Word: karle
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...first glance, Karl Rove's decision to schedule the 2004 Republican convention for the first week of September in New York City looks like a masterful move. Rove?s strategy for winning Bush a second term is to focus on domestic matters, particularly the economy, but never let voters forget the President?s performance as commander in chief. What could be better campaign imagery than Bush accepting his renomination in New York, where he found his footing after 9/11, a little over a week before that day's anniversary? But a smart Democratic challenger could turn this imagery...
That is not an idle threat. Since arriving in Washington, political adviser Karl Rove has pointed out that 4 million Evangelicals who voted for Republicans in the G.O.P. congressional rout of 1994 stayed home in 2000, contributing to the closest election in modern history. Bush's displays of faith have brought many of those voters back into the fold, but they are still alert for an apostasy. Rove also wants to attract Hispanic voters. In the case of a Gonzales nomination, his two aims could clash...
...been--bold, decisive, uncomplicated, a man of real convictions who has not been afraid to take unpopular positions. Furthermore, unlike his father, this Bush is a political animal. He has a clever team. If the Democrats do happen to find a winning issue, you can be sure that Karl Rove, the President's strategist, will figure out a way to trump or co-opt it (as he did with education and Medicare prescription-drug benefits in the election of 2000). And the Democrats enter the fray with all the shape and substance of fog. "People have no idea what...
...those of us living in Hong Kong," says Karl, "the disease has permeated our lives not just as a biological threat but, ubiquitously, as a psychological and spiritual malady. By now, much has been written about the disposable alcohol swabs we use obsessively to wipe our hands (I have a stack on my desk beside me), the surgical masks we wear and the public-health announcements advising against, among other things, handshakes. But the larger issue is the mental fatigue that attends living in a hot zone. The questions raised alter the rhythm of life itself. Do you dare dine...
...very proud of the work Karl and his team have done in bringing the SARS story...