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...have the courage or sagacity to make the offer. Their timidity was obvious when George W. Bush proposed a larger economic-stimulus package - roughly $145 billion - to meet the looming recession than Clinton, Obama or John Edwards did. Worse, the Democrats seemed willing to play on the Republican side of the field, proposing short-term fixes and tax rebates rather than a more comprehensive, thematic solution to the problem. Think about it: the terrorist threat to national security, the relative decline of the American middle class, the sudden flimsiness of the international economic structure - to say nothing of the potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War of Ideas | 1/23/2008 | See Source »

More than one commentator used the word "panic" to characterize the sell-off. Panic - as if the sudden fear might be a bit of an overreaction, a tad on the hysterical side. Should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the US Economy Still Matters | 1/22/2008 | See Source »

...achieving one's ends if the means are anathema. Pro-choice groups credit comprehensive sex education and access to contraception, strategies that social conservatives often resist. Pro-lifers credit campaigns to tighten laws controlling access to abortion and to warn women about abortion's risks - which the other side deplores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Have Abortion Rates Fallen? | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

...policy were in lockstep with conservative tenets, earning him an 86% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, compared to front-runner John McCain, an Arizona Senator who has an 82% rating. He understood that unwavering conservatism was his best bet with voters and even blared it from the side of his campaign bus: "The Clear Conservative Choice: Hands Down!" But from Sept. 5 until today, when Thompson announced he was ending his candidacy, he was plagued with complaints that he didn't seem to want the presidency enough - or at least not enough to actually campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fred Thompson: Gone Without a Trace | 1/20/2008 | See Source »

Despite her surprise triumph in Nevada, the Clinton campaign remains convinced that the nomination battle with Obama will drag on for weeks as each side fights to accumulate delegates. If there's still no clear Democratic winner by Feb. 6?and it looks increasingly likely, given that none of the Feb. 5 contests award a winner all of a state's delegates?the nomination battle could drag on through March, when Ohio and Texas hold their primaries, or even until April 22, when Pennsylvania holds its primary. And if the race is still undecided come May, the Clinton campaign will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hillary Wins Nevada, Economy Helps | 1/19/2008 | See Source »

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