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...cautioning Israel against an "excessive" response and privately, but through the New York Times, castigating it for the same. The attempt to assume a more even-handed posture may reflect an attempt to shore up Washington's own diplomatic standing in a region where it is regarded as overwhelmingly partial to Israel. But the angry men and women on the Arab street make no distinction between Israel and the U.S., and that makes it even more difficult for Mubarak or Jordan's King Abdullah to be seen as doing Washington's bidding. In other words, despite Washington's efforts...
...Miami-Dade County is moving ahead; Volusia County may ask for more time too. Broward County, after ditching a proposed hand count Monday, is considering reconsidering. Palm Beach will start its own manual recount 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, with little chance of completing it on time for Friday night; partial returns may be an option. Said a frustrated canvassing board member: "We've wasted three days of counting, basically...
...going to be quite a while. And that excruciating variety of potential delays, ready to be goosed into being by the two sides, will afford those reborn campaigns plenty of time to work the media hordes and talk to their lawyers about Palm Beach (which will undergo its own partial recounts over the weekend; check in Monday...
...domestic issues, the candidates also diverge on important points. Bush favors the partial privatization of Social Security; Gore's plan is much less radical. Gore favors targeted tax cuts, while Bush touts a large across-the-board tax cut. And of course, the next President will have the opportunity to appoint several new Supreme Court justices...
...voters I am trying to reach] have no reason to support the Republican and Democratic parties…The Republicans and Democrats attempt to divide the people through issues like partial-birth abortion, wedge issues meant to chisel away at each other's support base," Hagelin says...