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...sunflower studies in Fargo, N.D.--then thunders about $1 billion in military-construction projects the Pentagon never asked for. "This makes me angry," he says, his voice building, "and it should make you angry." When military dedication fuses with reformer's zeal, you know McCain has found his sweet spot...
Every talented politician has a sweet spot--the issues that stir his deepest feelings, trigger his best thinking and ignite his most persuasive oratory. John McCain's sweet spot may be the smallest of all the presidential contenders', but it's also the most powerful. He's like an old-fashioned persimmon-wood golf club--hit it just right, and the ball sails a mile; miss by a hair, and it squibs into the rough. Ask him what's wrong with the campaign-money game or Clinton's foreign policy, and McCain can be dazzling--puzzled and outraged but full...
...these days McCain is finding ways to make his sweet spot grow. He never misses a chance to demonstrate how his signature issue--"six- and seven-figure soft-money donations that buy access and influence"--prevents Congress from solving problems that affect people's lives. Bill Bradley makes a similar argument, but when McCain talks about it, his zeal becomes contagious--and his message begins to seem unified and encompassing. "I don't mean to sound like there is one root cause of all our problems," he told 200 voters in New Hampshire last week, "but there is a significant...
...counting on that contrast to help eke out victory in New Hampshire, then South Carolina and Michigan. After that, he says, he (somehow) becomes inevitable. In other words, he needs a hole in one. Lucky for him that his old persimmon club has lately found such a nice, sweet stroke...
What's the difference between recording music in the studio and playing it live? According to Cibo Matto lead singer Miho Hatori, it's like "mama and dad." The funk-inducing, sweet-sounding Japanese American band from New York City is coming to Boston next Thursday, Nov. 18, opening for Live. Recently we talked to Hatori about the band, their ongoing tour and why she calls Cibo Matto the United Colors of Benetton band...