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CAMPAIGN SCORECARD [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.] ROUND 1 2 3 4 ISSUE Economy Resources Consistency Party Unity ACTION Republicans have their choice of two painful metaphors: a broken record or Groundhog Day. The same darn pattern repeats itself: bad economic news highlights an unpopular President Bush, drives voters to the Democrats, boosts Barack Obama's proposals and draws the press to the late front runner. If John McCain knows how to stop the cycle, he hasn't revealed it. Once upon a time, Obama reneged on a promise to limit public campaign...
...schools in the rankings this year, most U.S. universities stayed pat. Brown, Penn, and Cornell moved up in the rankings while Columbia, Princeton, and Dartmouth moved down. The Hanover, N.H. college lagged behind its peers—the only Ivy to finish out of the top 50. This newest round of scores comes at a time when people through academia are growing increasingly resistant to the idea of numerical rankings and the industry that has grown up around them. “It’s always flattering to be appreciated,” said Marlyn E. McGrath...
...less than $60,000.When students get their decisions, they are required to attend the highest-ranked school that admits them, with the exception of a few schools that are non-binding.Each student accepted this way receives a full scholarship. If they don’t gain admission in the early round, their applications are put through the regular decision process.Colleges participating in the program include Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. Last month, the University of Pennsylvania joined the list.204 students were admitted with full scholarships through QuestBridge last year.Harvard’s financial aid program, recently...
...make matters even worse for McCain, this final session is focused on domestic policy, an area in which he is considered vulnerable. And yet for all the public interest and media focus on the debates, it is unlikely the last go-round will have a truly game-changing effect...
...Only weeks ago, you might have expected that McCain's greater experience and his courage in the clutch would lift him as a leader in a moment of crisis. Yet the turn of the polls suggests the reverse; without taking a dramatically different approach on substance, Obama won this round on style and disposition. Both candidates supported the bailout, and both call for tax cuts and policing of markets, but in tenor, they were polar opposites. Temperament is in the eye of the voter. Is one response evidence of composure and self-possession - or of being too laid-back...