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...takes things as they come up, picking allies and sizing up enemies as necessary. It's as though he thinks it's bad luck to plan ahead. The Dole strategy is to depict himself as the driving force of change while portraying Clinton as the defender of the status quo: Senator Change vs. President Veto. Don Sipple, Dole's top strategist, sums it up this way: "We've got an agenda for change. The only question is whether Clinton gets on board or stands...
...American people perceive the Internet and the press differently. The Internet, with its seemingly unlimited potential for exchanging information, is primarily seen as an engine for grass-roots activism. The press is perceived as a maintainer of the status quo, as a part of the Washington elite...
...chief of staff in charge of campaign operations, and including the First Lady, that is desperate for Clinton to embrace that message. Several Democrats are complaining that it is not considered politically correct at the White House to complain about the economy; they see this defense of the status quo as dangerous. At a Monday-night meeting last week, top Labor Department officials and other liberal Democratic operatives grumbled that the White House was blocking any attempt by Labor Secretary Robert Reich to give some voice to workers' complaints about job losses and declining incomes. "They think it's morning...
...jobs, gave something to Harvard and we didn't get what we expected in return," Erlich said. "The quid pro quo never materialized, and it became clear that the University was not taking the issue seriously...
...note that if he is re-elected, Lee will have to make a clear choice between soothing or defying Beijing. They believe he will decide on a calming approach, and Beijing is counting on Washington to urge him to do exactly that. But reverting to a long-established status quo will not advance China's demand for reunification nor expunge its vision of a Taiwan drifting further and further away...