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...DiBenigno's coordination skills have come under scrutiny of late, but LeMieux, who thinks McCain can still win Florida, insists that "Arlene is an excellent campaign strategist" who helped forge Crist's image as a "bipartisan problem solver who stands out in juxtaposition to today's Washington...
...When Hillary Clinton edged Obama in this year's New Hampshire primary - despite data that showed Obama leading - some suspected the Bradley effect had crept back into play. "Since then," Democratic strategist Donna Brazile wrote recently, "pollsters and pundits alike have warned that Obama needs a six-to-nine point lead to overcome the so-called Bradley effect." In recent weeks, the New York Times and Washington Post have both run features examining the phenomenon...
...Mark Halperin and Karen Tumulty and CNN's Campbell Brown, Christiane Amanpour and Wolf Blitzer--as well as dozens of other heavyweights from the worlds of media and politics, including Vanity Fair editor in chief Graydon Carter, New York Times columnist Frank Rich, former ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Republican strategist Mark McKinnon...
...McCain said, "I'm an American. And I choose to fight." It is impossible to say what McCain's fate would have been if he had taken this tough but traditional tack and also chosen Senator Joe Lieberman, the Vice President he really wanted, as former George W. Bush strategist Matthew Dowd suggested he should have done. No doubt, given the political tides, Obama would still be ahead, but McCain would seem a more plausible alternative and still have his honor intact...
...Banks may get some clarity soon. On Friday, finance ministers from the G-7 nations will meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss a coordinated response to the financial crisis. Adrian Mowat, chief Asia and emerging-market strategist for JPMorgan in Hong Kong, says that central bankers may follow Britain's lead by pumping liquidity into their banking sectors and underwriting loans between banks. "The situation is so serious that they will have to deal with it," Mowat says. "The collapse and crash this week means they must...