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...slimmest of leads in the polls, but no one who is running has managed to crack even 20% among Democrats. The contenders' prospects depend largely on Bush's performance, a factor over which they have no control. So they are jostling to be in the best position should opportunity strike. It's a fast-forward process like none before it, one that operates on a new set of rules. Here are five...
That's debatable, given his authoritarian style and the class-warfare thuggery of some Chavista militants, like those caught on video last April shooting at opposition marchers in Caracas. "I'll strike all year if that's what it takes to get rid of this dictator," says William Lopez, 47, a Caracas construction foreman who voted for Chavez but last week marched with the opposition...
...Venezuela, a country that has always functioned as if oil could substitute for government. For now, the best the U.S. can hope for is the recovery of the national oil company, which Venezuelan Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez insists "can be accomplished by the middle of February" if the strike ends soon. But this crisis, like most curses, won't lift so easily. --With reporting by Owain Johnson/Caracas and Perry Bacon/Washington
...even as the Pentagon called up divisions and shipped off battle groups, the Administration put the brakes on its rhetorical march. State Department officials warned reporters not to "assume any timetable" for a strike. Pentagon officers repeated that the President has not decided whether to launch an attack and probably won't until sufficient forces are in place, which could still take up to six weeks. "The President has said that he wants the inspectors to be able to do their jobs, to continue their efforts," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Even the most ardent hawks sounded willing...
...efforts to end the political crisis ruining the economy of Venezuela, the world's fifth-largest oil producer. A "Group of Friends," including the U.S., Brazil and Spain, pledged to help President Hugo Chavez negotiate an end to the crisis. Since Dec. 2 opponents have used a general strike to force the leftist President to call immediate elections. Chavez met U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan for talks, which were inconclusive...