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...gamble, however, and there are plenty of Democrats who argue privately that the Illinois Senator is making a mistake by holding himself above the fray and praying for Clinton to slip. "He's got to go out there and take this from her," says a prominent strategist who is not affiliated with any candidate. "His is a subtle and nuanced campaign, and this is not a subtle and nuanced business." Going on the attack against Clinton, however, would undercut Obama's claim to be a different kind of politician. And in a multicandidate race, it might simply create an opening...
That's why the campaign pledges that Obama will resist the inevitable calls of the political class for more conflict and will engage in what his chief political strategist, David Axelrod, euphemistically calls the "vigorous comparative processes" on its own timetable and in its own way. "There is a bloodlust out there. People want us to eviscerate her, if for nothing else than the sport of it," says Axelrod. "But how we draw the distinction is important, and we're not going to get pushed into gratuitous exchanges to satisfy the peanut-gallery pundits...
...enough. The Rev. Kendall Harmon, a conservative strategist, was quoted in the Religion News Service as calling the results of the conference "insulting." Martyn Minns, a former Episcopal rector who jumped ship to take a position in a competitor Virginia-based Anglican "convocation" under Nigeria's Akinola, gave TIME what is probably a milder preview of his boss's likely response: "I think this is far short of what was asked for. It's a technical slide-by at best." The Associated Press quoted the Right Rev. John Howe, the conservative Episcopal bishop of Central Florida, as saying the statement...
...story of the week was Rudy vs. Hillary. Coverage of the rest of the G.O.P. field faded away as the media chronicled Giuliani's attacks on Hillary, MoveOn and liberals in general. "I have to hand it to the Giuliani people; that was a brilliant move," says a Democratic strategist with ties to the Clinton campaign...
...Rock jar with the cachet the bank has enjoyed in recent years. Its low cost base, loyal customers and slick operation helped it outperform every other British banking stock in 2006. The lender - not yet 50 years old - "was a darling of the stock market," says Howard Wheeldon, senior strategist at BGC Partners in London. "It was perceived as a good growth stock with a good model." Its approach: a limited branch network meant savings chipped in by its own customers amounted to a smaller chunk of the funds it could lend in the form of mortgages. So the company...