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...Bailey and Rafshoon said they have yet to speak with Bloomberg about a run for President. But Bailey assured reporters that Bloomberg had no interest in being a spoiler. Bloomberg, said Bailey, would not run "unless he thinks...
...That the U.S. leadership is deeply divided on climate change has been patently obvious to even the most casual observer here. Washington's official delegation has emerged as the chief spoiler in moves to take meaningful action on climate change. But among the most vocal critics of the official delegation has been an array of American environmentalists, legislators and state and local government officials. Carl Pope, president of the Sierra Club, called the U.S. performance "the most explicitly irresponsible action that any American Administration has taken in any of our lifetimes...
...countries' sharing responsibility for climate action. (The Kyoto Protocol, whose 10th anniversary is Tuesday, had required only industrialized nations to make mandatory cuts in carbon gas emissions, on the principle that those nations had created most of the problem.) Also, the delegation of the United States - long the chief spoiler of progress toward a global emissions-curbing framework while erstwhile climate-change skeptic President George W. Bush had been at the helm - has been notably restrained so far. "I'm convinced the Administration is coming here in good faith," says David Doniger, policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council...
Pros » Votes for outside or “dark-horse” candidates are not wasted, thereby potentially increasing voter turnout » Voters are not pressured to vote for mainstream or consensus candidates for fear of wasting their votes (spoiler effect) » The winning candidate always emerges with a majority, thereby increasing the candidate’s legitimacy » Only one election is needed, because runoffs can be simulated instantly
...Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the U.S., believes that even Iran could be persuaded to play a more constructive role - albeit at the price of accepting its expanding influence in the region. "Excluding Iran from regional diplomacy fuels rather than diminishes Tehran's propensity to act the spoiler," says Parsi. Noting that Iran attended U.S.-initiated international conferences on Afghanistan and Iraq, Parsi says Iran's bluff should have been called by inviting it to attend Annapolis, too. "If Iran declined and the rest of the region attended, then the U.S. would still look good," says Parsi. "If Iran...