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...Seeing him shipped off to Brussels is a bonus for Mandelson's detractors. Is it smart for Blair? Inside the Brussels labyrinth, Mandelson should be good at pushing Blair's brand of reform - less regulation and more transparency. But Blair's biggest European problem is at home: the referendum he has promised on the E.U. constitution, likely to be held no sooner than 2006. Britain's highly Euro-skeptic voters will make this a seriously uphill fight, and one of Mandelson's key jobs will be to help lead it. Opponents of the constitution say: Bring him on. "Who better...
...Young people I think are not embracing John Kerry. They disdain George Bush,” King said. “This election among college students is more of a referendum of George Bush than moving to John Kerry. That means it is still Bush’s race to win or lose...
After the heated debate that surrounded the student referendum proposing an increase in the student activities fee this April, waiving the council’s fee had become a much-touted alternative for those who opposed the fee hike...
...enough hearts and minds to put the Democrats back in the White House. But many analysts in the U.S. argue that the election isn't Kerry's to win - it is George W. Bush's to lose. Whenever an American President seeks re-election, the race becomes a referendum on his first term; this year, with the war in Iraq still unfolding and the U.S. electorate so divided, that's especially true. With the Democratic convention just two weeks away, Kerry and Edwards are focused on defining themselves and selling their campaign as an upbeat "celebration of American values...
...With national powers slowly accreting to remote institutions, he fears Britain and the rest of the E.U. will see democracy atrophy and economies settle into overregulated mediocrity. Blair has the toughest sales job on the constitution, but he's not the only one. Even Chirac has resisted a referendum, though 74% of French people polled want one. Chirac apparently worries that a referendum could become a low-turnout vehicle for another protest vote. "The sad truth is, our politicians have done little to explain why various European reforms are productive and necessary," says Philippe Moreau-Defarges, senior fellow...