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...during that stage of the campaign. But candidates must manage their money carefully: Bob Dole reached his spending limit in the 1996 race months before the party's summer convention, leaving him gasping in the final weeks of primaries and prompting George W. Bush to opt out of public primary funding altogether in the 2000 election. (Bush did take $67.6 million in general election public funds.) In 2004, John Kerry and Howard Dean also opted out of primary public funding, with Dean sending an e-mail to supporters asking for their blessing...
...know for sure that spending billions to reduce carbon emissions will have the same clear effect. One is a sure thing, and the other is a bit of a gamble - and since the world has limited resources for doing good, the thinking goes, best to opt for the sure thing when lives are at stake. It's a position that's earned Lomborg the enmity of the mainstream environmental community - the green website Grist.org once called him "Bjorn Loser" - but he's unshakable. "You give the most to the solutions that do the most good," says Lomborg, who believes that...
...once labeled conservative Christian leaders "agents of intolerance" sought out their endorsements, only to twirl away once again when he too found himself held accountable for their beliefs. He argued that Obama's 20-year devotion to Wright was weightier than his own transparently cynical effort to co-opt megapastors like John Hagee and Rod Parsley. This is just politics, he winked--I don't have to believe everything they say. But social-conservative leaders will expect their voices to count in a McCain White House; if there is a belief that unites otherwise entropic Evangelicals, it is that...
...McCain were to take a similar approach, he might pick a No. 2 who has strong national-security credentials or another maverick who defies party labels - perhaps someone like independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. By this standard, Obama might opt for a partner who is young and charismatic and also breaks a historic barrier of race or gender - perhaps Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius - or one who transcends partisan politics, like Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska...
...idea of flexibility. One, it's very limited; it's coming in at 9 instead of 8. Two, there's limited access; only certain people with certain jobs get it. Third, and this is still pretty hush-hush, is that there's a career trade-off. People who opt to work in a "nontraditional" manner are stigmatized. They're getting their work done, but they're judged and punished by being passed over for promotions...