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Carnahan died too late for his name to be removed from the ballot, so his widow, Jean Carnahan, is running in his place. In polls taken this week, Carnahan was shown to be tied with or even leading Ashcroft...
...deep proof of our need to spill, and keep on spilling, lies in reflex, often in desperate circumstances. A number of years ago, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of Elle magazine in Paris, was felled by a stroke so destructive that the only part of his body that could move was his left eyelid. Flicking that eyelid, he managed to signal the letters of the alphabet, and proceeded to write his autobiography, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, with the last grand gesture of his life...
...definitive answer arrives in Harvey's new album, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (Island). Turns out Polly Jean Harvey is indeed a terrific singer. After a brilliant but difficult five-album repertoire that fetishized rejection, Stories is filled with the kind of high-energy rock love songs that everyone--yes, everyone--can appreciate. "It is a happy album," says Harvey, 31, speaking from a London hotel room during a break in rehearsals for her upcoming U.S. tour. "At least it's a happier album. As I've gotten older I've just found a better sense...
...that seemed to be the way it would stay. Though Jean Carnahan, 66, is extremely well liked in Missouri, she has never publicly expressed any interest in entering the political sphere herself. She's written a few books, but they haven't provided much fodder for the talk-show circuit: One was a guide to holiday entertaining and another delved into the history of the governor's mansion...
...Over at the Ashcroft camp, Monday's announcement put the staff into an almost untenable position. Do they ignore Jean Carnahan, and run a purely pro-Ashcroft campaign? Or do they risk potential backlash and attempt to engage Mrs. Carnahan as a fellow candidate...