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...waking up and crying in the middle of the night), but he dealt with defeat and his new prominence by pouring his energy into his work on Capitol Hill. "I think you'll see a lot of straight talk from him right away," says veteran GOP consultant Scott Reed. "He'll be the first to criticize what he really didn't like about the campaign and its tactics." Besides, at 72 and free from the yoke of a campaign, McCain doesn't have to worry about making anyone happy. He is not temperamentally suited to stasis; he would probably...
...where he could assist Republicans trying to hold on to their majorities in Congress. That kind of pivot hasn't happened in this race, though over the weekend conservative writer David Frum openly called on McCain to do just that for the good of the party. Scott Reed, who ran Dole's '96 campaign, says he believes McCain could still pull off a victory. "I think Schmidt's strategy has brought [McCain] back and kept it from being a blowout," he says. "It can be done...
...Reed's comments echo the words of Mark McKinnon, who was McCain's chief media strategist until June, when he dropped off the campaign because he decided he didn't want to participate in attacking Obama. Writing for the website the Daily Beast, McKinnon defended McCain's general election strategy. "I know that Steve Schmidt and his colleagues have run a very good campaign and have taken McCain further than he had any reasonable right to, given the political climate," said McKinnon. "And by the way, don't tell the press, but the election ain't over...
...their own home movies because they don’t have projectors or don’t know how to use them. It’s a daunting process for people who are used to VHS.” Coffey’s statement rang true for Lexington-native Reed Sturtevant, who first participated in Home Movie Day three years ago when it was held at the Boston Public Library. “You would see people come with big bags and boxes full of their home movies. I especially remembered this one man in his 60s, who brought home...
...force that drives man to war; the horses are just as old and just as essential to the task of killing. As such, horses are often referred to throughout the poems as a symbol of man’s own warlike drive: “Horses carried men to reed boats. / Horses carried the Lion-hearted / ...Horses carried man to the quartering. / Horses carried men to the grasslands / of the Crow, Shawnee, & Apache.” But the horses also hint at Komunyakaa’s own experience: warhorse refers to one who is a veteran of many battles...