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...specific political issues are not fully articulated, and most Americans see him largely in policy-neutral terms. Thus he is something of an empty ideological vessel into which voters pour their own beliefs. But in the scores of speeches he has given since his retirement as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the message he has crafted is a brilliantly balanced mix of conservative values and a somewhat liberal view of the proper role of government...
Many critics cite Powell's reluctance to go to war against Iraq and his agreement to end the war before Saddam Hussein and his army were wiped out. As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Powell had the chance to fundamentally reshape the armed forces for its post-cold war role. Instead he produced a timid and unimaginative plan that trimmed but did not reform the military. Yet he is a skillful facilitator and is seen as "an honest broker who can get things done." This does not make him a general in the mold of Eisenhower. But even the four...
...each public outing on the lecture circuit, he fills in more blanks in his agenda of political positions. And while his book, to be published in September and for which he reportedly received a $6 million advance, was originally planned to end with his retirement as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he has added a new last chapter about his views on the major issues...
...predominantly white, Baptist county as offensive. School-board meetings that had once attracted just dozens now drew hundreds of adults, itching to trade insults. As the rancor deepened, voters seeking to defuse the ideological tension formed a committee that screened candidates and raised money. "It was a joint effort by parents, teachers and the business community," says Gary Landry of Florida Education Association United. "They were tired of the divisiveness." In the end the moderates regained a majority, trouncing ultraconservatives by a 2-to-1 vote...
According to a widely cited 1988 poll by the Joint Center for Political Studies in Washington, 72 percent of Blacks said they identified with the Democratic party, and 10 percent said they were independents leaning toward the Democratic party, while only seven percent of Blacks said they identified with the Republican party and two percent said they leaned toward the Republican party. More recent studies have also shown that as a group, Blacks are much more liberal and supportive of the Democratic party than whites. The New York Times reported after the 1994 elections that 89 percent of Blacks voted...