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...attention focuses on streamlining government, freedom of information is becoming a big loser...
Saturday kicked off with "Cold Rain & Snow" and moved through the funky "Wang Dang Doodle" before settling into a soothing and searing "Loser." The set picked up at the end, with a swinging "Deal," highlighted by Vince Wellnick's flashy ragtime keys...
...Congress is hearing a loud message from back home: the public may not yet know exactly what it wants, but it is clear on what it does not want -- the present system. Pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted focus groups for Republicans in June, terms flat opposition to reform "a loser. You have to say, We're serious about making changes but at a pace that is a lot more compatible with a private market...
This is seriously rancid noir, with an archetypal plot: a loser on the run, hooking up with strangers who are very good at being bad. In Mexico, Alex (Kevin Anderson), a fugitive sailor, falls in with Missy (Rosanna Arquette) and Mills (John Lithgow), a married couple linked like felons on a chain gang. There is a slim mystery, with the federales in pursuit, but this is at heart a study of the cages three people have made of their lives. Mills says what they all feel: "I just can't get out of this goddam life...
...budget television spots had little substance--their main message amounted to "vote for me because my opponent is a millionaire"--but they were clever and witty, and perhaps most importantly, they made Wellstone look like he was a born loser, coming from behind. The candidate looked the part: short, unattractive, with disheveled hair and a goofy demeanor. (To gain pity point, you've got to cultivate the right image; although Wisconsin candidate Russ Feingold eventually won a Senate seat, his come-from-behind ads, though similar in content to Wellstone's, were far less effective. Feingold, a visibly slick state...