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...warmer, learn to love junk food, practice his bowling. But Obama stubbornly remained himself through the tough times; his preternatural calm has proved reassuring in both the economic crisis and the first debate. "His performance has been polished and steady," a prominent Republican told me. "John's has not been...
...polls have McCain in free fall now. "John's advisers are sitting around, trying figure out their next Hail Mary pass," the prominent Republican told me. "But most Hail Marys aren't successful. They fall to the ground in the end zone." Sometimes a frantic heave will net a score, but you get the sense that even if McCain stages a last-minute rally, Obama will not be daunted. Under insane pressure - as brutal a year on the stump as I've ever seen - he has kept his head. He is the least angry...
Last Friday, House Republicans greeted their leader, John Boehner, with a standing ovation. The reason for this outpouring of adulation: a day earlier Boehner, backed by John McCain, had shocked a meeting at the White House by standing up to Democrats and the Bush Administration and refusing to support the $700 billion emergency plan to rescue the economy. Boehner should have savored that moment, because it may be the most love the Ohio Representative will get for a long, long time...
...during the vote. Boehner's initial clumsy attempt to blame the bill's defeat in part on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's partisan speech before the vote didn't help his sinking standing; it was derided not just by Democrats, but also by his Republican colleagues (John Shaddeg of Arizona minced no words, calling it a "stupid claim...
...stock market crash (Roosevelt, of course, was not President then, and TV didn't even exist); contradicted his own running mate on the wisdom of the government bailout of AIG; colorfully confronted Obama's stance on gun laws; and objected to his own campaign's negative television advertisement disparaging John McCain's computer illiteracy...