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This is a political loser." So Karl Rove has been telling President Bush about the battle over stem-cell research. Not exactly nuanced analysis from the President's chief strategist. Rove is stuck with the unenviable task of studying the science and politics of the issue and delivering a recommendation to his boss, who is poised to make a decision soon. Insiders say Rove personally leans in favor of research that uses fetal cell tissue. Politically, however, he's in favor of his boss's re-election. Polls indicate that a substantial majority of American Roman Catholics support embryonic research...
Some Republicans think Bush won't overcome the perception that he's too beholden to moneyed special interests until he picks a fight with one of them. What Bush needs, says a G.O.P. strategist, is a battle with Big Business. "They haven't given anyone reason to believe Bush isn't doing the bidding of corporate America," says the strategist. "They need a brawl." Asked about this, Hughes quickly shakes her head. "It's not our style to pick fights." Then she pauses and seems to think about it. Maybe it's time for a change...
...Some Republicans think Bush won't overcome the perception that he's too beholden to moneyed special interests until he picks a fight with one of them. What Bush needs, says a G.O.P. strategist, is a battle with Big Business. "They haven't given anyone reason to believe Bush isn't doing the bidding of corporate America," says the strategist. "They need a brawl." Asked about this, Hughes quickly shakes her head. "It's not our style to pick fights." Then she pauses and seems to think about it. Maybe it's time for a change...
...rally is that it is directing capital to companies best left for dead. What really ails the tech sector is too much capacity, which won't go away until investors ration capital properly. "Anything that deters consolidation is a long-term negative for tech," says Richard Bernstein, a strategist at Merrill Lynch. He notes that telecom companies, in which overcapacity is greatest, have been sucking up 30% of proceeds from stock and bond sales this year; energy firms, just 25%--a frightful misallocation...
...Lynch and the Bank of New York are looking into adding exchange-traded funds to retirement-plan options. These hybrid instruments track indices the way an index fund does--you own the whole market--yet they can be traded like a stock. David Blitzer, Standard & Poor's chief investment strategist, recommends them for 401(k)s because they're easy to understand and offer diversification and low cost...