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...been an enraging surprise for liberals who thought that, apart from all his moderate mood music four years ago, Bush would have no choice after a virtual tie election and with an evenly divided Congress but to govern from the center. In every campaign promise he has kept, they find one he has broken. "I don't think that we have had a President in recent memory who did such an about-face after getting elected," Senator Hillary Clinton tells TIME. All that compassionate-conservative talk, many Democrats decided, was just for show. He promised to restore trust...
...more worrisome news for the Kerry camp. On virtually every question concerning which candidate voters trust more on a given issue, Kerry's support has fallen. The 51%-to-42% advantage on managing the economy that he held in early August has eroded to 46% to 43%, a near tie on the matter voters say is the most important to them. Kerry's lead has dwindled from 18 to 8 points on handling health care, an area previous polls suggested would be a major Democratic strength...
...interviewee, a red-faced man with a red, white and blue tie and a Southern accent, laughed nervously: “I’m just here to have some...
...people who are traditionally left out of politics. It emphasizes minorities, who have too often been excluded from official party organizations. It emphasizes young people, who are rarely major players in party politics. It emphasizes independent voters who care about politics but don’t want to tie themselves to a political party. What we found in Missouri is that minorities, young people and independents have tremendous political power because they generally belong to large and tight-knit communities. Nobody has tapped that power because these groups do not have party leaders, and these groups have disproportionately avoided politics...
...media campaign highlighting Lee's human side. Themes have included his battle with cancer in the early '90s, his sense of loss after the death of his first wife in 1982, the challenges of raising an autistic son, and the fact that he occasionally eschews his habitual suit and tie for a polo shirt. The Straits Times even detailed his permissive parenting style under the headline, IT'S OKAY TO ARGUE WITH THIS...