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...Republicans figure they've got a trump card: Bush. Not only is he apparently a compassionate guy, he's running for president - and, apparently, winning - on the very theme of ending partisan standoffs. So how could one more bickerfest, one that could last right up until the election, hurt the Republicans in November when one of their own is coming right in to soothe the savage beasts? The logic: Those who side with Republicans will turn out to elect them. Those who want to end the strife will turn out for Bush, and vote Republican. How can they lose...
...were higher than mangled syllables and exaggerated anecdotes. With the reminder that the world was indeed still a very dangerous place, did George Bush's passing performance on foreign policy in last week's debate now seem adequate enough? Does his reassuring team of Dick Cheney and Colin Powell trump Al Gore's expertise? How do we feel about Gore's rather expansive vision of national interests and the value of nation building now that the threats suddenly seem more vivid...
...voters, only 12 concerned foreign or defense policy. That isn't surprising. Foreign affairs has not played a decisive role since 1980, when Ronald Reagan defeated a Jimmy Carter crippled by the Iranian hostage crisis. Bush père believed his handling of the Gulf War would prove a trump card, only to find it was the economy, stupid. Although presidents wield far more influence over the country's foreign policy than they do over domestic issues, voters don't like to hear much about events abroad - and candidates tend to flatter their indifference...
...anyone would call intricately constructed machines. What those movies needed was a couple of skilled tool-and-die makers like Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg, who wrote this screenplay. And a bunch of actors, led by Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, who understand that palpable reality will always trump frenzied fantasy when it comes to getting laughs...
...pages; $25.95), for all its starstruck reminiscences (lunch with Richard Burton! Sean Connery in the buff!), promised headline-making dish that had publishing circles abuzz last week about the top-secret book. The 77-year-old gossip queen, the woman who broke the story of Donald and Ivana Trump's marital woes, was going to out herself...