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...revelations about how the Administration missed advance signs of 9/11 were just the thing to put a dent in George Bush's political armor. Both possibilities have come to pass, but the latest polls suggest they may make John Kerry's challenge harder, not easier. As one Democratic strategist says, "No matter how bad Bush does on the war and 9/11, just having voters think about it kills us." Another puts it more bluntly: "If this election is about terrorism, Bush wins...
...public-records databases, hoping to discover veins of unmined gold. Increasingly, politics and the personal-data industry are in cahoots. General Wesley Clark, the former presidential candidate and former Acxiom board member, opened doors in Washington for the data giant. And Karl Rove, George W. Bush's top political strategist, worked in the direct-marketing industry before he entered the political arena...
...post--Sept. 11, 2001. It had begun long before the attacks and, arguably, ended more quickly because of them. Yet a few adjustments can smooth any terrorism-related market bumps and raise the odds that you will stay invested long term. "Think through the scenarios," says David Darst, chief strategist at Morgan Stanley Individual Investor Group. "People do themselves a disservice to ignore the threat." How to protect your portfolio...
...most negative advertising seems sort of dumb and old-fashioned these days, especially when it's practiced in the crude, the-other-guy-will-eat-your-children manner favored by both the Bush campaign and liberal interest groups. "Bush has been running a 1988-model campaign," said a Kerry strategist, referring to the ton of sludge Bush the Elder successfully dumped on poor Michael Dukakis' head during that dreadful presidential year. "They assumed that if they dumped stuff on John Kerry's head, he'd collapse. He hasn...
...supports independence. The DPP expects to win over alienated voters from the KMT's bentuhua side who are disturbed by their party's histrionic reaction to the election. "The biggest beneficiary of the election fiasco will be the DPP," predicts Tuan Yi-kang, a DPP legislator and strategist. Control of the legislature would grant Chen a freer hand to rewrite the constitution?something Beijing fears is an irreversible step toward formal independence...