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...that he won't raise taxes, the G.O.P. has installed new statehouse leaders who say they intend to hold him to his word - and to keep him from completely caving to Democrats. "If we have common goals when we get to the table we will work with them," says Mike Villines, the assembly's new Republican leader. "But if we have disagreements, we'll have to disagree. Real bipartisanship is achieved when both party caucuses [make concessions to reach compromise], not when bills get passed with 41 Democratic votes and zero Republican votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Governator II | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

...lucky producers are the ones who make animated films like Shrek. Mike Myers gets paid handsomely for a few days' work as the green ogre's voice, but the creature himself doesn't demand profit participation. Thus Shrek the Third could cost less than $100 million. In sequel land, that's practically a Sundance-movie number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of The 3quel | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...result, many conservative activists are looking with new interest--and urgency--toward putting their muscle behind some of the lesser known candidates who are thinking about running. One who is getting good buzz as he makes the rounds of activists is retiring Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister regarded as one of the nation's most successful Governors. "At this point, if there is a candidate out there that has a chance to come out of the weeds as the dark horse, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was Governor Huckabee," says Richard Land, president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for Mr. Right | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...push out former CIA boss Porter Goss, replacing him with Negroponte's own deputy, Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden. But Negroponte was long rumored to be impatient with the intelligence job, and eager to return to his career as a diplomat. A likely replacement for Negroponte is retired Adm. Mike McConnell, who served as director of the National Security Agency (NSA) from 1992 to 1996 and is currently a senior vice president at the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Negroponte's Move | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...misconduct charges do. All of this would be moot, of course, if Nifong were to resign from office or be forced off the case by the presiding judge. The North Carolina governor's office, which appointed him to the post, could also ask him to resign from office. Gov. Mike Easley declined to comment publicly Friday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Duke DA Guilty As Charged? | 12/30/2006 | See Source »

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