Word: preferable
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...will Obama be viewed as a candidate for the American community or as a candidate for the African American community? Despite his reliance on black supporters in the past, Obama himself would prefer the former—and rightly so. On the national stage, his constituents are different, and his politics must be too. Obama is well-rooted in the African American community, but to represent the interests the nation, he must outgrow those roots and prove himself independent...
...unity government at talks currently underway in Mecca. Moreover, in the case of both Iran and Hamas, the Saudi position appears to reflect a broader view among Arab regimes that no good can come of the U.S. approach of avoiding engagement with significant regional players simply because it would prefer to keep them out in the cold - isolating Hamas, for example, simply makes it more inclined to seek help from Iran. Saudi Arabia wants to limit Iran's influence in the region, but it knows that influence cannot be ignored or eliminated...
Corporation fellow Nannerl O. Keohane has said that all things being equal, she would prefer to see a female in the post, according to a senior faculty member and another individual familiar with the search committee’s activities. Robert E. Rubin ’60, Corporation fellow and former Treasury secretary, has also expressed interest in appointing an external candidate with an assertive leadership style, the two sources said. In 2001, Rubin, who was not yet a member of the Corporation, played a key role in convincing the search committee to select Lawrence H. Summers. Rubin...
...some issues, however, you can hear Clinton charting a new course for herself. She was criticized for cooking up a health-care plan in secret during her husband's first term, but she now polls her audiences to see which route to universal coverage they would prefer. Usually, the majority of hands go up in favor of the Canadian-style, government-run system known as single payer--something Clinton says wouldn't have happened when she first took on the issue in the early 1990s. "Back then, when I used to speak about health care, there were...
...Democrats may still prefer to vote for a harsher antiwar resolution in the hopes of goading Republicans into a politically risky filibuster. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin has introduced a bill that would block funds for the war, and has drawn support from some on the left. For its part, the White House is resisting a compromise, working to repeat the success it had in watering down Warner's military-tribunals bill. When I told Warner some Democrats are worried that this might happen again, he said, "There is a case history out there that justifies that concern." He closed...