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...Governor Edwards, 64, is fighting to capture the post he lost four years ago after being indicted in a racketeering imbroglio. But no matter who wins, the whole state stands to lose. "It's clear that people are not looking forward to the next 10 years," says New Orleans pollster Edward Renwick. "They're looking to the past. But it's a past that no longer exists...
...ammunition to denounce the work of G.O.P.-appointed Justices. Republicans have reason to worry: the issue divides their party and has already cost them the governorships of Virginia, New Jersey and Texas, as well as a congressional seat in a special election in Massachusetts this year. Says Massachusetts pollster Gerry Chervinsky: "People may not think sexual harassment is a voting issue, but they will vote on abortion...
Each approach, that of busybody or crybaby, is selfish, and each poisons the sense of common cause. The sheer stupidity of each seeps into public discourse and politics. Idiot in the original Greek meant someone who cared nothing for issues of public life. The pollster Peter Hart asked some young people in a focus group to name qualities that make America special. Silence. Then one young man said, "Cable TV." Asked how to encourage more young people to vote, a young woman replied, "Pay them...
...Democrats could drive these numbers more if they had a few aggressive candidates, as they did in 1988, hammering us on the economy," says Linda DiVall, a Republican pollster. "In the absence of that, our side sets the agenda...
...Chicago insurance salesman, "we didn't have a cause that united everyone. Bush did it right. He got the cooperation of other countries, brought the U.N. in and let the experts run the war . . . If there was a war you could be proud of, this was it." Republican pollster Robert Teeter predicts that the gulf victory will especially affect the attitudes of young Americans. "These are people who had not seen the country either lead or succeed in a big way on anything for a long time, whether it was Vietnam or economic competition," says Teeter. "Now they've seen...