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...Thus Caddell gave a name-the Permanent Campaign-to a political mind-set that had been developing since the beginning of the television age. It has proved a radical change in the nature of the presidency. Every President since Lyndon Johnson has run his Administration from a political consultant's eye view. Untold millions have been spent on polling and focus groups. Dick Morris even asked voters where Bill Clinton should go on vacation. The pressure to "win" the daily news cycle-to control the news-has overwhelmed the more reflective, statesmanlike aspects of the office...
...ROBERT A. CARO Lyndon Johnson biographer This President can get his Administration back on track only with a very deep type of political and governmental courage: the courage to admit that his most fundamental policies have failed and must be radically changed. With a scandal like Iran-contra, you can fire a man. That won't be enough here. The wounds are too deep. When a large part of the problem is a war, you really have to change the most fundamental policies. Iraq is wrecking George Bush's presidency. People said about Vietnam, You can't just...
TROY, N.Y.—Matt Johnson had a hat trick to lead Merrimack to a 5-3 win over RPI Saturday night...
...Johnson scored twice in the first period, but the Engineers (4-3-0) tallied goals by Mark Yurkewecz, Brad Farynuk and Kevin Croxton to take a 3-2 lead at 15:44 of the second period...
There’s something lurking behind Cambridge’s picturesque fall foliage: pollutants. A study released earlier this month by Professor Daniel R. Faber of Northeastern University and Professor Eric J. Krieg of Johnson State College rated Cambridge as the fourth-worst city in Massachusetts in terms of total “environmental hazard points.” “The research shows that...pollution is being concentrated in a few areas, one of which is Cambridge,” Faber said. From 1990 to 2002, Faber and Krieg reported that 198,000 pounds of chemical toxins...