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...people who were idealistic about government. "We need an institution that systematically develops leadership," says Asch. "We need to elevate it in the eyes of young people so we can attract the best and the brightest." The idea has been endorsed by Hillary Clinton and Pennsylvanian Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who are co-sponsors of legislation that would allocate $164 million per year for the envisioned 5,000-student academy...
...Wednesday was textbook Bush, contrasting optimistic promises of regional liberty with warnings of an ever-expanding threat should America lose in Iraq. But the comparison to Vietnam took many observers by surprise, seeming not only inapt but also unnecessarily risky. Why undermine the historical arguments about Iraq with the specter of the Vietnam quagmire, especially after the President had gone out of his way several months ago to reject critics' charges that Iraq was turning into just that...
...answer to Bush's risky invocation of Vietnam. He has so often emphasized the disastrous ramifications of failure and the potential glories of victory, they no longer hold the same currency with a war-tired public. So, given how low support for the war is, why not add the specter of Vietnam to the costs of defeat? And why not suggest that victory in Iraq could help expunge the indignity of America's loss in Vietnam? Petraeus and Crocker will say what they will regardless of Bush's assertions, so raising the rhetorical stakes in the hopes of bolstering political...
...Another issue where Specter is supporting the President is immigration. Specter was the driving force behind last year's Senate passage of the immigration bill, only to see the Republican-controlled House block the measure. This week, with the legislation considered by most all but dead, Specter resurrected a bill and is rallying the 12 negotiators who worked on the legislation earlier this year to make a third effort to get it passed. "We ought to do something on it now, not sit on it for another period of years," he said...
...Getting things done is a priority for Specter, a moderate Republican willing to deal with Democrats in search of compromises that produce results. But in a Washington increasingly paralyzed by partisanship, his kind of independence is a rare commodity...