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...come the final weeks of battle, it was Rove's ability to deliver the President, and Bush's to deliver the voters, that, when the results were finally in, left political experts in both parties speechless. The idea of sending Bush himself out into the midterm storms wasn't a last-minute decision made because Rove and the pollsters saw something that made them think the races were suddenly winnable. It stretched all the way back to a series of meetings last January of Rove's Strategic Initiatives office (nicknamed "strategery" after the Saturday Night Live parody of Bush...
...speechless, croak out) I’m a senior at Harvard, um, am working, really need the money...
...absolutely thrilled. I was stunned and speechless and exhilarated,” Stauffer said yesterday...
Moral certainty is potent stuff, and it comes with some nifty fringe benefits. Bush's conservative flank finds it deeply appealing; the current crop of Democratic leaders are rendered virtually speechless by it. But moral certainty "without trying to nuance," as Bush put it, is a dangerous luxury for a President. If you operate as though Arafat is a terrorist and Israel a victim, you isolate the U.S. from moderate Arab states, who see their region in shades of gray. That could limit your options--and your allies--after you have told everyone that Saddam Hussein can no longer...
...varied and sundry spectrum of “gifted” behavior all through high school and even now in college. But this summer, in my capacity as a residential counselor at Duke’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) for high school students, I have been left utterly speechless by some of the people I’ve encountered...