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...campaign signs, new ads and new message strategies. Romney has tried to be the candidate of true fiscal, social and national security conservatism. He has tried to be the corporate executive candidate who understands the economy. He has tried to be the candidate of change, who will shake up Washington. On Tuesday night, his rhetoric took on a previously unseen, almost Trotskyite tenor: "It's time for the politicians to leave Washington and for we, the people, to take over...
...troops reached Iraq and took up their positions. As the troops deployed, Petraeus and Odierno mounted a string of offensive operations against al-Qaeda and insurgent strongholds all over Iraq: in Baghdad, in the belt towns and in cities deeper to the north and south. The idea was to shake the bad guys loose and then chase them down. Even with the extra troops, Odierno and Petraeus didn't have the forces to do this everywhere, but they dispersed their forces so widely that it seemed that way for a while...
...Washington in May 2002, when McCain told me he was probably through with running for President. He had tried it two years before and almost pulled off a historic upset against Bush. But, he said, "you can't bottle lightning." Twice during dinner, patrons went over to shake McCain's hand and urge him to run again - against Bush in 2004 - as an independent or Democrat. The Senator was gracious and noncommittal. But after the second time, he gave me an exaggerated roll of his eyes and shook his head. "I'm a Republican, for chrissakes...
Still, tight as it was, the outcome is yet another rebuke to those that pronounced the McCain campaign dead last summer after a staff shake - up and budget crisis. But in an unprecedented election cycle, the question remains: is coming back from the dead enough...
...Cabot Explosion 1 oz. rum 1 oz. coconut rum 5 oz. pineapple juice Serve in a Greenhouse Café smoothie cup and sip from a straw. Hella Hilles 2. oz vodka 6 oz. dining hall lemonade Pour into that Nalgene bottle you got for free your freshman fall and shake...