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...Priced at $25,000, the Ultimate Miami Nights package at the Mandarin Oriental Miami includes two nights in a presidential suite; champagne upon arrival, in your limo and at breakfast; a private shopping tour of Miami's hippest boutiques to pick out the evening's killer outfit; a session with a top makeup artist; a photo shoot to record you in your finery; the services and presence of a "VIP Nightlife Guide"; a 14-seat Hummer stretch limousine; and VIP admission to and preferred seating at clubs like S.E.T., Mokai and Aerobar...
...weight-based league west of Sydney, but couldn't get parents interested. Feltis theorizes that, despite the grumbling on the sidelines, the spirit of rugby league is that you play the man in front of you. If that means being swatted aside by a bigger boy and having to pick yourself up, then that's football. "And in the long run," says Penrith recruitment manager Jim Jones, "it makes the smaller boys better players." At the same time, "The game is there for everybody to play," says Queensland Rugby League official Robert Moore. "We would just hope that we continue...
...Then there is Hutchison, who is also personally pro-choice but who has voted consistently with conservatives on abortion. Though social conservatives would have doubts about her as the pick, they're not likely to oppose it or complain about it as passionately as they would Lieberman. "If she said all the right things - on parental notification, partial birth abortion, judicial appointments - it would be difficult but we could survive it," says a Republican consultant with ties to Evangelicals. "Bottom line, it wouldn't be a Lieberman-like blowup...
...said he has had no conversations with McCain about serving on the ticket, though he declined to comment further. He also dodged questions about the criticism he still attracts from Mike Huckabee, another of his primary season rivals who has argued in public that Romney could be a divisive pick for the Republican party. When asked the gotcha question of how many houses he owns, Romney struck back with a prepared answer. "One less than John Kerry," he said. "That's four...
...does raise the question of whether the frustrated supporters of Clinton will eventually lend their numbers to Obama or whether they intend to be heard through protest votes this year. The recent news that Clinton was never even vetted to be in the running as Obama's vice-presidential pick hasn't helped heal divisions; some Clinton allies like James Carville have suggested that Obama "disrespected" Clinton by not even consulting her on his veep choice. Even so, the Clintons recognize that continued dissent among her core partisans could be a fiasco for the party...