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...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...
...after Obama's resounding victory in the South Carolina primary, he asked his African-American history class what it thought about the presidential election. Of the 26 students in his class, he said 25 supported Obama and one was undecided. "When I pointed out what the Clintons had done vis-a-vis black issues, one of my students said 'Oh, you do something nice for us and then your wife gets to have the presidency?'" Cobb said...
...Florida and especially when you're talking about electing the next leader of the free world? It doesn't send voters a very good message." Since Florida is such a bellwether for the nation as a whole, former Florida G.O.P. chairman Al Cardenas calls it "great news" for Republicans, vis-a-vis the general election, that national media are focused solely on them during the Florida primary...