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...tell him that in politics, this is known as "playing the expectations game." It's an especially savvy spin to make right now, considering how the Lamont campaign has recently had to contend with an over-enthusiastic blogger's controversial photoshop comment on the race. In the wake of that flare-up, Lamont insisted that "I don't know anything about the blogs." Some found that disingenuous. But Moulitsas backs him up. "He doesn't read the blogs. I know that for a fact. In fact, I'm always distrustful of candidates who do read blogs, because if they...
...least the Prime Minister has stopped trying to spin his own people. A few days before he left for Britain and the U.S., a desperate al-Maliki gave a televised speech to his parliament, pleading with his fellow politicians to set aside their differences. Looking like a man at his wit's end, he warned that national reconciliation was one "last chance" to avert a civil war: "If it fails, I don't know what the destiny of Iraq will be." For a second, I thought I recognized the expression on his face. It's the one I had seen...
Already, U.S. officials are finding it hard to keep up the optimistic spin. Shi'ite and Sunni politicians may now sit together, but their mutual hostility is undiminished, undermining the government--and al-Maliki can only look on helplessly. A political lightweight and compromise candidate, the Prime Minister doesn't have the clout to bash heads, much less deliver on his promises to pursue insurgents with "no mercy" and crush the militias "with an iron fist." As the politicians continue to bicker, the big tent is looking shaky; there were calls last week for several ministers--including the Interior chief...
...every party has signed up to the same package. In particular, Rice won't push a prisoner exchange unless Israel agrees. In Israel the package deal might look like rewarding Hizballah for starting a war. Still, it could also extricate the Israelis from a quagmire, and they can spin their victory too. "Nasrallah will probably give the last speech--a victory speech," says an aide to an Israeli Cabinet minister. "But we'll have managed to chop off his hands. It will take years for him to make up the damage we're causing his organization...
Green had heard of Six Degrees, an early social networking website that has since closed, and thought of putting a political spin on the online community trend. He thought it would be useful to have an online directory where users could see how they are geographically and politically connected...