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...worried about losing the House and conceivably even the Senate in November, the President is taking a big gamble that an unflinching focus on national security will be his party's political salvation. That approach helped Bush defy history in 2002 when the Republicans, the party in power, avoided midterm losses. Two years later, his re-election rode largely on reminding Americans that they were a nation at war. But will the gambit work one more time? Many Republicans harbor doubts, and a few dissenters are even steering clear of the President and his game plan. One problem with rerunning...
...Bush bristled last week when, during a brief question session with reporters at a restaurant in Little Rock where he had just bought "fried pie," he was asked about the impact he thought the speech series would have on midterm elections. "They're not political speeches," he said. "They're speeches about the future of this country, and they're speeches to make it clear that if we retreat before the job is done, this nation would become even more in jeopardy. These are important times, and I seriously hope people wouldn't politicize these issues that I'm going...
...Predictions: You will not do well on your first midterm. Your overtures of friendship to Domna, the frightening yet charming gatekeeper of Annenberg Dining Hall, will not be reciprocated. You will attend a Heaven and Hell party. You will finish your comp and immediately become Business Manager of The Indy...
...It’s almost over. Well, not quite. You’ll still be in the midst of the midterm season, the rain is incessant, and you could get involved in bitter group politics. The year is coming quickly to a close, however—and, after March, how bad could it really...
...President himself is unchanged, say people who spend private hours with him, even as he gears up for the stretch run of the midterm-election campaign, which has Republicans more worried than they have been in a dozen years. His traditional summer sojourn at his ranch was cut from a month to nine days, but he dived into the gritty, sweaty labor that he loves. Each week aides put a new photo album on a credenza outside the door to the Oval Office for the President and visitors to savor; the current edition features Bush in T shirt, ball...