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...Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the Senate, to push a bill to monitor Hurricane Katrina recovery spending--smack of a man positioning himself for a presidential run. "He needs to be careful not to look too political and too out for himself," says a Democratic strategist. "He needs to pick some fights [with Republicans]." The McCain battle was unintentional, and Obama has tried to walk away from it. He called McCain "cranky" but said he still respects...
...logical evolution of decades in which the industry failed to respond to customer complaints that department stores were boring, the service nonexistent and the merchandise ubiquitous without being interesting. "Department stores have lost sight of their customer. It's that simple," says Janet Hoffman, a San Francisco--based retail strategist for Accenture. Sales tumbled, and chain after chain of historic, family-owned retailers--Gimbels, Woodward & Lothrop, Wanamaker's, Montgomery Ward--closed their doors or were swallowed up by stronger companies. In 1980, about 35 major department-store chains were in business; today there are only 13. The merger...
...could face trouble if facts come out indicating he has described the program inaccurately or incompletely. After Bush delivered his war-on-terrorism defense of the program, however, Democrats seemed to have lost their stomach for battle. "I'm not sure that's a winning issue for Democrats," party strategist Harold Ickes said. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid preferred to focus on Medicare snafus and what he called G.O.P. corruption...
...Liberals in such a rush? Party leaders say they don't want to give Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper too much time to consolidate his national support. "The longer we wait to choose a leader, the more problems we'll have," says an Ontario strategist who declines to be identified by name...
...while the pair is following the lead of Karl Rove, the GOP strategist who often hand-picks which congressional candidates will run, they haven?t yet shown they can match his effectiveness. In Rhode Island, Schumer wanted another popular pro-life Democrat, James Langevin, to run, but Langevin passed on the Senate race after abortion rights groups sharply objected. Schumer has been one of the leaders in crafting the party's strategy on judicial nominations, but Senate Democrats put on one of the most feeble challenges of a Supreme Court nominee in recent memory during the Alito hearings...