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Borrowing the idealism of Frank Capra movies and the cynicism of Preston Sturges comedies, but not near those old masters as an entertainer or political guru, Stern suggests that the real hero is the ordinary Joe who goes to the polls and votes these rascals in. Swing Vote has aspirations to be Molly--or, in a pinch, Bud. But it's closer to the parties' idea men, trying to guess what the people want, then desperately laying it on. That leaves Costner, for all his charm and flinty ambiguity, a loser in this poll...
CAMPAIGN SCORECARD [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] ROUND 1 2 3 4 ISSUE Chances of Winning Psychological Warfare Image News Coverage ACTION Key state polls showing John McCain close or ahead--and one widely discussed national poll suggesting he leads among likely voters--busted up insiders' perception that Barack Obama is cruising toward an easy November victory. Now the Republicans hope the public adopts the same revised attitude. Underdogs still need to be seen as plausible winners to draw undecided voters their way. As the political strategist Bill Clinton has pointed...
...John McCain, meanwhile, has struggled. His own well-known heroic narrative, as a prisoner of war-turned-battle-tested Senator, has been eclipsed by the nation's Obama excitement. A Wall Street Journal poll last week showed that 55% of voters are more focused on Obama in this election, with just 27% of voters more focused on McCain. The Arizona Republican has been reduced to rattling off a list of issues he thinks will help him with voters: a temporary gas tax reprieve, more offshore oil drilling and an energy plan called "The Lexington Project," to name...
...Breakdowns are to be expected in any negotiations, and Zimbabwe's regime had shown little interest in ceding power as it unleashed a wave of violence in the wake of the March 29 poll. The key question now is whether Mugabe is seriously pursuing an agreement with the opposition or merely going through the motions of talking in order to kill off any momentum for sanctions and other forms of international pressure. Most analysts believe that Zanu-PF is serious - or at least, seriously feeling the heat. "There is a great deal of international pressure on them," said Maroleng. "They...
...spent two months in Pakistan earlier this year and took an informal poll among the few hard-line militants who would talk to me. I spent one evening with the survivors of Islamabad's Red Mosque, an armed group that fought it out with the Pakistani army last year...