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...very comfortable with the backroom coddling of special interests that is a dismally essential part of the job. He entered the race late and precipitately. His answers are sketchy on some domestic-policy issues; Miller has a Washington insider's grasp of issues like education and tax policy, as the Washington Post pointed out in an endorsement editorial last week. Indeed, Webb may be in serious trouble in the primary. A minuscule turnout is expected, less than 5% of the electorate, and Miller has been working his way through the traditional Democratic constituencies--abortion-rights activists, teachers' unions and minorities...
Patrick criticized proposals to roll back the state income tax, saying it would be catastrophic to local finances because cities and towns would be forced to raise property taxes. Reilly wants to cut the income tax rate from 5.3 percent to 5 percent...
...Since advancing to a run-off with Humala, Garcìa has moved to the right, deciding to support Peru's recently signed free-trade agreement with the United States and toning down his earlier calls for a revision of tax breaks for foreign mining companies. The transformation has paid off; he has led in every poll since April. "Garcìa has run the better campaign, appealing to voters who want change but are weary of Humala's radical position and his ties to Chávez. Garcìa has exploited these fears," says former Foreign Minister Diego...
...what imprint will Paulson try to put on economic policy? He cannot tackle the big issues-Social Security and tax reform. The wind is gone from those sails and the Bush Presidency doesn't have the broad support it would need for any big new initiatives. Yet Paulson will need some kind of win to cement his authority. That likely will come in the area of spending cuts...
...This is still a President who hasn't vetoed a bill," says Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics at Moody's Economy.com. Bush wants to make his tax cuts permanent, which will be expensive, and the nation is fast approaching the retirement years of the Baby Boom generation, which will be costly as well. Paulson needs to start the nation down the road of deficit reduction-and Bush needs to give him a free hand...