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...Nathans] has disagreed with me before both in public and in private, but she has done so in a professional and collegial manner," Drummond says...
...second presidential debate last night, the two major candidates sat across a table from each other and spoke in a far more collegial and less confrontational manner than in their previous meeting. However, this camaraderie was not in the best interest of the voters, as the two candidates sought common ground on many of the issues and failed to highlight adequately their very real policy differences...
...wealthiest 1% of Americans." Given the high stakes, it was surprising that Bush responded not with a specific rebuttal but mostly with complaints about Gore's "phony numbers" and "fuzzy math." Bush's advisers say this was partly a result of who Bush is - "It's not his manner" to rebut statistics with statistics, says Rove - and partly because his debate strategy was to avoid getting dragged into the policy weeds with Gore and instead stay sunny and above the fray. But Bill Bradley tried a version of that during the primaries, not refuting Gore when he hammered Bradley...
...moves on quickly to Euro-sounding dance tracks such as "How Far" and the samba-tinged "Taking Off For France." The album does take a recess from beat-heavy percussion and veers towards further flirtation with retro-lounge electronic tunes, with Cracknell voicing her lyrics breathily in a manner not unlike Dusty Springfield. But the closing track, "Anymore," ends the album with more bleeps and heavy backbeats. While it's the strongest track in the album, it still fails to hold one's attention as anything but a mere pop tune...
...Cheney needed another handicap, the relatively informal format of tonight's meeting - which will be held around a table, moderated by CNN's Bernard Shaw - could prove problematic. Cheney?s formal manner is better suited to more traditional debate protocol. If Lieberman can capitalize on his trademark humor early in the exchange, it's hard to imagine Cheney mustering the verbal energy to claim momentum...