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...without sounding too much like Huey Long--just wrap the New Democratic message in an old Democratic tarp. At least that's the strategy. Centrist Democrats who are desperately rooting for Gore are watching this with their heart in their throat. Nearly everything about the Gore tack--indeed, much of last week's party convention in Los Angeles--left them scratching their head and pining for that old Clinton magic. Why does Gore have to use the word fight 20 times in his speech when every survey shows many swing voters want all the partisan fighting to stop...
...Gore's cries of fiscal irresponsibility, Bush has a sort of reverse-psychology tack: Announce more spending initiatives. The logic: Why would a man promise to spend more money if his tax cut was using it all up? So Thursday, Bush announced a proposal to boost federal funding by $600 million over five years for historically black colleges and institutions that serve large Hispanic student populations...
...poor Joe. A prophet is not without honor save at his own convention. But then the Democrats have a complicated relationship with the entertainment community at this convention, having taken a Hollywood-bashing tack in the backyard of the folks who not only bankroll their campaigns but, through the "Man From Hope" video, helped craft the public image of the President, who's looking more attractive with every day that Al Gore spends in the spotlight...
...spokesman Andy Lamont, speaking in London, sounded a defensive note when pressed on industry responsibility for financing insurgencies. "Diamonds don't kill people," said Lamont. "People kill people." Shopworn NRA slogans won't necessarily mollify a potentially fickle market - De Beers may do better to emphasize the "dolphin-friendly" tack...
...then I changed my mind. I was no longer from Kansas, I was from Kansas City. Much safer. I'd tack that extra word onto the end and save myself a lot of explanations about how, yes, I do know what natural selection means and no, my milk comes from the grocery store across the street from The Gap, a store that we actually do have here...