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...acceptable to a single person. I'm not sitting here demanding that. I don't have that kind of sense of power or existence. That's one of the things that sort of amuses me about all this. You know, he had Bob Dole send that letter. And Phil Gramm has called. Phil Gramm was in Davos. But Phil just [said], "Let me tell you why I'm for McCain." Pure and simple. He didn't persuade or arm-twist. I don't think Senator McCain ought to do anything but be who he is and let the chips fall...
...bigger threat to the beard may be its growing popularity. "Once beards become completely acceptable, they are no longer a statement of individuality," says Phil Olson, founder of Beard Team USA, which competes in international facial-hair-growing competitions. (At last year's world championships, the hirsute Americans finished first in five out of 17 categories, including best freestyle mustache.) That loss of distinction, coupled with the fact that nearly two-thirds of women prefer their men clean-shaven, according to a Harris Interactive poll, was enough to stop Anthony Tokarchyk, 27, an entrepreneur who lives in Huntingdon Valley...
...outreach program to skeptical Republicans was kick-started before Super Tuesday, as the campaign gathered endorsements from high-profile conservatives like Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma; Ted Olson, the former Solicitor General who argued Bush v. Gore successfully before the Supreme Court; Jack Kemp; and former Texas Senator Phil Gramm...
...McCain can also expect to attract more endorsements in the days ahead. Up until now, his list of endorsements has been split between party elders like Phil Gramm and Howard Baker and newspaper editorial pages. (Aides sometimes refer to their boss as "president of the ed boards.") On Wednesday in California, Rudy Giuliani is widely expected to bow out of his candidacy and endorse McCain, his old friend...
...combat the impression-helped along by his own past statements-that economic policy is not his "strong suit," McCain cites his experience on the Senate Commerce Committee, or touts endorsements by such conservative financial policy heavyweights as former Senator Phil Gramm. Against these two discreet points, Romney has unleashed a daily barrage of statements, photo ops, and examples that underscore the allegation that not only is McCain inexperienced when it comes to the economy, the policies he does endorse are wrong-headed and, worst of all, not conservative. This morning saw a 6:00 AM press conference in which...