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...balance, McCain has the advantage in this news cycle. Obama's inexperience on foreign affairs and previous slips on Iran are among the few issues breaking the Republican Senator's way in voters' eyes these days. But no matter which campaign reaps the most political benefit from the Iranian tests, come January the next President will find that, talks or no talks, he has the same limited diplomatic, political and military options that have forced Bush to bluff about the cards he's holding...
...Also, naming a running mate in the glare of a convention can be risky, as George H.W. Bush learned when he introduced a bouncingly boyish Dan Quayle to skeptical reviews during the 1988 Republican convention in New Orleans. It's probably no coincidence that after that experience, G.O.P. candidates joined the Democrats in rolling out their partners in advance...
...many of the forces that have pushed candidates to speed up their choices don't apply to Obama. If the trend toward earlier and earlier announcements makes sense for anyone this year, it's Republican Senator John McCain...
While President Bush is eager to cement the European element of the missile-defense shield before he leaves office, actually building and deploying it would fall to his successor. Presumptive Republican nominee Arizona Sen. John McCain backs the proposal, while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has been less supportive. What really matters isn't what either does - or what the Russians say - but what the Iranians do. The closer Tehran is believed to having a nuclear weapon, Pentagon officials say, the more necessary such a Euroshield becomes. Wednesday's tests, Rice said while traveling in Bulgaria...
...While President Bush is eager to cement the European element of the missile-defense shield before he leaves office, actually building and deploying it would fall to his successor. Presumptive Republican nominee Arizona Sen. John McCain backs the proposal, while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has been less supportive. What really matters isn't what either does - or what the Russians say - but what the Iranians do. The closer Tehran is believed to having a nuclear weapon, Pentagon officials say, the more inevitable such a Euroshield becomes...