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...issue is whether Obama will consider Clinton as a running mate. Even before she's formally suspended her campaign, Obama is under pressure from many Democrats - most prominently Clinton's own supporters - to add the former First Lady to the ticket. While such a move would likely produce a jolt of enthusiasm and unity for a party that has been divided by the contest, it is less clear that the so-called dream ticket would strengthen Obama's chances of beating McCain in November. And some of Obama's advisers looked aghast at Bill Clinton's vituperative public outburst Monday...
Worst of all, a nuclear deal with North Korea that had seemed within reach is stalled and Administration attempts to jolt it back to life, says Bush's former Korea expert, Michael Green, are projecting to allies the "appearance of desperation" in pursuit of a signing ceremony. "That suspicion is there and the Administration is not sending signals to allies to reassure them that's not the case." Which is definitely not the diplomatic legacy Bush had in mind...
...preparation, the sight of Chacón inspecting troops on her first day in office, with her rounded belly covered in a stylish maternity blouse, came as a jolt. After walking firmly past a line of erect soldiers in their dress uniforms, the minister gave a brief, adulatory speech, then led the troops in a rousing cheer of "Viva Espa...
...allegory He Who Must Die in 1957 - Dassin's world is a man's world, and he focuses on it admiringly, avidly. The interest in male flesh was unusual for those sexually timorous times. Back then, seeing actors like Barry Fitzgerald and Hume Cronyn in sleeveless undershirts carried the jolt of nudity, as did the sight of bulky wrestler types (Ted de Corsia in The Naked City, Stanislaus Zbyszko and Mike Mazurki in Night and the City), or Brute Force's lusciously muscled John Hoyt with no shirt at all. Dassin's appreciation of topless torsos give a special piquancy...
...drift apart, like Gore and Clinton, or does McCain draw a sharp line. Former Bush advisor Dan Bartlett says there'll be sufficient natural distance between the two thanks to the positions McCain has taken on issues like Iraq or climate change. "It's not going to be a jolt in the campaign as opposed to a continuum," Bartlett says...