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...political experience consists of filling in for his father on the 2008 campaign trail. If elected, Paul says, he'd work to reduce the deficit, lower taxes, strip the regulatory code and introduce legislation to limit members of Congress and Senators to 12 years in office - a move that would take a constitutional amendment to enforce, but the suggestion is always one of Paul's biggest applause lines. Sarah Palin and Steve Forbes have endorsed...
...moves to defuse the crisis on his own terms, Netanyahu may also believe that the political balance in Washington will tip in his favor. U.S. public opinion remains far more favorable to Israel than to the Palestinians, and with the annual conference of the influential America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) due to begin in Washington on Sunday, Netanyahu - who is expected to speak at the event, as is Clinton - appears to be hanging tough. AIPAC fired a warning shot earlier this week, blaming the Administration for the breakdown and urging it to "move away from public demands and unilateral...
...with the Biden visit having highlighted differences over Jerusalem, the issue can't be easily fudged. Even if Netanyahu quietly undertakes to refrain from new construction in East Jerusalem, the move would not go unnoticed for long - and would prompt right-wing demonstrations and agitation. The right-wing settler movement is well entrenched in the government bureaucracy responsible for settlement construction, and precedent suggests they would find a way to continue building regardless even of any secret promises to the U.S. by Netanyahu. "Everything in East Jerusalem is under a magnifying glass and involves too many people and politics...
...right. He knew the intraparty disputes over divisive issues such as abortion and immigration would require a particular finesse. He knew that House liberals would ultimately be forced to swallow the more conservative inclinations of Senate Democrats (and that he could use the insistence of Senators that the legislation move more to the center to get the moderate bill he wanted without having to play the heavy with the lower chamber). And he knew that final passage would require the kind of breathtaking, down-to-the-wire vote-whipping that would demand the full power of his office to snatch...
...helicopter to observe the demonstration's effects on Bangkok's notoriously bad traffic as the capital braced for the night ahead. By Monday afternoon, protesters were heading back to the main rally site in Bangkok's old quarter, where the leaders were set to meet and plan their next move...