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Sparring in Spanish
Jess Henig 9/20/2008 12:00:00 AM
A McCain ad, in turn, blames "Obama and his Congressional allies" for blocking an immigration bill that McCain co-sponsored. But it was a Republican-led filibuster that sunk the bill in the Senate, and McCain said afterward that "A lot of the Republican base was passionate about the issue, and they made their influence felt."
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FactChecking McCain
Brooks Jackson 9/5/2008 12:00:00 AM
The claim that "small businesses" would have to "cut jobs, reduce wages," runs counter to Obama's actual proposal. Obama's plan would require businesses to contribute to the cost of insurance for employees or pay some unspecified amount into a new public plan. But his proposal specifically says, "Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement." And it offers additional help to small businesses that want to provide health care in the form of a refundable tax credit of up to half the cost of premiums. We'll note that neither man has defined what exactly a "small business" is.
POLITICS
In Denver, Making Room for Moscow
8/27/2008 12:00:00 AM
Until a few weeks ago, the idea that Russia would have any sort of influence on U.S. presidential politics in this electoral cycle would have struck most people as absurd. Neither its position as a major energy power, its influence on Iran's nuclear program, its own enormous nuclear weapons arsenal, nor its frequently demonstrated willingness to play hardball with the nations it once ruled in the Soviet empire warranted much attention on the hustings. Both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Democratic and Republican candidates, had made policy statements prior to the Caucasus flare-up. But Russia did not headline either campaign's battle plans, although McCain had generated comment by calling for Russia's ouster from the G8 in 2007.
BUSINESS
The Big Beef Backlash
B. J. Lee
A year ago, Seoul and Washington cheerfully celebrated the signing of a trade deal that looked like a major victory for the friends of globalization. This deal opens doors between top trading powers that already deal heavily with each other. America is South Korea's second largest trading partner, and South Korea is America's seventh largest. For Washington, this would be the biggest deal since Bill Clinton closed the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994. Struck after 14 months of tug-of-war negotiations, it would further reduce tariffs and other barriers, widening a trade channel that Asian rivals of South Korea, like Japan and China, would likely feel compelled to match—giving global trade new momentum at a time when multilateral global-trade talks at the WTO are stalled.
PERISCOPE
Campaign Diplomacy: Why America May Take A Harder Line Against Russia

For seven years George W. Bush heaped praise on Vladimir Putin, saying that he had looked into the Russian president's soul and liked what he saw. That was before clashes over U.S. plans to expand NATO's reach into former Soviet territory put some distance between Bush and his "good friend" and provoked talk of a new cold war. Now, as Bush prepares to step down, all of his potential successors are preparing an even harder line on Putin's Russia.
What the World Is Hearing
Fareed Zakaria
Despite their spirited squabbling, the two Democratic candidates are united in the view that one of the big benefits of electing either of them would be an improvement in America's reputation and relations with the world. Hillary Clinton promises to send special envoys to foreign capitals the day after she's elected. Barack Obama offers to reach out to America's foes as well as friends. Unfortunately none of this will matter if they continue to spout dangerous and ill-informed rhetoric about trade.