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When pressed on how McCain might tap into the thirst for inspiration that clearly propels Obama voters, his aides turn Romneyian and rational, arguing that Obama has no experience, he hasn't ever made a difference in the Senate, and he's never taken a political risk. The same advisers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wooing New Hampshire's Undeclared | 1/7/2008 | See Source »

Huckabee's convincing victory was as if Bain Capital had lost a takeover bid to George Bailey. For many at Romney's somewhat subdued "victory party," the idea that such a rational and well-researched plan could be upset by, as one woman put it, "a country sleaze" simply did...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romney on the Ropes | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

But the people interested in caucusing for Romney aren't necessarily thinking about fun. Romney has run an unapologetically analytical, boldly flavorless campaign. "He's been extraordinarily successful using the same approach his entire life, and that's the way he's run his campaign," says unaligned Republican pollster Whit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romney's Spreadsheet Campaign | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

The question is, can truly rational decisions be made regarding their use? The statistics are hard to calculate. It would take all the computers at the Mayo clinic to compare the real risk to your life of doing a CT scan in a given situation with that of not doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avoiding Unnecessary CT Scans | 12/24/2007 | See Source »

Okay, there was no Democrat politburo instructing Hollywood to make anti-war movies - at least, not that I know of. And not every showbiz liberal agreed that the jihadist insurgency should be indicated with a finger that was wagging, pointing or raised. Some of them - Tom Hanks, writer Aaron Sorkin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Charlie Wilson, War Is Swell | 12/21/2007 | See Source »

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