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...rock star as Bono is--and he has no rival--he has grown even larger over the past three years, molding himself into a shrewd, dedicated political advocate, transforming himself into the most secular of saints, becoming a worldwide symbol of rock-'n'-roll activism. Part poet, part pol, he has taken his cause--solving the financial and health crisis in Africa--and helped put it onto the agenda of the world's most powerful people...
...President Bush is the Person of the Year." And if some already put him in the presidential pantheon ("His leadership has inspired this country to come together like the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt did during the dark days of World II"), most were simply grateful that "an average pol confronted the very difficult situation he found our nation in ... and did a great job"; "he did what many people didn't think he was capable of, lead" and that "a person who was taken so lightly has led us so greatly...
...Junichiro Koizumi An outsider with personality. An idol with great hair. The longtime pol positioned himself as a challenger to the dry bureaucrats that have overseen Japan's decade-long slump. Desperate for change, the public overwhelmingly backed him. Which could be why he retains popular support, despite still festering economic problems, reforms yet to be enacted and still empty promises of better days...
...Running on Empty The headlines were too much about Gary Condit, a conservative California Congressman, and too little about Chandra Levy, his intern, whose disappearance made the anonymous pol, who ultimately admitted to a friendship with the 24-year-old, Larry King's favorite chew toy. His shameless efforts to save his rep instead of aiding the investigation confirmed the public's worst views of politicians. He apparently interpreted September's events as a reprieve: Levy is still missing, Condit is running for re-election...
...will run for another term next year. That's despite outspoken criticism from the Democratic leadership, many of whom surfaced, shaking disapproving fingers, after Condit's much-hyped interview with Connie Chung. Local Democrats are already lining up in Condit's central California district, primed to challenge the battered pol in the March primaries...