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...have a plethora of comparison points on the political issues of the day. But as we look toward November with both parties eyeing potential swing voters, sides are beginning to blur. How can we tell the parties apart these days? Perhaps tribal signifiers won't rest on positions vis-a-vis Iraq or universal healthcare. Instead, our true colors might come out when we examine what we do on the Web. Do blue state Web surfers prefer visiting tennis sites while red staters prefer golf? There are ways to find...
...would have thought an endorsement by Ted Kennedy would be the kiss of death for a candidate. Kennedy's lack of character vis à vis Chappaquiddick, his expulsion from Harvard for cheating and other misadventures should give Obama's handlers pause. Timothy D. O'Reilly, Chicago...
...Musharraf such a problem? Musharraf is a bad loser. Vis-a-vis the people of Pakistan, he is a bad loser. He arrested the judiciary under the fear that the justices would decide against him. [Until then] it was a fair fight. He was represented by the top lawyers in the country. The judiciary had earlier decided against him [and his bid to run for office while remaining Army Chief] unanimously. We were expecting a second judgment, which might only have said he had to remove his uniform. It probably would have bound him to be re-elected...
...Presidents matter to the economy? I asked. "In normal times they modestly matter. In abnormal times--and this is abnormal--they matter a great deal," said Leach, currently director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "The importance of the President vis--vis the economy hasn't been this consequential since the Great Depression...
...battle with Stanford for who can be hipper, life sciences is one of the few advantages that the Northeast has vis-à-vis Silicon Valley,” he said...