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...myself in his shoes, of course I'm not going to take credit. Why give a clear answer to the intelligence services? Make them work. From Mehsud's interest point, it suits him to kill her. Musharraf is no longer of use to the West; he is too unpopular. But Benazir could deliver. She had popular support. These people think once you eliminate Bhutto, you have given a big blow to the government...
...early critic of the way the Bush Administration was prosecuting the war and called for a change in strategy that would include a surge in U.S. troops to gain control of Baghdad. At the time, advocating an increase in U.S. troop levels in Iraq rather than a reduction was unpopular even within the G.O.P. But McCain stood by Bush when the policy was implemented...
...dismal election year for the G.O.P.; regaining control of the House or Senate is beyond reach, and the incumbent Republican President has approval ratings that top out in the 30s. Home foreclosures are rampant, joblessness is up, and the markets are plunging. The Iraq war, while quieter, remains deeply unpopular. In other words, conditions could scarcely be worse for a Republican trying to win the White House. And yet every poll suggests that McCain - because of his appeal beyond his party - could actually...
...denied it). And McNamee's battle with Clemens has absolutely no bearing on the dozens of players whom Radomski named. If McNamee lied about Clemens, sure, it's a hole in the report. But it's a minor hole. The stain the hearings could leave on an already unpopular Congress may be much bigger...
...into the streets? "With all due respect," Rami Khouri, one of the Arab world's most thoughtful commentators, wrote on the eve of the President's arrival in Israel, "Bush might do the region and the entire world a favor by staying home." Why is Bush perhaps the most unpopular American President in history among the people of this region...