Word: matings
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...that, and I don't ask him to change. I think there's a phoniness to the politics of people who on matters of conscience and matters of deep-rooted belief change." The last time a presidential nominee tapped one of his former rivals to be his running mate, Kerry noted, "I watched George Herbert Walker Bush in one day go from pro-choice to pro-life. Uh-uh--not this team...
...there are signs nonetheless that, as in every marriage, each is already working subtle changes on the other. When asked by TIME to name the hardest question he posed to Edwards before picking him to be his running mate, Kerry instead launched into his stump speech about giving the country a better direction. It was then that his new partner interrupted, most gently: "Don't you think it's fair to say we wanted to both be sure that we both believed in that going forward?" To which Kerry answered, "Obviously. We wanted to make sure there was a connection...
...RUNNING MATE: How Kerry chose, and what it says about...
...mistake, and they are embarrassed, and they have apologized for it, and it happens even on NBC sometimes." RUPERT MURDOCH, in an interview with CNBC after the New York Post, which he owns, ran a front-page story erroneously announcing that Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt as his running mate. The paper corrected itself the next day. The New York Times later quoted an unnamed Post employee as saying the false tip was called in by Murdoch...
Gentlemen, start your hair dryers. In announcing his new running mate last week, John Kerry claimed that the Democrats have "better hair" than their opponents. But a recent poll by the Wahl Clipper Corp. showed that Americans actually prefer George Bush's hair to Kerry's (51% to 30%). Will John Edwards' coif make a difference? Does hair really matter in presidential elections? It seems to, surprisingly often. TIME investigates...