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...solid base now?and both have a similar problem: trying to reach past that base, especially to the working-class (white) men who may well decide the general election in states like Ohio. Clinton's "beef" may prove the more sturdy product in a party that thinks, as labor leader Andrew Stern once said, that electing a President is College Bowl, but it's really American Idol. Obama may be inspirational, but Clinton is now inspired. "I listened to you," she said at the beginning of her spare, elegant acceptance speech. "And in the process, I found my own voice...
...former CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, one of South Korea's largest companies, will push aggressively for closer commercial ties, for the simple reason that it makes economic sense. The North is seen by executives as a potential bulwark against Chinese competition because it offers cheap labor, access to relatively untapped natural resources, lower transportation costs, and shared culture and language. "For the South Korean economy, it's a win-win situation," says outgoing Minister of Unification Lee Jae Joung...
...with all the attention - and criticism - that will come as the race enters the next phase. "He showed last fall that he understood what this was all about by staying totally centered, totally grounded and not taking the advice that lots and lots of people were giving him. From Labor Day until Clinton slipped in late October, all of the experienced hands all gave the same advice: 'You gotta' get down, get dirty, get tough.' And he said...
When did things start to change for you? I really do think that when... I came back from Iraq ... and then we hit the debate in New Hampshire right after Labor...
...solid base now - and both have a similar problem: trying to reach past that base, especially to the working-class (white) men who may well decide the general election in states like Ohio. Clinton's "beef" may prove the more sturdy product in a party that thinks, as labor leader Andrew Stern once said, that electing a President is College Bowl, but it's really American Idol. Obama may be inspirational, but Clinton is now inspired. "I listened to you," she said at the beginning of her spare, elegant acceptance speech. "And in the process, I found my own voice...