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While Coburn has been willing to bog down the Senate to try to stop pork, McCain stops short of drawing the line. He tends to bend institutions without breaking them; he never alienated his caucus enough to lose his chairmanship, and even Cochran has endorsed McCain's candidacy now that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding John McCain | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

The presence of these networks is hardly new to long-term residents. For years they have warned officials and police that the owners of the narrow 17th century canalside buildings were charging hugely inflated rents to the sole group of tenants willing to pay them: brothel managers. Buildings were bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vice Versa: Amsterdam Cleans Up | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

But this time around, Chicago's schoolchildren have as their champion the Rev. James Meeks, one of the city's most influential pastors and head of Illinois' legislative black caucus. In February, Meeks introduced a bill that would raise state income tax from 3% to 5% and ensure that a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago Braces for a School Boycott | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

Rove's access to his old employers and peers makes his job easier, but it also carries risks. His peanut butter and honey sandwiches with Bush give Rove White House access, but reinforce the public perception of a shared fate - something the new Rove needs to shake. The rise of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Karl Rove's Campaign for Himself | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

The basic question is whether Clinton is willing to pass the Democratic torch, to concede that while he might have been the party's bridge to the 21st century, Obama is the 21st century, the new believer in a place called Hope. Clinton likes to play the elder statesman, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Bill Clinton Should Say in Denver | 8/27/2008 | See Source »

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