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...glorious," but Hu wants to narrow the gap between rich and poor so every Chinese can share in the wealth of economic growth. Hu has built a good image for China and expanded the nation's global influence. He will eventually encourage the Chinese people to accelerate political reform. Song Xiaowen, Zhongli City, Taiwan...
McCain is still recovering from the July implosion of his campaign, which resulted in pink slips for most of his South Carolina staff. Voters, already upset by his support of an immigration-reform bill in Congress, gave up on him. But Trey Walker, McCain's state campaign manager, remains optimistic. "The McCain resurgence is palpable," he says, adding that the campaign is now at about three-quarters of its pre-July strength...
...former anti-corruption czar John Githongo went into self-imposed exile in Britain in 2005 after he became disillusioned by the President's lack of commitment to fighting graft and faced death threats. The government, he tells TIME, had "abandoned promises to equitably share power and economic opportunity, reform the constitution and fight corruption." Fixing the election result, he says, was "like throwing a match into a fuel drum...
...also talked about how your candidacy might redefine the Republican Party in slightly different ways in that you are for climate change [reform] and other social issues that you have taken positions on that are not usually associated with the Republican Party. Is that a direction that you think the party can grow? And also immigration.... On an issue such as climate change... That is a return to the Republican Party all through the earliest party of the 20th century. Teddy Roosevelt was a great environmentalist. [Ronald] Reagan even was an environmentalist.... So some of the things that...
...that going to be change? [Is it just someone saying] Here I am and I am going to change things or is it [someone working] to lay out a specific agenda such as [addressing] climate change, such as addressing spending, such as addressing balancing the budget, such as addressing reform of social security and Medicare. That is real change. And in all due respect to the Democrats, I have yet to hear a specific. I am going to return. I am going to bring about change. Well, why is that? I am telling you what specific change...