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...such directness help the candidate during an election campaign. In August, in the midst of the oil-price surge, Obama tried to suggest to Americans that maintaining inflated tires could conserve fuel. The suggestion, backed by experts, was mocked by the McCain campaign. Clearly Obama learned the lesson of Walter Mondale's attempt to tell the truth in 1984 about the need to raise taxes. Steve Charing, CLARKSVILLE...
...Walter Isaacson persuasively presents the case for a Civilian Reserve Corps that would harness the skills of American engineers, doctors, judges and teachers to help in troubled areas [Sept. 22]. I am pleased to inform TIME's readers that such a group, the Civilian Response Corps, is already coming into existence. The Corps will consist of Active, Standby and Reserve components. The Active and Standby components, which will be prepared to deploy abroad rapidly, will draw on the expertise and experience of U.S. government employees from eight departments and agencies. We are in the final planning stages for the Reserve...
...would Biden be? His relationship with Obama is still in its formative phase, but history may hold some clues. It has been 48 years since a sitting Senator has been elected President, but in that time, five went directly from the Senate to the vice presidency. Some of them - Walter Mondale comes to mind - served as all-purpose advisers and troubleshooters for the President. Others chose specific portfolios - as Al Gore did in taking charge of areas like the environment, technology and reorganizing the operation of the Executive Branch...
Charles Campion, deputy campaign chairman for the 1984 Walter Mondale campaign; Mary Anne Marsh, a commentator for Fox News; Charles Manning, senior advisor for Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign; and Alex Castellanos, media consultant to seven U.S. presidential campaigns and current IOP fellow, spoke about the successes and failures of the two current presidential campaigns, as well...
...Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...