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...about the war at its annual meeting. Not one of the DLC's 20 issue symposiums was about foreign policy. The emphasis was on state governance, issues like health care and alternative-energy development. The current DLC stars are Governors of crucial states-Arizona, Colorado, Arkansas, Tennessee-that could switch from red to blue in 2008. Any Democratic nominee would want to court them...
...First thing he said when I sat down in his office was, ‘So, tell me, Isa, what I need to do in this meeting to get you to switch to history,’” Chaves wrote. “Fifteen minutes later I dropped my would-have-been government sophomore tutorial like a hot brick...
...responsibility-and the consequences-of facing up to competition from India and China will fall onto individuals and their families. Those who successfully adapt and meet the challenges will be more likely to have stable or growing paychecks. But lots of people will not have the ability to switch quickly to jobs that cater to local customers. Inevitably, Western Europe and the U.S. will become less competitive in the expanded global labor market, and their paychecks will shrink as work migrates to places where it can be done for lower pay. They will need a safety net to catch them...
...Mankiw said that he never made such a policy switch...
...distant second to Abe in last September's LDP presidential contest and who covets the top job. But the stern Aso-a conservative who prefers foreign policy to the minutiae of economic reform-just seems like a less likable Abe, and some party members wonder whether a leadership switch would be worth the trouble. "How much of the situation would change?" says former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda, whose own name has been floated as a replacement...