisfaction of heightened productivity, extra hours spent with friends and family, and uninterrupted late-night sessions in front of the computer or television outweigh the supposed benefits of unconsciousness...