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...Those deep economic troubles are unlikely to disappear with Estrada, as Arroyo concedes. "Things are so bad now," she says. "Oh yes, they can still get worse." Still, Arroyo has had a shadow cabinet since she quit Estrada's cabinet in October, and says she has big ideas for plugging the Philippines into the global economy. She talks about "structural reforms" and "a level playing field" - the kind of hip, business jargon that never escaped Estrada's lips. "Things can get better under us," she insists...
...place tick and how you mainline yourself into the nation's bloodstream. Clinton told Bush he was lucky to know already where the light switches were and to have hired people who had been there before. Bush asked Clinton what he thought about Bush's calling him "the Shadow" during the campaign. Had it spooked Gore? Must have, Clinton said; he didn't ask me to appear with him, did he? Pretty smart, hey? Bush laughed, scrunching his shoulders...
...Shadow developed nearly as much affinity for Bush in two hours as he had for Al Gore in eight years. Clinton later told friends, "Bush really connects. It's a mistake to underestimate him." And after seeing Clinton in May, at St. Patrick's Cathedral for John Cardinal O'Connor's funeral--Clinton reaching across four mourners to grasp Bush's hand during the Sign of Peace--Bush said, "I don't always respect the guy, but you gotta like him." Maybe they see the scamp in each other. At the Inaugural Day coffee, it was as if old friends...
...does a 19th century war cast a shadow on 21st century politics? It was no ordinary conflict. As the war that ripped the country in two and finally ended slavery, it has emotional resonance--for the sons and daughters of slaves, for whites ashamed of their ancestors' actions, for Southerners resentful of Northern hegemony, and for Americans who honor the valor and bravery of soldiers from the North and the South. But Republican politicians get into trouble when some pro-Confederate groups--who go beyond simply honoring the soldiers and seem to show sympathy for slavery--join today's political...
...court reserved the right to appoint a "shadow counsel" despite Leong's efforts to decline representation...