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...Citizens’ Debate Commission and Open Debate, which are trying to put a truly independent and non-partisan body back in charge—to make presidential debates less like extended political advertisements and more like Lincoln-Douglass. For the sake of meaningful democracy, we hope they succeed in removing the CPD as sponsor of the presidential debates...
THERE IS A LONG-STANDING HOLLYWOOD FANTASY ABOUT HOW to succeed in American politics. From Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to Bulworth, the story is the same: the hero is liberated when he breaks free from political convention and starts speaking from the heart. In the old days, Mr. Smith fought political bosses. Nowadays the bosses are political consultants. Senator Bulworth--in Warren Beatty's 1998 film--is liberated after deciding to commit suicide while watching his re-election...
...smiled and told TIME: "I said, if any [company] refused, I would go on television and tell the public who it was." Call it Sarko's Way: a unique brand of retail politics that has made Sarkozy among France's most popular politicians - and the odds-on favorite to succeed President Jacques Chirac in 2007. He lasers in on an issue that resonates with the public, devises a quick fix, and then basks in the media's attention. Sarkozy has used this method to great effect since joining Chirac's Cabinet as Interior Minister in May 2002 and then moving...
...prominent position in late-night television, as the anchor of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.” During the fiftieth anniversary broadcast of “The Tonight Show” on Monday, host Jay Leno announced that O’Brien would succeed...
...acquiring a subpoena are quite complicated, and can be laid out in each instance by legislation, but in practice the rule tends to be “ask, and ye shall receive:” most requests for subpoenas, particularly those issued as part of a criminal investigation, succeed, and such subpoenas are generally nearly impossible to quash...