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...tipped the contest in battleground states like Ohio in Bush’s favor. Bush, who frequently professed his faith and regularly met with Christian leaders, worked hard to target this interest group. In an egregious case, the Republican National Committee released pamphlets in Arkansas and West Virginia saying that “a vote for Kerry is a vote against the Bible.” I think...
Steve Jarding is no beauty school graduate, but his job description does make space for hair consultations, if necessary. A campaign consultant who has staffed Senators Bob Kerrey and John Edwards, Jarding was the mastermind behind Mark Warner’s successful run for governorship in Virginia three years ago. Now, the man Roll Call once named one of the 50 most influential people in Washington is at the Kennedy School, where he pontificates on his area of expertise: “Running for Office and Managing Campaigns.” FM talked to Jarding about P. Diddy, Mohawks...
...Payne and Jim Taylor and directed by Payne, is in no way ordinary. Since Miles and Jack moor in the Santa Ynez Valley to sample the local vintages, it's a sedentary road movie. Instead of the usual cantina of eccentrics, just two significant characters cross their path: Maya (Virginia Madsen), a waitress, and Stephanie (Sandra Oh), a wine pourer...
...tens of thousands of flyers from the Republican National Committee arrive in mailboxes in Arkansas and West Virginia, warning that if Kerry becomes President, the Bible will be banned and men will marry each other. In Tennessee a flyer shows Bush as a Special Olympics sprinter and declares, "Voting for Bush is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded." That one was so ugly that Democrats not only denied spreading it but also accused Republicans of spreading it themselves to smear the Democrats. In southeastern Pennsylvania, Democrats complain about unsigned literature calling Bush...
...filled with self-pity—he suffers from depression without trying to hide it behind a façade of humor—and is utterly unwilling to try to improve his situation. For example, on their trip, Jack and Miles hang out with a waitress named Maya (Virginia Madsen) who’s smart and warm and gorgeous and…into Miles? The plain, bitter, mopey Miles? Give me a break. And how does Miles react to Maya’s interest in him? By feeling more sorry for himself, a characterization flub which might be funny...