Word: strengthing
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...that the political leadership of the U.S. has not figured out how the nation will cope with the fundamental changes in its nature that three decades of immigration have brought, or how it will handle the economic challenge from rising powers in Asia, or how its enormous military strength can best be deployed in dangerous parts of the world. But perhaps in politics it is too much to ask for process and outcome, discourse and conclusion, to be equally satisfactory in the same timeframe. We might instead enjoy this messy, ragged season for what it is - an exuberant display...
...South Carolina is known for ending political romances and allegiances, and the mutual love is a long shot to last. Already, Huckabee is airing television ads in the state boasting of his tough approach to illegal immigration, McCain's Achilles' heel. Meanwhile McCain's strength, foreign policy experience, happens to be Huckabee's most glaring weakness. (In the run-up to Iowa, the silver-tongued Huckabee seemed to blow a fact or have a verbal slip whenever he tried to speak about the crisis in Pakistan...
What is going to happen in Michigan? I think we can win there. I think it is going to be interesting. I think that Governor Huckabee has some strength there and Governor Romney also, as he has been running television for a very long time. I am confident we can do quite well there...
...Romney also believes that our economy needs a healthy dose of market competition, not populism, to maintain its strength. Romney’s America will compete with China not by erecting trade barriers, but by keeping taxes low and regulations...
...Live Free or Die,” and Romney shares that sentiment. America is a land of opportunity, and now that it faces challenges, it cannot shrink from them. Isolationism won’t dissuade our enemies, and populism won’t cure our economic woes. Only strength through freedom will overcome these challenges...