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...Harvard Republican Club (HRC) Secretary Lauren K. Truesdell ’06 said a Wednesday United Press International article that featured unnamed sources claiming three nuclear warheads were found in Tikrit, Iraq, could cause a swing back towards Bush...
...these serious times, his foreign-policy credentials are enough to stack up against a wartime Commander in Chief and his calculation that what he most needs to turn the race his way is a heart transplant. In Edwards, Kerry hopes he has found a surrogate who can connect with swing-state voters in ways he has not been able to, who has the working-class roots and the political gift to touch the frustrations and aspirations of that small slice of the electorate that is truly up for grabs in a polarized country. While history suggests vice-presidential picks...
...there is any geographic calculation in Edwards' selection, the place to find it is in the economically stressed Midwest. When Edwards makes his first solo campaign swing this week, it will start not in the South, but in Iowa. Exit polls from Wisconsin--a state whose Democratic primary Edwards came within six points of winning in February--suggest that Edwards and his message of "two Americas" could have strong crossover appeal in the swing states in which anxious voters are feeling left behind by the resurgent economy. He trounced Kerry among Republicans and independents, who are allowed under Wisconsin rules...
Thornton seems to be caught in what the Kerry-Edwards campaign is calling a "middle-class squeeze" as the duo tries to win votes in swing states like Ohio. How real is it? There's supposed to be an economic recovery under way. But the numbers paint a confusing picture. GDP grew 3.9% in the first quarter, and corporate profits rose 1.7%. Most important, payrolls have grown by 1.3 million jobs since January. Consumer confidence is up. But job growth slowed in June, and the new ones haven't been enough to meet the supply of 8.2 million...
...proud that my knowledge went beyond mere stats. I liked that I knew Paul O’Neil was a relentless perfectionist who would practice his swing while exiled to the long lulls of right field play, or that Bernie Williams considered a career as a jazz guitarist before settling on baseball...