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...television and in speeches in coming days, party officials and strategists plan to talk about their respect for Lieberman as a distinguished public servant and argue that Lamont's victory represents the end of the long tradition of strong-on-national-defense Democratic leaders in the mold of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy. The GOP plans to try to broaden the argument beyond Connecticut, a liberal stronghold, and work to convince viewers and voters that Democratic nominees across the country have more in common with Michael Moore and liberal bloggers than Main Street America...
...NHTSA during the Carter Administration and now the president of Public Citizen, Joan Claybrook has been at the forefront of efforts to improve auto safety over the past few decades. With NHTSA due to issue new rules concerning black boxes for cars, Claybrook spoke to TIME's Margot Roosevelt about why she thinks the requiring all cars to have data recorders is such a good idea - and why the privacy concerns are being overblown...
Jimmy McCain's deployment will affect more than his family. His father is a leading contender for the White House in 2008. If Jimmy deploys to combat, it appears that McCain will join Franklin Roosevelt to become one of the very few American presidential candidates to have had a son at war. And even the prospect of Jimmy's service will shade the race. Iraq is the most important strategic and political issue facing the U.S. Many Democrats are calling for troop withdrawal to begin immediately, and the Bush Administration is struggling to reduce troop strength...
...Number of vetoes by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the most--by more than 50%--of any President...
Having Karl Rove write about lessons from the career of Roosevelt was an insult to one of our greatest Presidents. If Rove had been working for one of T.R.'s opponents, he would have slapped together a band of Spanish-American War Veterans for Truth and suggested that Teddy had been sipping Cuba libres on a gunboat instead of leading the charge up San Juan Heights. WILLIAM G. SCHELLER Waterville...