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...rush of activity bore all the marks of a grassroots campaign. But these students were not promoting a politician. They wanted to help rebuild New Orleans, starting with one neighborhood called Broadmoor...
...America wants another career politician, I’m not the guy. We’ve had a history of career politicians. I don’t want to discredit anybody’s service, but I think sometimes people who have a mix of experiences bring some fresh ideas. I’ve been very proud not only of what I’ve been able to do in public service, but also what I was able to do in my business experience...And that variety of experience, if I decide to go forward...
Kate L. Penner ’07, a member at-large of the Harvard Democrats and a Virginia native who introduced the governor, praised Warner’s electability as a politician...
...very conscious of the fact,? he said yesterday, ?that I was last here on February the 21st. The word that was in my ears as I left was that which a leading Sunni politician had uttered to me that he was quite optimistic about the future. I got back to the U.K. I went to bed, I woke up in the morning to the terrible news about the attack on the Holy Shrine.? The bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra touched off new rounds of vicious attacks between Shiites and Sunnis...
...tight ship, stanching leaks and otherwise imposing message discipline are only part of the battle, says University of Western Ontario journalism professor Michael Nolan, a former parliamentary reporter. He says a rigorous approach to governing has to be tempered with a sense of responsiveness to the public. "A good politician is manipulative, but he doesn't appear to be manipulative," Nolan says. "There's almost a naivet? to Mr. Harper's group because they seem to be doing this so openly...