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...Smart Choice means focusing on the factors that really matter—having the courage to sacrifice a little July pizzazz in exchange for November results...
...Smart Choice could do the following things, in ascending order. He or she could carry a state: IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, who teaches Government 1540, “The American Presidency,” says modern vice-presidential candidates typically add about three percent to the ticket’s vote in their home state. Kerry’s ideal candidate, then, should come from a state that will swing on a few percentage points...
...Smart Choice could also be president. One way or another, about one in five vice presidents have become commander-in-chief. And, since Walter Mondale, all vice presidents have played a significant role in the political scene after their terms ended. In wartime, voters will only replace the incumbent if the alternative is ready to lead. A steady, experienced running mate could make change feel a bit less risky...
...turbine behind our full-fledged recovery isn't some government works project or a tariff or even a job training program. Rather, it's a young company that does one thing: Searches the Web. How could that be? Haven't we learned our dotcom lesson? Aren't we too smart to fall victim once again to the breathless enthusiasm that seems to blow from the west like the Santa Anna winds...
...runs a mere page and culminates in only one suggestion: that the dean of the humanities look at the arts. The lifeless section seems to conclude that performance and artistic endeavors lack academic merit, a view which is falling out of favor at most colleges nationwide. Thankfully, administrators were smart enough to cut one seemingly disparaging and nonsensical sentence that found its way into the confidential draft version of the report sent to all review participants last Thursday: “Fragmentation and inconsistency across art forms as to their role in the curriculum...tends to suggest that work...