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...view Abe depends on what you think normal means for Japan. "Abe will stand up and make firm decisions for the Japanese people," says Ichita Yamamoto, an LDP foreign-affairs expert and Abe ally. "But he's not a hard-liner against China or anyone. He's a strategist." A hard-line nationalist or a soft-talking, sympathetic pragmatist; an LDP man to the core or someone who will continue the turn-the-world-upside-down instincts of his mentor Koizumi, Abe is preparing to take the leadership of the world's second-largest economy?and Asia's most advanced...
...Southern women--all groups that were tent poles in the coalition that re-elected the President. Voters cite a large stew of concerns, including gas prices and immigration. But political consultants say they find the sourness grounded in the war. "It's the only issue that matters," says a strategist working closely with the White House...
...should Democrats be trawling for votes? Try megachurches. The fast-growing suburban congregations have long been seen as hard-core G.O.P. supporters. But Applebee's America, a new book aimed at helping political, business and religious leaders market themselves, disagrees. The authors--ex-Bill Clinton aide Douglas Sosnik, Bush strategist Matthew Dowd and journalist Ron Fournier--analyzed 2004 exit polls and found that Protestant suburbanites who attend church at least weekly are 49% Democrat or independent and 39% believe in gay rights. "Democratic leaders should stop stereotyping and start targeting," they write. If Dems do, they may find an audience...
...There is a lot of positive development outside of the U.S.," says Stuart Schweitzer, managing director and global-markets strategist at JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management. Add in the specter of towering deficits in the U.S. budget and current account, which could ultimately weaken the dollar, and the idea of diversifying overseas becomes even more attractive...
...corner, so long-term investors may want to think less about timing and more about diversification. Financial planners recommend allocating as much as 5% to emerging markets but generally no more, considering the risk (think Nigeria or Venezuela). When culling the world markets, Clark Winter, chief global investment strategist at Citigroup Global Wealth Management, looks for macroeconomic drivers. The big one historically has been U.S. monetary policy, and domestic interest rates still hold a lot of sway over what happens abroad...