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...point. McCain has continued to press for more troops there, and spent last week dismissing the Iraq Study Group recommendation to bring them home as nothing short of a recipe for defeat. That's the kind of strong, consistent hawkishness that G.O.P. primary voters look for. "Besides," says McCain strategist Mark Salter, "it's what he believes." The problem is that exit polls in last month's election said only 17% of voters overall share that view, which could leave the other 83% wondering whether McCain's famous independent streak, so appealing on most issues, would be such a good...
...aides chafed at the patronizing directive "The President and the leadership of his national-security team should remain in close and frequent contact with the Iraqi leadership." Even some Democrats thought that Bush might have a point. "If you want to help the President," said Paul Goldman, a Democratic strategist, "you give the President a chance to lead. You don't set it up to look like he got forced into doing something...
...dollar has also slid against the British pound, which closed last week just a few cents short of $2, its highest in 14 years. Many investors are betting that the decline will continue. "The dollar has no friends in currency markets at the moment," says Neil Mackinnon, chief currency strategist for the British financial firm ECU Group...
Some contend that the greenback may already have been oversold. Currency strategist Mackinnon says he urges caution when the market sentiment is all one way. And in New York City, Ken Goldstein, an economist at business research organization the Conference Board, reckons: "All we're seeing is another one of those short-term moves that will peter out in weeks or months...
...Drake, however, is not the only influential SBC member with opinions on the topic. When I called Richard Land, head of the denomination's influential Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and its principal Washington strategist, he agreed with Warren. "Rick is having a summit on AIDS, and Barack Obama has said some compelling things about the issue. I work all the time in coalition with people to the right and left of me, when we're in agreement on a specific issue. One of the markers of Evangelicals is the ability to walk and chew gum at the same time...