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...includes McCain, whose name is on McCain-Feingold, the most recent failed attempt to curb money's role in politics. When the press started reporting that his campaign was in trouble, McCain hired a major corporate lobbyist as his finance chairman. The press approved. This showed that he was serious...
...hopes voters will see in him. Howard's strengths are his conviction, discipline, competence, modesty and sobriety. He's boring, perhaps, but trustworthy. A safe pair of hands. In Rudd's message matrix, Howard is old, tricky, dull and fixed, while Rudd is experienced, clever, serious and balanced. But before he had spent even a full day in his new role, Rudd was telling radio broadcaster Alan Jones about his plans for the "alternative ministry." "I just want to be systematic, methodical, think it through, talk to my colleagues," Rudd said. "I think that's the right thing...
...Rudd is usually the smartest guy in the room. In interviews he often talks down to his host and listeners. One of his tics, and there are numerous variations, is to preface part of an answer with a question: "You know why?" When challenged with serious probing, he appears affronted. Asked about federalism by ABC-TV's Kerry O'Brien, he wielded the word "actually" like a stick. "Well, actually, that's not the approach I've got at all, Kerry. I've just got a healthy regard for what state governments actually do. I used to work...
...you’re serious?” asked Jamie Weir, former sports information director for the team, when she heard of the plan. “This isn’t a joke? You know, he’s going to enjoy this. He even used to make his goalies look bad in practice—what do you think he?...
...Make no mistake, abortion opponents won big in this case, Gonzales v. Carhart. It's the first time that the court has blessed a federal ban on an abortion method, and a serious blow to the longstanding rule that abortion restrictions must permit the procedure when necessary to preserve a woman's health. The slim majority here - five conservative justices led by Anthony Kennedy - skirted that rule by saying medical experts can't agree whether a woman would ever need this method to stay healthy (the law does contain an exception if the woman's life is at stake...